Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 24, DeMotte, Jasper County, 5 January 1933 — Warm Water for Cows [ARTICLE]

Warm Water for Cows

Members of the Cedar Falls (Iowa) Herd Improvement association made certain that their cows were getting water of modified temperature in order to maintain a maximum milk flow at the lowest possible cost. Water freezes at a temperature of only 32 degrees, but even in comparatively mild winter weather, this is too cold for the cows to drink four poun'ds of water for each pound of milk they are capable of producing, these dairymen have found. The cow tester reports that of the twenty-six members, sixteen had tank heaters in oj eration during this month, and seven barns were equipped with drinking cups. Two members had both tank heaters and drinking cups; while only three members were not equipped with either one of these methods for providing water of modified temperature, 3’he average production of‘ the 448 cows during the month, with 78 dry, was 703 pounds of milk and 27.7 pounds of fat. —Wallaces? Farmer.