SALT FOR COWS.
It is more essential to provide the dairy cow with an adequate supply of salt than any other animal on the farm. In the manufacture oF milk, she requires considerable salt and unless it is provided in liberal quantities, she will develop an abnormal appetite, dull eyes, a rough coat, and in the end there will be a complete breakdown. Dairy cows require varying quantities of salt. Those who are producing largo flows require more than those producing small quantities. In a feed report of Ono of the leading dairy cows it was stated that she consumed 601b. of salt in a year, or more than 2oz. a day. This seems like a generous quantity of salt, but i« was none too much considering the work that she did in the year. We have considered, says the writer of the report, that it is a good practice to mix with each 1001b. of feed from ilb. to lib. of salt and then arrange so that tho cows may have free access to salt. This method will provide all the salt an animal requires and does away with any danger of neglecting to provide salt in adequate quantities.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18996, 18 April 1925, Page 17
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