Show L BUMMER R MINERALS NEEDED BY COWS 4 I 1 I 1 calcium phosphorus store I 1 up energy for winter to insure healthy bf robust animals able to produce tile the milk needed this coming cou illig winter dr L A bl aynard of the cornell university agricultural experiment peri ment station says gays that cows must have plenty of 0 and phosphorus during the summer the usual summer ration of pasture and grain he says urea does not contain enough of these elements further urther I experiments show cows will ninke make latter use of mineral supplements during the Ila pasture sture season than at other times the liberal feeding of minerals now will not only provide for current needs but will also enable tile the animal to store up reserve for the period when their assimilation of food is more dit dif ficula A mixture of equal parts of steam bone meal finely ground limestone and salt or a mixture of two parts of the bone meal ineal and one part of salt makes a good mineral supplement the simplest stiv ny Is to place one of these mixtures in a box in the barnyard where the cows can eat cut it 11 at will some sort of a cover should be built over the hoi box to protect it from rain it Is a thing to give the cows access to one of these mix tures even when the grain mixture contains minerals because the grain fed during the summer may not con tain enough A better way to feed the minerals but one that takes more time is to mix mis three to four ounces of the mixture with one of the grain feeding each day all animals whether dry or milking should be fed the extra minerals aside troia from common salt calcium and phosphorus are the only minerals that are needed as a mineral supplement tile the purchase of a complex mineral mixture containing laxatives and tonics Is a waste of money says gays doctor maynard |