KEEP SALT CONSTANTLY BEFORE CATTLE.

Shannon News, 12 May 1925, Page 1

KEEP SALT CONSTANTLY BEFORE CATTLE.

Without giving much thought as to why they do so, most farmers provide salt for their livestock. 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. Carefully conducted experiments have proved this to be true. Salt is as essential as good food and pure water.

It is sometimes customary to add salt to the grain mixture at the rate of one pound salt to 100 pounds of grain. This, however, is not sufficient to provide the requirements for all purposes. Whether fed in the grain mixture or hot, 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 ail times.