Professor E. Meissl is of opinion that the role of salt in the feeding of animals is not sufficiently studied. Stock receives either too little or too much, and both extremes are bad. The quantity to be given an animal daily will be regulated by the feeding stuffs, the health of the beast, and its live weight. As a safe rule an animal ought to receive about two-fifths of an ounce of salt per 2241bs of live weight. The daily ration for a fattening bullock may vary from 14- to 2 ounces, for a milk cow 4- to 1 ounce, the l-9th of an ounce will be ample for a sheep, and a fraction more for pigs. Milch cows and young stock require relatively more salt than other animals. .Given in excess salt complicates the digestion, and diminishes the secretion of milk#
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1290, 19 November 1896, Page 4
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