The Grenada gazette., 1888-01-28

STICK during the cold weather 70 1u
now occupalags sthss sat6btlon efa ttsu
en- Ths expsriments made ~ ints1
esllnf aad IL rssultG arS almost m
vStsatyI Irepqrhdin favor pf the uss
wprm water. Aacorfespondent sun
ur tho svidsace on The sub )ect Thus:
aSt ksps II warm stables requit
warmer twater than II they are Kept i
cold .stablss 70 that this subject ]
doubling In Importance. A cow kep
I in asHsf.n 'stabde.3 end lterhed out !
drink ice-cold water, 81 degrees .-beinl
. temperature Of eyer 90 degrees lowe
than that Of ito iSstem makes ; grea
contrast, which must give discomfor
1 to tho an imal and loss to-its owner
The profits Of farming are % small tha
It becomes necessary that all leak
should bs looked after, even the lsmal
ones snd especially the larger ones
like the one under discussion.
In the reading Of five, agriculture
papers, and il conversing with man,
farmers, / find all are unanimous II
the opinion that our stock should b.
provided with tcpid or warm water, bu,
the degree Of temperature to which il
should be raised becomes q question
upon which writer's do not agree,
though none seem to know, or are pos
tive, varying in their opinions from
so to 113 degrees. An average opinion
seems to be from go to 80 degrees. It
is also agreed by all that in warming
the water saving is made in the feed
if nothing more. Nearly all believe
that there is saving in flesh, milk, and
the manure-pile, in addition to the
feed.
have seen but one estimate of the
value Of feed saved daily per COW, and
that was eight cents, which would
amount to several millions of dollars in
every State yearly. asum worth saving:
and this sun, be it remembered, is net
gain, after the expense of warming the
water is taken out. One writer says
he drew all the water that forty cows
drank for one winter one mile from,
spring, rather than have them drink
from river near by and he thought il
paid him well.
The result OF an experiment at an agri-
cultural school in France showed an
increase in milk of one-third the water
being warmed to 11S degrees. Other
parties claim an increase Of from 20 to
80 per cent. At the Agricultural
College in Kansas an experiment re.
suited in the increase of milk 81 per
cent, the water being warmed to 65
degrees. Another experiment in
France showed an increase in milk Of
three pints daily per COW by warming
the water instead of using pump
water. u.
Prof. j. P. Roberts, Of Cornell Univsr-
sity, says: 1.-The water consumed by
two sets OF cows, containing three ami
mails each. was weighed for period ol
thirteen days. One set drank an aver
age Of ITO. pounds Of cold water each
day per COW, and the other set an aver.
age of 120 pounds Of warm water per.
cow each day." have another state.
mcnt that cows will drink one-third
more when water is warmed to 80 deg.
rees than they will at 81 degrees, and
that the milk will increase one
fifth to one-onc fourth and without
deterioration. Another statement: "A
COW that makes six pounds Of butter q
week on cold water will make seven
pounds if the water is warmed" As
milk is from eighty to ninety per cent
water, it is well to look after the guam
tity. quality and temperature Of the
water consumed.
A few years ago Mr. Dancel com.
municated to the French Academy Of
Sciences an experiment to show the in
crease of milk by the increase Of water
consumed. He found when the same
kind and amount Of food was literally
moistencd it produced more food thah
when fed dry, and the milk was ad-
judged to be Of as good quality. Again.
Mr.. Daneel asserts that the yield Of
milk from cows is in direct proportion
to the quantity Of water taken. He Oh
so says that cows which habitually
drink less than twenty-seven quarts Of
water por day are necessarily poor
cows. Such cows will give from FIVE
to seven quarts Of milk daily, while
cows that drink fifty quarts prove to be
excellent mixers. This experiment
was tried In tho summer.
This subject is fraught with much
importance to farmers, and it should
receive due consideration. Here 10 an
open field for some inventive genius to
devise some apparatus for the warming
Of water for stock which shall combine
four qualities, cheapness, durability,
practicability and safety. There arc
few devices for this purpose already bo
fore the public which no doubt have