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It is crucial for a farm to possess a high quality water system. Water sustains and propagates life. Insufficient water makes it hard for life to thrive. Profit can be derived at a steady pace if clean water is provided for constantly for the development of livestock.
The appropriateness of the temperature of the water given to farm animals must be based on the climate therefore cool water should be given during summer and warm water for winter. Dairy animals are less able to drink from frozen water tanks than from individual drinking cups that have frozen over. A cow has to drink four to five pounds of water to be able to produce a pound of milk thus stressing the importance of constant water consumption even more especially during winter.
Other water tanks need insulation more than others in order to avoid freezing over in winter. During the summer months,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, it is highly encouraged to keep a lid over the water tanks so that sunlight does not come in direct contact with water and bacterial growth is prevented.
Recently we have had an opportunity to examine two Iowa farm tanks in different parts of the state that do not freeze in winter. One of the tanks was constructed using hollow tiles and cement while the other tank was made of concrete and enclosed within a small tank house. The owner of the concrete tank confirmed that the tank has never formed sheets of ice during winter.
The cover of the water tank was built with two walls and the owner filled the space between the walls with sawdust. Ordinary building tiles constituted the walls of the other water tank and five inches worth of thickness proved effective as insulation because the water tank does not freeze. The double walls of the tank extend from the bottom of the foundation which is three feet underground.
A lid constructed from hollow tiles and concrete serves as the only protection of the water tank and this particular lid has three openings for the animals to drink from. These openings provide for the formation of crusts of ice but they are readily breakable using the fingers. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of condensation by constructing the walls of water tanks this way.
One great advantage in setting an underground tank this way, for the greater portion of its exposed surface,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, lies in providing a natural insulation at a minimal expense. A significant increase in the possibility that the water tank will freeze will occur if the tank was constructed above the ground.
The outside wall does not have to subject to the same process. The wider width of the tank at the top interior has a tendency to force the expanding ice upward and to prevent the pressure coming on the walls of the tanks. This is a point made to us by the northern Iowa farmer who has all concrete tanks on his farm.
The best cover for tanks according to the farmer who owns the hollow tile tank,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, is a cover made of reinforced hollow building tiles and concrete. Lids constructed in such manner are less likely to encourage the formation of frosty air in winter or hot air in summer because their structure is thicker and they would last longer. The tile's dead air space offers a natural form of insulation against both heat and cold.