WATER FOR CALVES.
A PROVED NECESSITY. Although a subject that has been experimented with for many years, the water requirements of tho calf still remains a controversial topic. Some maintain that calves receiving sufficient milk do not require water and that it may cause them to become pot-bellied. Water, however, is the solvent in which the bodily processes of digestion, absorption, and secretion take place, and some nutritional purpose may be served by it.
An American investigator states that calves do not need water after the third or fourth week of their lives. In a test, two groups of calves of the same age and number were used. Group 1 received 1.4 gallons of milk daily, but no water. Group 11. received a similar allowance of milk, but in addition were given, twice daily, all the water they required, the calves consuming an amount of water equal to the quantity of milk fed. The average live weight gain per day
in this group was I.Bolb, while the calves receiving uo water only gained an average of 1.361 b. The difference was ascribed to the water group having the better appetites, for their hay consumption was nearly double and the concentrates consumed about a third more than in the group receiving no water.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 14, 27 October 1938, Page 8
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