Show POULTRY REQUIRE MINERALS IN FEED ohio specialist says saya they serve only one function minerals ar are as an essential la in the poultry ration as proteins or oi carbohydrates bi drates oe 0 any of the vitamins but they will only serve the functions for which nature intended them and will not take the place of any of the other necessary parts of the ration dr R W bethke of the ohio agricultural ral experiment station t told old a farm and homed home week audience at cornell comell university ver sity doctor bethke said that mineral feeding may be overdone and that the poultry men should use discretion and common sense sen seln in making up their poultry ration he warned poultry men n not to take stock in the claims of s salesmen a that minerals would take the place of such things as vitamins or meat scrap in their ration although the different minerals showed different degrees of availability in the chemistry laborati laboratory they did not show differences in the growth of the chicks doctor bethke eald egg shell formation seems to be pest best when the minerals ameled are fed in the carbonate form he stated doctor bethke seriously questioned whether e Is any difference in the results produced from feeding so called organic or inorganic rut minerals n he says that the question of whether they are organic or inorganic organic ell depends on the individual point of view too tittle little mineral matter in the ration results in leg weakness or rickets in the growing chick which cannot be verdome ver come by cod liver oil ell or sunlight meat scrap and milk contain large quantities of calcium and phosphorous so when these are included in the ration the supply of minerals from other sources need not be as great as when most of the ration Is made up of grains doctor bethke said that grain and protein supplements contain enough of the essential mineral elements e except calcium and phosphorous ph orous so that they need not be provided tor for separately in the liens hens ration |