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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 14182"><p>Eating the paper is not the problem as long as there is adequate other roughage. I'ld be more concerned with what kind of material is in the ink.</p><p></p><p>dunmovin farms</p><p></p><p>> The first winter that I had the</p><p>> cattle, I hadn't bought anything</p><p>> for bedding, but we are a</p><p>> voracious reading family and I was</p><p>> BURIED under newspaper. I tore the</p><p>> black and white sheets into strips</p><p>> and put it out on the slab. It</p><p>> rapidly disappeared and I figured</p><p>> out that the calves were eating</p><p>> it. They were only six months old</p><p>> at that time, and I had been</p><p>> reading enough to figure out that</p><p>> I might be really messing up their</p><p>> digestive tracts.... so I broke</p><p>> down and bought straw for bedding.</p><p>> From time to time, I still put out</p><p>> newspaper for them to munch</p><p>> on...more like a treat than a</p><p>> meal, to be sure. My husband said</p><p>> that there had been a man</p><p>> experimenting with feeding cattle</p><p>> newspaper in the feedlots. Has</p><p>> anyone ever heard of his results?</p><p>> Why are the cattle enjoying the</p><p>> newspaper? What am I doing to</p><p>> them... allowing them to eat this</p><p>> "treat".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 14182"] Eating the paper is not the problem as long as there is adequate other roughage. I'ld be more concerned with what kind of material is in the ink. dunmovin farms > The first winter that I had the > cattle, I hadn't bought anything > for bedding, but we are a > voracious reading family and I was > BURIED under newspaper. I tore the > black and white sheets into strips > and put it out on the slab. It > rapidly disappeared and I figured > out that the calves were eating > it. They were only six months old > at that time, and I had been > reading enough to figure out that > I might be really messing up their > digestive tracts.... so I broke > down and bought straw for bedding. > From time to time, I still put out > newspaper for them to munch > on...more like a treat than a > meal, to be sure. My husband said > that there had been a man > experimenting with feeding cattle > newspaper in the feedlots. Has > anyone ever heard of his results? > Why are the cattle enjoying the > newspaper? What am I doing to > them... allowing them to eat this > "treat". [/QUOTE]
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