Show man many y dairymen overlook water supply in winter the average dairyman overlooks tile itie water supply for his cows during the winter months and in doing so he be overlooks a nice profit and lowers tile the production of his cows the dairy cow will drink pounds of water dally if it is located where she can get it at least twice dally daily and it is not dot too cold A fresh cow will drink three or four times ns as much as a stripper or dry cow in cold winter weather a cow will not drink that much water if 11 turned out but once a day and she has to walk to a pond or tank to drink furthermore when a large amount of cold water Is drunk to in cold weather it must be raised to the body temperature of the cow and to do this the cow burns the feed nutrients which were intended to produce milk and maintain her body |