Salt Milk Cows Regu= larly.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 May 1910, Page 4

Salt Milk Cows Regu= larly.

©~ ■ !\la,ny farmers who seldom tlvink io give their stock salt, will raise a big howl if that necessary articles is ih;;[ on their own table, but how about slock, especially milch cows, who cannot voice their complaints; but must suffer in silence? Tt is a matter of history that buffaloes and other wild sitoek would travel miles to reach a salt lick or soinw other place where salt might bo found. A bulletin has rooe.ii.tlv been issued by the Wisconsin FA-periment reperfinu: the result of their in regard to the neces.'itv of .-■alt for (■'■wx giving milk'. They proved conclusively that cows must b,» <viveil salt or 'they will 1.-.-e both flesh ami inijik. We quote i'rom the bulletin : — ''In every case there was finally reached a condition of low vitality in winch a sudden and complete lireakd'owu occurred from wlric.li re"'ivory was rapid if salt was supplied. _ This stage was marked by loss of apoefite. a generallly haggard appearance, lustreless eyes, a roii'ih cwit, and a very rapid decline in live we-i-.dit a.n-d yield of milk. ■''The breakdown was most like'v {••' (.ci-ur at cah'ing or immediately after, when the system was weakened and the flow of milk large. In '•eiieral. the cows givintr the l.arjrnst i\i'\v of milk we 1 , .? the first to rlkhv sign l ? of di-'iress. They all suffered less in pa>■■•(ure than when confined t:> the stable." It is recommended that at least ■ne our." - of s::U shall be sriven ■i-aily In 'iiiieh cow.s. find a slighlt ex- '■'•« of that amouiiit will not he harmful. Fxcptioiiially heavy MiilkiMV! require even 'lunr-e than this. Of co'p'se with heifers and yearlings ■i smaller a.Tiiruii'". is .sufficient, and •,'ffoc' <>\--|i if deprived of it for a considerable length of time. ITi.wever. if is ; i good plan to have salt accessible at all times , ,r your . ioek. and you may be sure they will not- - ; ;orge rhi ■nicelves or suffer any bad effects from over-eating. laiaaraaaasmigiißißmtnai'ig-