{"id":1479,"date":"2001-12-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-12-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2001\/12\/21\/2001-12-21-now-waterbeds-for-cows\/"},"modified":"2001-12-21T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-12-21T12:00:00","slug":"2001-12-21-now-waterbeds-for-cows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2001\/12\/21\/2001-12-21-now-waterbeds-for-cows\/","title":{"rendered":"Now, Waterbeds For Cows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/hi\/english\/world\/americas\/newsid_1719000\/1719733.stm\">GO TO SOURCE<\/A><\/P><br \/>\n<P><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK, USA: December 19, 2001: Cows across America are receiving the latest in cattle comfort with a special bovine waterbed, a filled rubber mattress which can be used both in the field and in the stall, according to this BBC article. Sometimes they&#8217;ll stand there waiting for a cow to leave so they can get in on the waterbed.  The bed, which contains some 65 liters of water, moulds to the shape of the cow&#8217;s body when it lies down and appears to provide the beast with a more comfortable rest. &#8220;We&#8217;re real interested in making our cows more comfortable,&#8221; said John Marshman, a farmer from New York State who has provided most of his herd with a bed each. &#8220;Everybody is trying to pamper their cows these days because anything that makes a cow more comfortable increases her happiness and productivity.&#8221; Mr. Marshman said that the cows were &#8220;initially shocked&#8221; by their new beds during a trial run. &#8220;But once they got used to them they seemed to prefer them. They let us know that they liked them, so we went and got more.&#8221; At Fisher Farms in Lenox, cows apparently now wait for a cowbed to be vacated and quickly move in. The beds, which the manufacturer &#8212; Relative Products &#8212; says can last up to 20 years, cost nearly $200 each.<br \/>\n<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, USA: December 19, 2001: Cows across America are receiving the latest in cattle comfort with,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}