CHAPTER V. 



KEEPING THE COW WARM. 



We were just wondering how many farm- 

 ers, stockmen and dairymen ever stop to think 

 of just what effect cold has upon the animals 

 under their care. 



The proper housing of animals of all kinds 

 and especially milch cows, will greatly lessen 

 the amount of food that they must necessarily 

 consume, as when they are kept in cold barns, 

 that have draughts and cold floors upon which 

 the animals must either stand or lie, for the 

 animal must use much of the feed that is con- 

 sumed to produce warmth for its body. The 

 cow that is kept under such conditions or un- 

 der conditions where she is subject to sudden 

 and great changes in the temperature, will not 

 produce nearly as much, as though she was kept 

 in a nice warm barn, and could use this feed 

 that would be used to produce warmth, for the 

 production of milk instead. 



The drinking of cold water, especially by 

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