Show J Told I Raw How w to Diagnose Animals Needs Uintah County stockmen were warned this week by the Exten Exten- Extension sion Service to be suspicious of those brands of mineral feeds for lor f which extravagant claims are afe made If farm animals are suffering from the lack of any mineral it will likely be either common salt phosphorus or calcium rather than one of the many other minerals which some feeds supposedly contain said Exten Exten- Extension manyI I sion aion officials A lack of phosphorus is shown by the tendency of the animals to chew bones sticks or lick the ground The needed mineral can be supplied through feeding with 30 per cent salt Calcium may be lacking where the roughage is largely wild hay sorghum or corn com fod fod- fodder fodder der or stover but the deficiency can be made up by feeding the stock ground limestone As for common salt much of the rock salt on the market is too hard for the animals to be beable beable able to get much good from it Loose salt sal t is the best form |