Show COWS LOSE MINERAL MATTER ohio experiment station emphasizes value of leguminous hages in milk production dairy cows ordinarily cannot digest front from rations of tile the usual character sufficient mineral matter to meet the alic deni demands ands made by heavy milk production tills conclusion tins has been reached by nutrition experts nt at the ohio experiment peri ment station niter after two years investigations with cows yielding largo large quantities of milk these specialists also say that lint even when the ho common practical rations tire iro supplemented with large amounts of calcium carbonato carbonate and bone flour the cows still give oft more time than they can digest front from their rations to meet this demand for heavy beavy milk production the cows must draw upon the mineral substances of their th air skeletons further attempt Is being made by tile the use of more readily soluble time lime salts to learn whether a cow can absorb as much time lime as she gives orf off during heavy milk production the results obtained thus far emphasize plin sIze the value of leguminous rough rou gli ages in milk production without libel allowances of such feeds the loss of 0 min minerals ernis from tile the bones becomes excessive and predisposes to disorders of nutrition |