Show SUMMER BUMMER MINERALS NEEDED BY COWS 0 o calcium phosphorus store vp up energy for winter to insure insure beal healthy thy robust animals able to io produce the milk needed this cowing coming winter dr L A k ol of the cornell university feral ty agricultural t uru 1 ex earlmen perl ment station says nays that co aws wo must fiad have e plenty of and pilos chous during tile hie summer tl e usual summer bummer ration of pasture ind and grain tie he says sayi does not contain eni enough jugh ai of these elements further experiments experiment show that cowa Cows will make better use of m fineral during the pasture season reason than ahn at other times the liberal feeding of minerals now will not only provide for current n needs eeds but bat will also enable the he animal to store up reserves for the period when their r assimilation of food Is more I 1 difficult A taix mixture ture of equal parts of steam bone meal finely ground limestone and salt or a mixture of two parts of the th bone boie meal and one part of salt makes a good goad mineral supplement the simplest way Is to place one of these mixtures in a box la in the barnyard where i we cows cob can eat it at will some som e sort of a cover should be built over the box to protect it from rain hin it la Is a good thing to give the cows cows access to oneff one of these mix aures anres even when the grain mixture contains minerals min ernis because the grain fed during daring the summer may not con tain enough A better way to k feed the minerals 6 but one that takes more time Is to nix mix three to four ounces inces 61 of the mixture with one of the be grain feeding earh day all animals pheth er dry or in milking liking should be fed the extra minerals I 1 aside from common salt calcium and an d phosphorus are the only win brals that are needed as a a mineral supplement the purchase of a corn com plex mineral mixture containing laxa tives and I 1 tonics Is a waste of money says doctor etor maynard |