Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-07-24
Those who have wild and

is necessary. Those who have wild and
unruly stock should remember this and
commence the tanning process at time
when their animals are in want OF food,
water, or other things which will contri-
butte to their health or comfort.
SALT FOR STOCK.
Much as has been said and written for
and against giving salt to animals, it is
now pretty generally admitted that they
do better with than without a supply. Salt
certainly gives relish to all kinds OF
green food and acts a stimulus to diges-
ton, rendering coarse food more nutri-
tious and moist and less injurious. Salt
also prevents the attacks of parasites upon
animals, and it is well known that horses
which are constantly supplied with salt
are seldom attacked by bots.
Farmers may advance theories in any
number against the giving of salt to stock,
but when they do this they assume to
know more than their Creator, for He has
distributed this substanc. throughout the
habitable globe, and planted in animals a
taste for it. The cruel and conceited theo-
rist is the only man that would deprive
his animals of a full supply of this almost
indispensable article.
SHELTER IN SUMMER.
Whatever conduces to the comfort of
cattle must necessarily be beneficial to
health, and shelter from cold rains or the
hot scorching sun must certainly come
under this head We know that many
stock-raisers object to shade in pastures,
for they claim that animals will rest in
consequence when they would otherwise
be feeding But this we think is a poor
argument, even if true, which we doubt;
for an animal need not be taking food into
its stomach constantly, in order to grow
fat or remain healthy Rest as well as ex-
ercise is necessary to promote fattening,
and the more comfortable the resting
place the better. The objection to cool,
shady place for cattle in summer is only
one form of the inhuman idea so preva-
lent among farmers that animals have no
rights which men are bound to respect
and that an abuse Of them is no sin.
If the owners or those who have the
charge of cattle will not provide shade in
pastures, they should at least provide shell
ter for all animals during long, cold rains
in summer Many an animal has con-
tracted diseases during cold storms in
summer which terminated in death during
the winter Our domesticatcd animals
are not, as rule, afforded as good pro-
lection as the wild ones are; for the latter
can usually find shelter in deep woods or
among rocks, while those we pretend to
care for are usually debarred from even
this primitive kind of protection. 1t is
not reasonable to suppose that our ami
mails can remain exposed for several days
in succession to heavy rains, and sleep
upon ground saturated with water, with
out being injured more or less. They may
not show the effects of such exposure i'm
mediately, but it is sure to manifest itself
in time. Any extreme, whether it may
be lack of food. water or shelter, weakens
the animal, and invites disease and para
sites of various kinds. Bots, heaves,
founder, grease, hoove, scab, lice, worms,
and hundreds of other ailments of stock
are only the legitimate results of neglect
at some period in the life of the animal
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