The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-01-28

cause great losses and often result N
financial ruin. There are on the farm
many leaks through which 80 out tho
hard earnings Of the farmer More
than any other. the loss from lost heat
should be guarded against. Heat costs
money. Every unit OF heat costs some
thing. according TO the food from
which Il Il made. We may say ther
that heat Is money. To save the loss
OF this heat IA TO save money. for II
VIII save food Some farmers feed The
winds as well as their stock. Every
loose board on a barn Is means by
which the farmer feeds the wind. That
Is, the cold hlches away the heat from
the bodies Of his animals. More farm
ers feed the waters. There arc farmers
that are very careful TO keep from
feeding the winds. and keer their barni
tight But they 10 not hesitate twice
day to give their cattle icccold water
II IL not an uncommon sight to see o
COW drink three pailfula OF water at q
single time. When such water In at q
temperature Of about 80 degrees II
means that the water 80 consumed
must be raised 20 n temperature OF over
30 degrees. In fact. we are told by
doctors that the digestive process stops
till the water has been raised to blood
heat. Think OF the heat necessary q
raise water In cows stomach 10 60
degrees. Remember that that heat has
been made by feeding the COW food that
costs great deal Of money.
II Is certainly much cheaper 10 rails,
the temperature by means OF the loos'
wood lying around the farm that cost
nothing but the effort TO gather Il. To
build a FIRE for the heating OF water on
cold day II n pleasing operation. II
the heat from the Gre reaches the Govt
and other stock II will provo n pleas.
Ing operation to them az we'll as to the
farmer. The only cost Is therefore the
first cost for a boiler. But these may
be purchased at almost any price. The
well'to-do farmer that can AFFORD "a
purchase TO suit his convenience and
fancy can pay a high price II he want,
TO. n not. he can do aa the humber
farmer VIII most likely do-purchass
a good boiler at n moderate price. The
saving In cost OF feed will prove a big
interest on the investment. Remom.
Der this. that whereas a farmer may
lose feed on account OF cold winds, yet
there are many warm. aunny days In
winter. when he will lose little In this
way. But the man that loses feed on
account Of Icy water must expect tina,
loss every day In the winter season.
for the water supply does not change
Ia temperature as often aa the air. nor
does II respond quickly to the change
In temperature, II Ia hidden away In
tho ground. locked up with the frost.
or waiting In ice caves, when the
warm days In winter come the ice and
snow melt and make atill colder these
waters. All Of these are 10 BE- drank
by the stock. n we were 10 figure on
the matter. we would say that n full.
sized COW would lose several cents per
day II allowed TO drink ice cold water.
When We consider that many farmers
have all the way from twenty TO hun.
drcd cows we can see what a great loss
he must face during an entire winter
season. Dairymen especially should
see that their cows have. for drinking
purposes. only water that has been
raised 10 suitable temperature.