Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-11-05


A&0 ~ of their own choice,
would take water at
one temperature In preference to that OF
another. The trial was made by TAX
Ing two pals Of water, one at the tenn
perature Of 80 degrees F., and the other
at 20 degrees F., and placing before
the COW, first the water whose tenn
perature was that which she had oeen
taking during the period just closed
After allowing her to swallow two OF
three times this pail was replaced by
the other and after she had tasted II
the two were placed side by side De-
fore her. The results were these:
Cows Heifer, whether she had been
on warm water or on cold, invariably
chose the iced water in preference to
the warm, and so strong were her
preferences that she tried to get water
from the barnyard on one day when
the snow was melting. 1t must be
noted, however, that this COW gave
most milk and solids on the water
whose temperature she disllked. The
other cows always preferred the water
at 70 degrees to that at 80 degrees, but
II they were just going off cold water
period they would usually drink in
differently from either pail until thirst
was partly Stacked, after which they
would always refuse the iced water.
The cows going off water at 70 degrees
would always refuse the water at 80
degrees. The cows preferences for
water at the ordinary temperature Of
water In the well, as compared with
that for water at 80 degrees and 70
degrees, were also tested with the re-
suit that, except Gov. Heifer, the water
at 20 degrees was chosen by all the
cows at the close Of the second period.
On the 26th of March, as the cows
we're taken off the experiment and
when the temperature Of the air was
1877 degrees F., the cows were offered
their choice between water at 80 de-
grees and 43 degrees and between 70
degrees and 95 degrees. On this trial
Rose drank indifferently of water at
95 and 10 degrees, Dollie showed a
slight preference for water at 70 de-
grees over that at 95 degrees, and Jes-
sic refused the 95 degrees and took
4s degrees in preference to 20 de-
tgrees. These three COWS had been
baking water at 80 degrees. Emma
Queen, and Gov. Heifer, which had
been taking water at 70 degrees during
the last period disliked the water at
H5 degrees. When water at 43 degrees
ind 70 degrees were set before Emma
she drank first from the coolest but
returned to the warmest. Queen took
water at both 49 and 80 degrees, show
ing preference for that at 43 degrees,
but when water at 70 degrees was Of
fered her she took that at 80 degrees
instead. Gov. Heifer manifested a
slight preference for water at 40 de-
grees instead Of that at 80 degrees.
Using the cows preferences as a basis
for judgment they appear to indicate
that, in the majority Of cases during
cold weather, cows would prefer water
at 20 degrees to that at 80 or 40 degrees.
but some like it best at 80 degrees.
When the weather becomes warmer
and reaches 4S to so degrees F., their
preferences for water at 20 degrees
are less strong, and at such times only
exceptional cows, II any, would choose
water at 95 degrees F. The fact that
two of the COWS which had been taking
cold water during the last period chose
warm water instead, and that the three
COWS which had been taking warm
water either preferred cold to warm,
or showed but slight preference for 1t,
suggests that even should it be finally
settled that 1t pays to warm water for
COWS in winter, it may also be desira-
BILE to have cold water where the cows
can have it for change.
There is another set of facts which
may be presented as indicating both
4 preference on the part of the COWS
for water at 70 degrees F. over that at
81 degrees and possible advantage
10 be derived from a change Of tenn
peratures They are these: If we de-
.ermine the average amount of water
frank daily by each COW during the
lrst five days of each period and COM
,are these with the averages Of the last
I've days of each period we shall find
hat while the COWS were on cold
water they took on the average nearly
I've pounds more water each, daily,
Turing the first five days than they
lid during the last FIVE days; while
Vhen on warm water the average for
10Th sets of days is senslbly the same,
that these cows tired sooner
I the water at 80 degrees than of that
t 20 degrees F.