The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08
THE FARMING WORLD.
GOOD WSYeR,

he Importance Of Having It In Every
Department OF the Dairy.
A dairy must have good water in all
is departments, or 1t can not thrive.
Good implies that the water is chem
cally pure-not simply pure looking to
the eye. The drinking water Of dairy
:att.e should be pellucid enough to sup
port mountain trout, and IL you haven't
got 1t meandering across your fields as
rivulet, or gushing forth from your
soil as crystalline spring, tap the bow
sls of Mother Earth with an auger and
satiate your flock from the artificial
fountain. In discussing dairy needs.
the subject OF good water can not be
worn threadbare. and its claims need to
be kept before the producers eye till
they receive the recognition their mer-
its warrant. 1t is now the proper sea-
son Of the year to put into physical exc
cution many Of the mental projects rip
ened by winters thought, and II you
have in the past resolved to provide inn
proved drinking facilities for your cows,
carry the plan unswervingly to compile
ton.
II you have never-failing brook rip
ling through your pasture lands,
fortunate are We, for nature in such .
guise can not, except through q spring,
be improved upon. You should. how
ever. know something OF the condition
Of the stream above your farm, for it
may be polluted by offensive drainage,
capable OF effecting An insidious poison
on cattle and milk. A spring with an
everlasting flow. or several of them,
form the keystone to an arch Of
naturally perfect conditions for a good
dairy farm. II the spring is at luftier
altitude thln the residence and barns,
50 much the better, for it can be piped
TO the messuage for domestic needs.
But whether the fountain head be low
or high. copious share Of its yield
must be left in tho grazing lot for the
refreshment Of its mich tenants. Be-
cause you have natural vein of water
gushing to the surface in the pasture.
do not imagine that the cows needs are
sufficed. Cattle will soon make OF the
best spring mud wallow, II you allow
it to exist in virgin state. Excavate
the earth about the fount in hcad. wall
it up By putting in . largo tile or .
margin Of stones, and then, covering the
tOps0 that the cattle can no. demoralize
your work. conduct the flow Of water by
a section Of pipe or pump log to water.
ing tub placed clt s. at hand.
This mode. in effect, is the only right
way to water stock from spring. and ii
is especially appl cable to dairy COW s.
because we want to insure qnietness and
case in their every movement. which is
facilitated when they have plenty OF
stamping ground about high circular
watering trough. The weaker and more
timid brute generally receives cruel horn
thrusts whenever the common herd is
congregated in cramped quarters. It is
also most essential to the dairy in the
matter Of cleanliness and health, for
cows drinking from q mud puddle poll
luted by their own excrement degrade
the wholesomeness Of milk to low lev
Ell. II your farm is SO arid that you are
obliged to use we'll water for stock. by
all means harness the wind with good
mill to pump it for them. Finally,
don't permit COW on your place to have
access to . swale, slough or any clay
hole where surface water has collected.
II such marsh places can not be drained
they can be fenced of, and by the wise
act you will be debarred from one prom
inent source of tainted and poisoned
milk.