Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-08-28
Good Water for Stock.

The farmer makes serious mistake
when he attempts to 90 into the stock
business and does not make provision
for good supply of water for his
stock. And in order to obtain the best
results the water should be OF the
very best quality. How is the best
plan to secure this, must necessarily
depend upon circumstances; generally
in stock country there are plenty OF
running streams that furish good
quality Of water at very low cost,
and especially on land that is rolling
and there are two or three streams, so
that it can be divided up into different
pastures. When pasturage is depend
ed upon for the principal food supply,
us it is at the present time in the west,
it will always be found profitable to
divide the pastures so that the grasses
in one can be allowed to grow while
the stock is eating the other When
this is the case water should be pro
yidcd in each pasture. Pond water is
the poorest kind; stagnant water IN
the summer time is warm and un-
healthy for stock, and in dry season,
Just when pure water is especially de-
Sirablc. is very foul. One of the very
essentials of health and thrift is good,
pure water and it will pay to so to
some expense to purchase II suppl i
Pond water is better than none if II
good supply is furnished, and gcncr-
ally it can BE- procured at II small out
lay, and this is all that can be said in
favor of them. OF course if you can
arrange your pond 50 that it is fed by
Il good spring it is some improvement,
but if possible, Il better way is, furnish
troughs for the stock to drink from,
giving them colder and better water.
On small farms where only u limited
number of stock is kept, a good well
or cistcrn with common pump, will
answer, and be found rs economical
all thiRgs considered. If wells are
used they should be located where
thcv will not receive the drainage from |
the house or stable lots. Water inn
prcgnatcd with the scpe from these
places is worse, so far as regards
health, than pond water.
Where n large amount of stock is
kept, and artificial water must be de
pended upon, the most economical
plan is to have bored well and a wind |
mill, with pipes and troughs running |
into each pasture. Under ordinary |
circumstances. Il bored well can be
sunk for one dollar per foot, and Il
supply of ncycr-faillng water can be
secured. and then with a wind mill and |
force pump, bountiful supply of the
very best of water can be procured at
Il small expense of labor. AT first the
cost of boring the well, procuring tFc
pump and wind mill, with the ncccs-
sary amount Of pipes and troughs, may
seem considerable, yet it is money
well invested as the interest on the
money and amount required to keep |
il in order and to attend to it, is small
compared with the advantages it will
give, and will prove Il profitable in
veStment.
More attention to the water supply
must be given in the future than in the
past, as the land is being rapidly
fenced up, and every farmer or ranch
man must in the near future depend
upon his own farm for his water sup
ply, and in many eases the supply
must come artilicially.-M j, Sh'phcrd,
of Ehion, No., IN 7trdS Fdrm dEd
Ranch.