Show EFU EF U IV 0 9 F FARM ARM ANIMALS MUST HAVE SALT SUPPLY one of the most commonly used mineral elements with live stock and one with which we are all familiar 1 13 chat that of 0 salt or sodium chloride this material supplying the elements to bo daum and chlorine which seem to be necessary for live stock it has been a practice with successful stock men for cent centuries urles to cupply common salt to all kinds of live stock and while there Is a considerable in opinion as to the necessity of this it Is considered a good practice and from tile the experiments that have been conducted Is doubtless a necessary one salt should not be given to animals in too large amounts as it would induce the drinking of great quantities of water which would lessen digestion bring about abnormal secretion of digestive fluids and other undesirable results there Is no question but that salt improves the palatability of 0 certain feeds and probably increases the appetite in some cases exhaustive experiments were made by babcock and carlyle of the wisconsin experiment station which proved conclusively that hat it la Is absolutely necessary to supply y salt especially to dairy cows as in every case after withholding salt tor for a short time three these animals evidenced tin an abnormal appetite for it every one of them readied reached a point where vitality wua was extremely low and a general breakdown occurred this occurred in most cases after several months in every case whon either a potassium or sodium salt containing a chlorine was furnished it a complete recovery toole took place this experiment brought out the fact that it was not the sodium but that it was the chlorine that was necessary the amount of salt required by animals will vary considerably according to the locality from which the feed ls Is secured for them it will also very vary considerably according to the prodoc tion ot of the various individuals ot of the herd the safest and most satisfactory manner in which to supply salt to live stock Is to allow them access to it nt at all times and when handled in this way no bad results should follow it Is well to keep in mind however that swine and poultry are very susceptible cep tible to salt poisoning and for this reason only small amounts should be fed to them in no case should swine or poultry be allowed free access to td salt or solutions of brine as this la Is a dangerous practice many cases of 0 salt poisoning in poultry and swine are reported each year and most of 0 them are fatal |