On Being a
Farm Wife
(and other hazard
Joyce Bupp
Deal with it.
That’s all any of us can do
when we’re smacked on the head
with an onslaught of super
charged, blast-furnace sort of
heat that has blanketed the area
several times already in this still
young summer.
Stay out of the sun. Wear sun
block if you must be in it. Dress
cool. Drinks lots...and lots...and
lots of liquids, preferably water
and not sugary belly-wash. Stay
in air conditioning if you can. Ch
at least have a fan handy.
Those are all bits of advice
we’ve become accustomed to
hearing summer after summer, as
the inevitable heat-haze-humidity
strikes. But, while we humans
can plug in our air machines of
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various sorts in at least an at
tempt to beat the heat, many ani
mals are just as uncomfortable as
we are. And can’t flip on the air
conditioning.
Cows are extremely prone to
heat complications, especially if
their systems are under stress in
any other way. They “go off’
feed, neglect going to water
troughs frequently enough be
cause of the extra effort neces
sary, and lay panting with their
tongues hanging out trying to rid
their bodies of excess heat. Calv
ing or sick cows are especially
susceptible to high temperatures
and must be carefully monitored
for life-threatening effects from
heat-related stress.
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the bam milking one blistering
recent afternoon, I glanced up to
see a cow-shape silhouetted
against the brightness of the big
open bam door. The silhouette
had parked itself at obviously the
most comfortable spot around,
squarely in front of a humming,
30-inch free-standing fan blasting
air down the center alley. Obvi
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where the best air flow was no
matter if it blocked the flow to all
the others.
Our fan hog turned out to be
Hula, a cow with a touch of atti
tude who lives up to her name on
a daily basis. Hula’s persistent
dancing whenever the milker is
about to come off her udder
would make a grass skirt sway
with a vengeance if she hadn’t
first chomped off the grass. You
could almost see Hula sink into a
pout as she was evicted from her
parking spot in front of the fan
and put back into a stall.
Earlier in the day, Derra Dog
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official ones in until August.
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plops squarely in front of it dur
ing chore time.
So it was a natural that she
would similarly utilize the fan set
up inside the front door of the
house on the worst days. Panting
heavily, and obviously in discom
fort at the extreme heat one re
cent morning, Derra parked her
self by the stilled fan and just
stared at me with a pleading look
in her eyes.
I got the message. As the fan
blades began to spin, she plopped
down in front of it, her head al
most against the fan cage, closed
her eyes and left out a big sigh.
Even the young heifers, which
tolerate heat better than mature,
milking cows, all crowded into
one small space in their big pen.
It was directly in line with the air
from still more fans blasting
Dehydration Caused By Illness?
COLLEGEVILLE (Montgom
ery Co.) Children who are ill
may lose fluids through diarrhea,
vomiting, or both, can become
dehydrated.
About 500 children die from
illness that results from dehydra
tion each year. Prompt medical
attention and the use of oral re
hydration fluids can prevent
nearly all of the deaths, said
Paula Peters, K-State Research
and Extension, children’s nutri
tion specialist.
Oral re-hydration fluids, which
are sold in drug, grocery or other
stores offering pharmaceutical
supplies, are simple mixtures of
water, salts and carbohydrates.
Parents are encouraged to keep a
bottle or two on hand, because an
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away. Never mind that all the hot
air generated by the crowd piled
together probably neutralized
any cooling effect.
While the bam cats don’t ma
neuver for fan space, they do beat
the heat by finding a shady spot
and simply sprawling out,
stretched on their sides, to
snooze. Some recent days, it
looks like we’ve had cat wars,
with casualties strewn about. One
rattle of the cat food container,
though, brings an instant stam
pede from the heat-warzone.
Unlike the cows, it has never,
ever, gotten so hot that the cats
don’t come running in response
to the rattle of the cat food con
tainer.
Apparently the appetites from
some of their other nine lives just
kick in.
illness can begin during the night
and dehydration can occur
quickly.
When dehydration is caused
by diarrhea, re-hydration fluids
are preferred over plain water,
fruit juice, chicken broth and
sports drinks because they con
tain a balanced solution of sodi
um, chloride and potassium salts
needed to replenish body fluids.
If these salts, which are called
electrolytes, are out ol balance,
many organs including the heart
cannot function properly. Be
cause children are small in stat
ure, even a small fluid loss can
upset the electrolyte balance, Pet
ers said.
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