Water for the Dairy Cow.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 February 1911, Page 4

Water for the Dairy Cow.

It is very important tilmt the water drunk by the cows rivin" three or more -gallons of milk* daily be warmed to about 60 deg. Fafor Otherwise the cows will niot drink as much as tiWey need to keep up a good milk flow. It does not take much ice water to chill a thin-flesh-ed dairy cow through on a. cold winter day, especially when she is compelled to walk some distance tihrou<*h the snow tor a. cutting wind to get to the tank or .pond. .Experiment made at the Missouri Station show that drinking water is needed in. proportion to the milk yield. That is, a cow giving six gallons of milk a.'day needs about twice as much water ns a cow riving three gallons a day. Tf the water is too cold: to 'be-comfortable it drunk in large quantities the cow will not drink enough, and as a result will drop considerably in her milk yield.—N-.Z. Dairyman.'