IODINE TREATMENT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 February 1939, Page 6 (Supplement)

IODINE TREATMENT

SOIL DEFICIENCIES.

BENEFIT TO LIVESTOCK.

Careful scientific investigations have shown quite conclusively that the soils of Canada, in general, are deficient in ipc]ine, to a greqtpp or less degrep. In fact there are certain areas w|tere a marked deficiency is experienped, and it is naturpjly in such areas that the greatest trpuble occtp’s. Sirpilarly in other areas the phenomena due to thyroid inactivity do not necessarily recur eypry yea;’, though it has been definitely proved that the use of iodine, in the fpriji of jodjne, evep ;n such areas l;as rqqlised pe? neficial and tenip p-ffpet whpn fpd to live stock.

There is ample evidence, particularly in lhe experimental projects car? op by thp Dominion experimental farm sysje;n, that iodine exerts a powerful influence for good when fed dufiqg the period of pregnancy to maresT coWs, sheep and swine. Investigators declare that it prevents hairlessness in pigs, goitre in lambs and calves, and is a fjgcided factor in preventing ,jpint?ill in L’pals. Just how far thjs mineral rpay exert an influence in preventing sterility, premature birth and other genjtal infections has nof he’pn cjiptp qs";iefrpitely determined |mt ti;erP is siiflipippi evidence Io piinplpflp that ififlillP flfiPs qifl jp eslaMishins ■ anh niainlainins or stppnglltenjqg the qatill’tll IWPP of pesisjance. Th? PrQSpny fif i9s!P e? Irpatpd cfams sgem to hayg inepeased sjrengQi apd virility-