| Show prevent bone Disease by feeding minerals the mineral substances which go ito into bone consist largely of compounds of lime and phosphorus derived from the food in any case they are primarily derived from the soil writes dr L van ilan Es in the cappe cappers rs Ji farmer armer aln in some regions the soil Is poor in lime and the vegetation it supports chy may not provide live stock with a sufficient clent quantity or the mistake chy may be made of selecting feeds poor in boned bone building materials in both i cases animals may come to suffer suffer from bone softening because there at always Is an expenditure of the lime phosphorus complex evidence tends to show that ta to utilize bone building materials the animal body must be exposed to direct sunshine when sunshine Is lacking or when the minerals are deficient the bone is inadequately equa eq bately tely formed or it eventually softens such diseases ns as leg weakness ns in chickens rickets and paralysis jn in swine and the loin disease in eattle cattle are traceable to these factors animals should be so fed an and kept that bone disease may be avoided if the natu natural rall foodstuffs are deficient s supplementary feeds such as milk milic or milk products byproducts by or a small amount of steamed bon emeal must be added to the ration direct sunshine usually Is not to proc procure tire but when jit it Is recourse should sho be had to codly V e r oil especially es for young animals rants kept indoors |
