Show LI LIV LIVI fE I t I LACK OF MINERALS IS CAUSE OF LOSS LOSS' The greatest profit in pork production production tion comes from Insuring the most r rapid growth from the time the pigs are born In this growth bone development development development devel devel- Is Is of equal Importance with the putting on of at flesh says sn's L. L A. A Maynard Maynard Maynard May- May nard of ot the tho New York state college of ot agriculture at Ithaca If the feed does not contain th thIS the essentials essentials es es- es- es f for r making the proper bo bone e one result Is a slower growth at lit a greater feed cost Another result may maybe maybe be crippled hogs due to the Inability of ot the poorly nourished bony framework frame framo framework work to support the weight of at flesh Sometimes this trouble occurs In the tha young growing pigs sometimes In the sow sow at farr farrowing wIng time At the state college at nt Cornell university It is 13 found that enough of at the right minerals minerals min mm- Is the best way of at insuring against cripples Pigs that that eat ent a n lot of ot or fish meal do not suffer from n a a la lack of ot minerals On the other hand rations made up largely of ot grains garbage and rations containing only limited amounts of t skim n milk do not furnish enough of the building bone minerals lime and phosphorus The following mixture will supply the needed minerals minerals min mm- Thirty parts of steam bone meal SO 30 pounds ponds of t ground limestone 20 pounds of salt and 20 pounds of at The flavors the mixture so that that It is readily eaten in the s 's self self- lr- lr feeder leeder t. t The Inclusion of alfalfa In the tile ration also helps In developing the tile right kind of at bone B Brood sows will eat it loose from a rack but for tor young pIgs It should ld be chopped a and d mixed as aJ 5 percent per percent cent of at the grain mixture I |