The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-09-05
SHADE AND PURE WATER FOR STOCK.

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We always thought it cruel to OK.
pose stock to the fierce midday rays OF
our summer sun without shade trees.
That stock of all kinds do suffer more
or less from the direct rays Of the sun
is evident enough to all who have OBJ
served with what tenacity they cling
to shade in the middle Of hot day.
even preferring to endure the pangs OF
hunger to the meridian rays Of the sun.
We have known oxen that have been
blowing all the forenoon Of hot day
retire to the shade and stand there du.
ring the incoming in preference to crop
ping grass in the sun. It'll.
Some farmers are in the habit OF
keeping their cows in the barn-yard all
night, and until the sun is some dis.
lance above the horizon in the morning,
without anything to eat, and then after
cropping hasty breakfast they will re.
tire to the shade and remain there un.
til within few hours of milking time,
when they go forth to feed short time.
Is it any wonder that cows shrink in
hot weather and that farm horses that
run out fall away in flesh! =
We have known some writers to de-
precate shade trees in pasture, be-
cause stock will cling to them so in hot
weather, neglecting to eat all the grass
necessary to their greatest usefulness,
but it must have been heartless disre-
gard of the comfort of brutes that die
tated such q proposition. An animal
to thrive and to do its best must be
comfortable and contented.
If stock in q pasture remain under
the shade too much of the time to crop
sufficient feed, why should it not be a
good plan to drive them into cool sta.
bles during the heat of the day, and
give them little cut grass or some
other nourishing food? 1t is undonbted.
" the true policy in keeping such st OK
as employ their organs in manuiacsnr'
ing food for man, whether it be flesh or
milk, to induce them to consume all the
feed that their organs can digest and
assimilate without detriment to their
health. If they are driven by the fer
vent RAYS of the sun to remain under
shade too much of their time, when
they should be fed under the shade, ci.
ther by placing managers there and
drawing thom food. or by shutting
them up in stables and feeding them.
We throw out these suggestions for
the consideration of the humane man
as we'll as economical; for we believe it
is both inhuman and wasietul TO com.
pei stock to seek their food exposed 10
the heat Of the midday sun.
The lack Of an abundance of pure,
cold water. easily accessible, is another
cause of suffering TO stock and loss to
their owners. Too many farmers rely
upon stagnant swamp for their stock
during greater part Of their pas'ur-
season. This is cruel, and unncccssa-
ry in country where veins If water
can almost always be found by Dig
ging from thirty to a hundred feet.
To be sure it costs something 10 dig
wells and pump water for stock, but
much less than the loss in letting them
drink impure stagnant water Iiowcv-
or abundant and nutritious the pasture.
stock cannot do well when suffering
from thirst, and cows cannot make pure
wholesome milk from foul water. I'M
pure water not only makes unhealthy
milk, but it affects the health Of the
stock that drinks it; therefore provide
pure sweet water for your stock
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