Show POULTRY REQUIRE MINERALS IN FEED oho ohio specialist says they serve only one function minerals are ns as essential to in the poultry ration as proteins or carbohydrates 0 tiny of the vit vitamins but they will only serve tb the functions for which nature intended ended them bliem und and will not take the place of any of the lie other necessary parts of the ration dr it W V bethke of the ohio agricultural experiment station told a farm and horne home week audience at cornell university ver sity doctor bethke said that mineral feeding may be overdone find and that the poultry inen should use discretion and common sense in making up their poultry ration ile he warned poultry men not to take stock in the claims of salesmen t that minerals would take the place of such things as vitamins or meat scrap in their ration although the different minerals showed different degrees of availability in the chemistry laboratory they did not show differences in the growth of the chicks doctor dictor bethke said rg gsg shell formation seems to be best hen the minerals tire are fed in the carbonate form he stated doctor bethke seriously questioned whether there Is any difference in the results produced from feeding toc soc called organic or inorganic ml minerals n lie ile says that the question of Nh whether ether they are organic or inorganic depends on the individual point of view too little mineral matter in the ration results in leg weakness A eaknes or rickets in the growing chick which cannot be verdome ver come by cod liver oil or sunlight meat bleat scrap and milk contain laree quantities of calcium and phosphorous so when these tire are included in the ration the supply of minerals from other sources need not be as great as 09 when most of the ration Is anade up of grains doctor bethke said that grain and protein supplements contain enough of the essential mineral elements except calcium and phosphorous ph orous so that they need not he provided for separately in the liens hens ration |