The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-29

gestlon operated painful, rise, lick the
salt for time, longer or shorter, ac-
cordlng to the need they feel, and,
surely guided by their instinct, then
lie down, and again rise, lick the salt
again, and so continue till the rumina-
ton takes place again, and thus ad
minister themselves TIE remedy for the
disorder. The good effects of this
mode of distributing salt to animals
have been proved TO us many years ago
IN a manner which has led us to attach
| still more Importance to 1t.
The farmers act upon routine Il hope
/ they will excuse me for speaking the
/ TRUTH, and because they profit largely
from the advantages it presents, it is
necessary that the administration of the
/ indirect contributions should facilitate
the means Of application, by authorizing
in all the communes depots of salt for
/ the use OF cattle In order that the cult
vatOr may be able to procure it as read
lily, without loss of time and in proper
ton with his wants and resources, as
that destined for his own consumption,
and in order that there will soon be in
France not a single head OF cattle de-
EA4fCNA VI salt. lHeu We SIldtl uO longer
IN this respect have to envy other couu-
tries III which the beauty of the farm
animal Is almost always in proportion to
the low price of salt. The salt merchants
might deliver this salt in agglomerated
pieces of eight or ten kilogrammes
: twenty pounds), which may be placed,
as we have already said, in the managers
IN front of each animal. We shall thus
be certain of never giving salt in excess,
while the animal could always satisfy
the want it feels of consuming it.
The employment of salt in cattle
feeding, when even it is subject to the
duty, and still more when that is re-
mltted. does not involve an expense
without compensation; for, by its action
upon the digestive organs, it produces
better and stronger assimilation of the
food, and consequently a saving, the
nutrition being not In proportion with
the quantity consumed, but rather of
that digested; part also is found in the
dung, which will acquire an extra value
by it; the milk also being of a better
quality, and it imparts to the butchers
meat very appreciate flavor. That
of sheep said to be presalted has no
Oluer cause.
From the preceding remarks it must
not be concluded that | advise the abso-
lutte exclusion of the addition of salt
from boiled food, from which it devel-
Opes the aroma, nor its mixture with
forages toowatery, damaged, or ripened.
and then harvested In moist time and
state, and to which it is required to
restore what the water has carried off
But, IN the two cases, salt must be en-
ployed with moderation, in order that
the animals may not be compelled to
consume 1t when they do not require it.
In few words, do not force the salt
upon the cattle, but place it within their
reach; they will then consume it in
quantities varying with their real
wants, which their instincts will teach
them to know much better than we can,
and they will never abuse it. If l in
sist upon this point it is because l have
seen stables deeimated by diseases oc-
casioned by the immoderate use of salt,
Of which the abuse, like that of the
best things, produces results contrary
to those of a normal consumption, and
based upon requirements. And, in
proceeding as | have advised, you will
receive the profit by all the good effects
of salt without having to regret the in
rOnypnieDpeS of If