Show IL a 1117 lao fl AM UL FARM ANIMALS MUST HAVE SALT SUPPLY one of the most commonly used mineral elements with live stock and one with which we are all fai familiar nillar la Is that of suit salt or chloride this material supplying the elements I 1 ISO eo dalin and chlorine which seem to be ba necessary for live stock it has been a practice with successful stock men for centuries to cupply common suit salt to all kinds of live stock stack and while thero there Is a considerable difference in opinion as to tile necessity of this it Is considered a good practice and from tile tho experiments that lit liucc been conducted la is doubtless a necessary one salt should not be given to animals in too large amon nta as it would induce the drInking of great quantities of bf witter water which would lessee leasca digestion bring about abnormal secretion of digestive fluids find nd other undesirable ye there Is no question but that salt gait improves Impi oves the palatability of certain feeds ant and probably increases tho the lip petite in some cases exhaustive experiments were made by babcock and carlyle of tile the wisconsin experiment station which proved conclusively that it Is absolute absolutely necessary to io supney snit salt especially to dairy cows ns as in every case after withholding salt for a short time animals evidenced on an abnormal appetite for it avery one of them reached a point where vitality wits waa extremely low and a general breakdown occurred this occurred in most cases after several months in every case wb ahn n a potassium n or s sodium 0 daum salt containing a chlorine was furnished it a complete recovery took place this experiment brought t out the lie fact that it was not tile the sodium hut but that it was the chlorine that was necessary the amount of snit bait required by animals will vary considerably ace according ord to the locality from which th the e feed Is secured for them it will also vary considerably according to the production of the various individuals of the herd the safest and most satisfactory manner in which to supply salt to live stock 1 Is 14 4 to allow them access to it atall at all times and when handled in this way no bad results should follow it Is well to 1 keep beep in mind however that swine and poultry are arc very susceptible cep tible to salt poisoning and for this reason only small amounts should be fed to them in no case should swine or poultry be allowed free access to suit salt vr pr solutions of brine ns As thesis this la a 11 dangerous practice many cases of salt poisoning in poultry ant and swine are reported each year and most of 0 them are fatal |