Show A ag news in brief A standard cord of wood has about the same heating value as a ton of coal vegetable plants may be started early in the spring in such structures as greenhouses sash hou housed hotbeds hot beds or cold frames sv alb sa most cows will drink from four to five pounds of water for each pound of milk they produce they should have access to all the fresh clean water they can drink studies have shown that cows are more comfortable in a stable where the temperature is between 50 and 55 degrees fahrenheit than in one of 60 degrees or higher |