. Breeder and sportsman. at theMaryland station showed that water at70 degrees F. gave better results than thesame at 32 degrees. The cowb ate morewhile on warm water than on cold. Nowdecide which is cheaper, to warm waterin winter with coal at $3 or $4 a ton, orwith bay and grain after the animaldrinks. It is an interesting fact that a cow infull flow of milk requires from one-fourthto one-third more water than when she isnot giving-milk, and a cow giving a largequantity of milk requires more than onenot giving so much. The cows not givingmilk require from 79 to SO pounds dailywhen giving mil
. Breeder and sportsman. at theMaryland station showed that water at70 degrees F. gave better results than thesame at 32 degrees. The cowb ate morewhile on warm water than on cold. Nowdecide which is cheaper, to warm waterin winter with coal at $3 or $4 a ton, orwith bay and grain after the animaldrinks. It is an interesting fact that a cow infull flow of milk requires from one-fourthto one-third more water than when she isnot giving-milk, and a cow giving a largequantity of milk requires more than onenot giving so much. The cows not givingmilk require from 79 to SO pounds dailywhen giving milk. Above all thinga a cow should never bepermitted to drink stagnant, or impurewater. Drinking stagnant water pro-duces feverish condition in the systemwhich is manifested by a ropiness in themilk. Samples of milk from cows thathave been drinking stagnant water, whenput under the microscope will show themto be fairly ewarmtng with life which liasbeen taken into the system through thewater.— Up-to-Date Farmer. NEW MODEL. The Walking Gait. The walk of a young- horse is largelyinfluenced by the driver. If you put ahorse into the care of a slow, idle man,or if a young* horse is driven by a slow,careless man, the animal will acquire ahabit of slow motion that will be difficultto overcome. In a majority of cases aBlow, trailing gait makes really harderwork for the horBe. A moderately quickwalk, with at least all ordinary farmwork, exhausts the animal less than aslow gait Another point that shouldalways be considered is that when ahorse is allowed to get into the habit ofmoving slowly he becomes aged and in-capacitated -before his natural time;-hisjoints and sinews -become- stiff and con-tracted, and he is lessvaluable, not onlyto his owner for use, but must be sold ata much lower price if placed upon themarket. So far as conditions will per-mit, a young horse that is being trainedfor work should be worked with anolder animal that has been trained tomove fairly quickly, as he will n
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