Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-02-05

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he lssssrl vM never mako - rstnrs
10 the :. Old ben ~ being TIE bes&
should you or any Of your corrss-
pendants have aa incuhsepy Of three
.r fcur hundred capacity for which
they have no further use. tsuch one
icing in good oraerD | shall be EiAd e
bear a The same, and wiii q ieast givs
them something for L.
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The restaurant or hotel that vii
serve their meals hot. other things BE-
ing equal. vii always draw the custom
and succeed. The da,rymAn or feeder
that vill study the wants and comic, t.
OF his herd and cater 70 their " Wilma
and needs, viii succeed also in . double
sense. for he viii also please himself By
the better res1rns obtained.
We nov feed two meals day from
the siio of ensilage that comes ont
warm, tas about % degrees) and viii.
Is far - practicable, warm the water.
The following. from Hoard's Dairy
man, is well worth Close astsntion:
After examining the several means
OF % innate which have come within
our reach. We are prepared to assert
that Il takes ~ per cent Of he feed
given stock in cold wealth r simply 70
warm up the cold water they drink as
such times. The sum total Of this ex-
pense. when figured up for all the stock
OF the average farm, makes this ques-
ton OF reducing II one OF the most
important ones before the farming
pubic today. In fact, il is so import
ant that upon its solution will depend
the question IS to whether many .
farmer 10 70 come out ahead during
the coming winter or whether he is to
fall behind.
The value Of the water heater, in the
thought OF . great many farmers to-
Gay, - because II promises tor duce
thus expense. This il accom- blishes
by bringing in the aid Of the wood
phe, the coal-bin, and the refuse cob
heap.
II We assume that each COW will
drink on the average eight gallons Of
water per day. the problem of warm
ing this water up from freezing point
70 blood heat is The problem Of warm
ing that water up TO 60 degrees with q
hay hre. This would require Q consid-
cradle amount Of her, or, if fodder or
straw or grain wsre used, il would be
= verg material amount; in fact, it
would reach such q figure IS would
astonish the average farmer 70 merely
enierta n il.
A second Consideration in favor Of
using the water heater for stock, is
that it increases their milk aud beef
products. This means more than the
that warm water saves feed.
1t means that . man may feed all that
stock viii eat, with cold water and
then the COW sTill not give as much
mix, aud the steer will not put on
fiesh rs fast, IS when each is gwen
warm drink. In other words, the Ca
pacity OF the animals to produce flesh
and milk, is increased by giving warm
water instead of cold. The amount OF
this increase is variously stated by the
best OF authorities At command. The
average 05 ,inion would not be far from
70 per cent. Mr.. John Boyd of Chi
eago, who first started the practice and
the agitation in favor OF warm water
for stock 10 perhaps the best posted
of any man IN the northwest ~ TO the
records OF farms in the use If warm
water for cattle. In Q letter to the
writer, bearing date OF Dec. 6. he says:
My experience is, that warming
the water for dairy cattle in this cii-
mate curing the winter, adds Is per
cent. 70 numerous letters unsoii tied
from all parts Of the country, ali testi-
flying to the good results derived from
It's use. Some report an increased
yield OF milk, while others report q
saving OF Is per cent. In feed.
Other testimony has been given in
Adams of Madison, as follows:
For six years l have followed the
practice OF giving my cows warm wa
ter in winter. The size OF my dairy
was from 20 to 50 cows. I began
warming the water after l had pur-
chased in one lot Al cows and had sue
ceeded in making them do everything
but give milk. | had q partner a
bright, enterprising fellow. and we
botn laid awake nights and studio /
hard days to think Of q scheme where
by We could stop the drying up pro-
cess and carry the election in favor of
more milk. We fed them hay and
then corn stalks and clover. We tried
bran, and then shorts, and thsn both.
We fed oats and corn ground together,
and then made one grand general pur-
pose move ny mixing up every kind Of
ground feed known to or market,
and giving them Is lbs. each day OF
that. The held the fort and continued
10 shrink. We then commenced CIV
ing them warm water in the stable
with small amount Of BRAN and shorts
stirred i'll. Within two weeks our
milk supply increased % per cent.
The cost OF that supply had not in
erased five per cent. The cows drank
more water, digestej their food better
ate little more, and locked the pic
ture of comfort and health. A COW
takes lot II cold water into her stom-
ach, and 1t takes heat from her tody to
warm it up; il takes feed and vitality
TO make that he I. They are better
expended in making milk. So We can
make cur wood-piles reduce the cost Of
our butter and cheese.