James Drinking Cups 







HE three elements for maintaining life and the principal elements neces- 

 sary to the cow for milk production are food, air and water. 



Thousands ot experiments and years of study by many men have been 

 js,^"'"^ devoted to the relation of feeding to milk production; and the principles 

 2^J~ of feeding are now quite well established. 



"2;f-i-. T he importance of plenty of pure air and how to secure it in the dairy 

 barn is also understood. 

 But it is only very recently that the dairy industry has begun to realize the great 

 benefit and profit that follow the adoption of better methods of watering the dairy herd. 

 Indeed, this subject is so new that but comparatively few have any understanding 

 ^\•hatever oi the great possibilities of increasing dairy profits through the saving of labor, 

 the saving of feed, the larger milk yields, the better cow health, the prevention of the 

 spread of diseases and the better growth of young stock through the use of the James 

 \\atering method. 



Turn Water Into Milk 



Milk is 87 per cent water. 



To make milk, cows must have water just as they must ha\e feed. 



To make maximum yields of milk, cows must have all the water they want, whenever 

 they want it, day and night. 



In most herds, the cows are making too little milk because they drink too little water. 



The average yield in the principal dairy States is two or three pounds, per cow, per 

 day less than it should be — and less than it would be if they were properly watered. 



That means three and one-half billion pounds of milk the same as wasted, during 

 the six months the cows are in the barn. 



Thousands of dairy farmers are thro\ving away a good daily profit simply because 

 they don't realize that plain water is just as much a milk maker as silage or a balanced 

 ration. 



Dairymen are throwing away from $4 to $ 1 2 clean profit per cow during the housed-in 

 season, because the cows don't get enough water, don't get it when they need it, and 

 because what they do get is too cold. 



The average dairy cow drinks 15 to 18 gallons of water daily and high-producing 

 cows drink much more. It is recorded that one famous dairy cow giving 700 pounds 

 of milk a week drank nearly a barrel of water a day, which is about three and one-half 

 pounds of water for each pound of milk produced. 



The importance of sufficient water drinking to insure maximum milk yield cannot be 

 over estimated; but the average dairyman has no conception of the extent to which a cow's 

 milk production does depend upon the amount of water she consumes, and the important 

 part water plays in converting the milk-making elements of feed into milk. 



But a cow is not a camel — you can't ^vater her like one without cutting down her milk 

 production. 



She hasn't the ability to store water until she needs it for digestion of food. She 

 drinks just as much as she needs when she is drinking, "l ou can't put her at an icy trough 

 and make her drink to supply her future needs. 



