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Minerals. Are they needed?
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<blockquote data-quote="JW IN VA" data-source="post: 1408337" data-attributes="member: 21289"><p>Many years ago there were fewer cattle per acre than now.My grandfather ran a flock of 75 ewes here until the 1930s when we could no longer get access to USFS land for summer grazing.Sheep were gone for probably five months.Another thing may be related to the faster growing,hevier yielding forage crops we have.An old vet(Dr A V Bartenslager) opined once that he old meadow hay took all summer to grow and thus had more time to absorb some more trace elements from the soil.</p><p> I've heard of cows chewing on old bones and debarking trees in search of mineral.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JW IN VA, post: 1408337, member: 21289"] Many years ago there were fewer cattle per acre than now.My grandfather ran a flock of 75 ewes here until the 1930s when we could no longer get access to USFS land for summer grazing.Sheep were gone for probably five months.Another thing may be related to the faster growing,hevier yielding forage crops we have.An old vet(Dr A V Bartenslager) opined once that he old meadow hay took all summer to grow and thus had more time to absorb some more trace elements from the soil. I've heard of cows chewing on old bones and debarking trees in search of mineral. [/QUOTE]
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