The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-26
warming water for Stock.


the farmer should watch every item Of
expenditure and husband every re-
source. There is an old saying that
1.-THE little foxes spoil the vines" This
means that little things If unnoticed
cause great losses and often result in
financial ruin. There are on the farm
many leaks through which go out the
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 it is made. We may say then
that heat is money. To save the loss
of this heat is to save money, for it
will save food. Some farmers feed the
winds as well as their stock. Every
| loose board on a barn is a means by
which the farmer feeds the wind. That
is, the cold filches away the heat from
| the bodies of his animals. More farm
ers feed the waters. There are farmers
that are very careful to keep from
feeding the winds, and keep their barns
tight But they DO not hesitate twice
a day to give their cattle icecOld water
1t is not an uncommon sight to see a
COW drink three pailfuls Of water at a
single time. When such water is at
temperature Of about 80 degrees it
means that the water so consumed
must be raised to a temperature of over
80 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 to
raise water in a cows stomach to go
degrees. Remember that that heat has
been made by feeding the COW food that
costs a great deal Of money.
1t is certainly much cheaper to raise
the temperature by means of the loose
wood lying around the farm that costs
nothing but the effort to gather it. To
build fire for the heating of water on
cold day is a pleasing operation. II
the heat from the fire reaches the cows
and other stock it will prove a pleas
ing operation to them as 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 to
purchase to suit his convenience and
fancy can pay high price if he wants
to. II not, he can do as the humber
farmer will most likely do-purchase
good boiler at a moderate price. The
saving in cost of feed will prove a big
interest on the Investment. Remem-
Der this, that whereas a farmer may
lose feed on account of cold winds, yet
there are many warm. sunny days in
winter, when he will lose little in this
way. But the man that loses feed on
account of icy water must expect that
loss every day in the winter season,
for the water supply does not change
its temperature as often as the air, nor
does it respond quickly to the change
in temperature It is hidden away in
the 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 still colder these
waters. All of these are to be drank
by the stock. II we were to figure on
the matter, We would say that a full
sized cow would lose several cents per
day If allowed to drink ice cold water.
When we consider that many farmers
have all the way from twenty to a hun
dred COWS we can see what a great loss
ne must face during an entire winter
season. Dairymen especially should
see that their cows have, for drinking
purposes, only water that has been
raised to suitable temperature.
Teeth Of Sheep.-There is a peculiar
ity in the mechanism of a sheep's Jaw
and grinders that helps one to under
stand the reason why sheep are able to
get SO much nutriment from their food.
In noticing sheep chewing it's cud it
cannot be observed that the jaw has a
peculiar motion from side to side. The
branches Of the lower law are closer
together than the molars are in the
upper. Then in the molars their edges
have different slopes. In the upper row
the face OF the molar slopes very de-
eldedly from the higher inner edge to
me lower outer, while in molars of the
over Jaw the faces slope from the out /.
Or edge to the higher inner These
.hlngs, together with the rough sur
ACE of the molars, give a sheen the
'o"er TO thoroughly grind its food,
STOCK GroWing.-Usually 1t is no good
OF farmers to change from one kind
4 stock growing to another. Generally
is the man who keeps right on grow
ng the same kind of stock who makes
he most money in the end. Tn every