| Show DAIRY sass A IVI F k k DAIRY COW MUST HAVE PLENTY SALT dairy cows fiust have plenty of salt in order to thrive allow them to have free access acce ss to salt or feed it to them in their teed feed many dairymen nil mix 05 to I 1 pound of snit with each jut buu pounds of concentrated mixture or grain mixture and then supply F salt 1 lit lit in addition so tile the cows can take what they wish it if trouble lins blis been experienced from roller goiter or biff neck in calves this may be prevented in the future by giving potassium aluin or sodium iodide to tile the cows during their gestation period where there la is no trouble from roller goiter this treatment Is not needed milk Is very rich in both calcium time lime anti and phosphorus therefore dairy cows cow a must receive liberal supplies of hoth those these mincia ls to secure continued high two production and to have it a thrifty offspring in the usual dairy rations there Is more danger of a lack of cal calcium cluni than there la is of phosphorus rilius r ills Is because the protein rich feeds are also rich in phosphorus tills includes bran in particular and also wheat cottonseed meal and linseed meal gluten feed gerin oil meal ineal corn gerni germ meol meal or brewers grains and bisti distillers I 1 ter s grains ore are not especially high in phosphorus when 20 per cent or more of the concentrate mixture or grain mixture consists of wheat bran wheat middling dl ing linseed weal or cottonseed meal the cows will get plenty of phosphorus phe rits it if less of these high feeds are arc fed it Is best to supply additional phosphorus by adding bone meal ground rock phosphate or acid phosphate A large production of milk and thrifty calves tire are an impossibility if there la Is a lack of calcium in the ration the best way of furnishing plenty of time lime Is to grow and feed an abundance of alfalfa clover or soy bean tiny hay whenever it la is possible all legume hays ure are rich in time lime furthermore ther more inore well cured green colored legume hay contains a vI tamIno which need to enable them to ns as sim liate and use the calcium in their feed if poor roughage must be used such os as hay from the gratis grasses es not leguil legumes ies corn stover grown on acid soil boll or straw add 3 to 4 pounds of ground limestone wood ashes or dried marl to each pounds of concentrate or grain mixture ml ture if ahert Is not 20 per ier cent of high phosphorus feeds in the lie concentrate mixture wheat bran wheat mi dillin s linseed meal and cottonseed MUM uil ii it la Is best to use 3 to 4 pounds of steamed sten bone ineal ground rod rock phosphate or acid phosphate with each pounds pound of tile the concentrate mixture instead of ieng tile limestone stone wood ashes or warl marl hone done meal and the phosphates supply hoth both eni calcium cluni and phosphorus while limestone wood nashes anti marl furnish time lime but practically no phosphorus |
