The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-02-17
WATERING The COWS.
Tho simple Hut Effective Arrangement
of an Eastern Datryman.


of an Eastern Datryman.
L. Twombly writes from st. Law.
renee county. N. Y, to the Cultivator
and Country Gentleman: Lucky in
deed is the dairyman who has living
water of sufficient elevation to admit
of 1t being carried direct to the barn
without other expense than tho pip
ing; but few indeed are those 30 hap
PLY situated. Being thoroughly tired
of the generally prevailing custom Of
sending cows out of doors in all sorts
,'f weather TO qucnch their thirst at a
trough or tank filed with ice water,
over slippery paths, amid the zero
breezes and billiards. of our northern
winters, I set myself at work the pres
ent fall to devise something better. I
knew of plenty of ways 1t could be
done, but the question of outlay must
be considered; costly windmills, ele-
waited tanks and patent devices were
not to be thought Of, SO went to work
| as follows:
First, l got an iron force-pump,
cighty-fve feet of hose and shallow
tin pan two feet square. The we'll is
located twenty-four feet away, and
some three feet lower than the man.
gers; the thirty cows stand in two rows
parallel to each other and by cutting
two holes to insert the hose through
the barn siding l found could, with
the help of IL boy, water them fully as
| quickly and easier than | could let
them out in the yard. The size of the
pan admitting two drinking at once.
and being light, could shove it along
| with my foot and tend the hose ut the
same time, each animal getting just
what she needed, and not obliged to
fight for il, either. Besides, the water is
several degrees warmer than where ex-
posed in tank outside. There is a
| tight inclosure over the pump to keep
it from freezing and for protection to
the pumper, and it is simply pleasure
these nipping, blustery mornings to go
out and do this work with everything
under cover, and after feeding, water.
ing and brushing every animal, a more
speaking picture of royal content and
comfort you will seldom find than they
are. venture to say it would take
some clubbing to get them to go out
side unless the weather was pretty
fine. OF course / let thcm 90 out
4
awhile on.dayswhen the weather is just
right for little exercise, but it is not
much they need.
When l think of the losses of the
past twenty years from icy paths and
belligerent bovines, to say nothing of
the loss of condition from exposure to
the elements, as we'll as discomfort to
myself, am led to wonder how l
stood it as long as did. The total ex.
pense of the outfit did not exceed $25.
and it will also be found useful many
times in summer to water garden or
lawn, wash windows, carriages, etc.
just how far it would be practicable to
force water by hand cannot say, but
in this case the work is light and
would not hesitate to undertake it
twice the distance, and farther if the
hose would not freeze up, which it
might do in extreme weather. I do
not advise anyone to try this plan if he
is able to get something better, but
there are many like myself to whom
economy is a necessity. who can adopt
this or some similar plan to do away
with an old-fashioned relic of scrub
dairying that will soon virtually be-
come obsolete.