Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 1, Number 14, DeMotte, Jasper County, 27 October 1932 — Salt for Cows [ARTICLE]

Salt for Cows

Cows in their search for salt and minerals are likely to eat poisonous materials that will be fatal to them. A number of instances have been reported in the corn belt where cows ate partially oxided zinc storage batteries that had been thrown aside in woodlands and pastures and died from the effects. All such debris should be buried. Salt should be available for cows at all times. When rock salt is used loose salt should be given frequently because a cow cannot lick an ounce or more of salt from the rock each day without injury to her tongue. When cows get an ample supply of salt they are not so likely to eat foreign materials and be poisoned.--Prairie Farmer.