Show salt supply for stock Is of great importance without giving firing much thought as to why they do so most farmers provide salt for their live stock they know that cows will become salt hungry if not well supplied with salt regularly denied salt normal growth health general thrift and production either cease entirely or are sadly impaired im carefully conducted experiments have proved this to be true salt is 13 an essential as good feed and pure water most farm crops and mill feeds are very low in the element chlorine the tha very element that common salt supplies cheaply abundantly and in readily available form the main use of 0 salt Is to supply chlorine that Is required to make the hydrochloric acid found in the digestive juice of 0 the cows stomach and without which that organ cannot properly perform its dl di cestive function diminished milk flow and generally impaired physical condition soon follow if salt Is not included in the ration it is sometimes customary to add salt to the grain mixture at the rate of one pound salt to pounds grain this however lio wever la Is not enough to provide the requirements for all purposes whether fed in the grain mixture or not additional salt should be available at all times in the barn lots and pastures this may be provided in the form of rock salt or salt blocks it Is advisable to keep this outside supply protected in some way from the weather A common practice Is to keep common feeding salt in a covered box where the cattle may have access to it at all times |