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<blockquote data-quote="norriscathy" data-source="post: 182462" data-attributes="member: 2961"><p>I really don't give my replacement heifers anything but free choice salt and minerals when they have good pasture. In July or August when the pastures get dry and the growth of the grass slows down, I feed about 2#'s per day of a 4-n-1 salt mix. Young heifers will not eat a pound of salt per day so they're not going to eat the five pounds you'd expect. I don't know how many heifers you have or if you have a feed store near by that will custom blend 2 tons for you.My 4-n-1 "summer mix" per ton is 1,100 #'s cottonseed meal; 400#'s salt; 100#'s vegatable fat; 350 #'s ground corn; 50#'s high phos mineral; and a 1# "dairy vitamin "pack. This will give you a about a 24% protein mix. If you can't get a custom mix don't be to concerned. You can buy the product in the bag but it may be 2-n-1 or 3-n-1; just hand mix enough cottonseed meal to bring it up to 4-n-1. Although I much prefer CSM but soybean meal will work almost as well. The extra fat will provide 2#'s of nutrition for each pound of fat; but more importantly it will keep the mixture from being so dry it blows away in the wind.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="norriscathy, post: 182462, member: 2961"] I really don't give my replacement heifers anything but free choice salt and minerals when they have good pasture. In July or August when the pastures get dry and the growth of the grass slows down, I feed about 2#'s per day of a 4-n-1 salt mix. Young heifers will not eat a pound of salt per day so they're not going to eat the five pounds you'd expect. I don't know how many heifers you have or if you have a feed store near by that will custom blend 2 tons for you.My 4-n-1 "summer mix" per ton is 1,100 #'s cottonseed meal; 400#'s salt; 100#'s vegatable fat; 350 #'s ground corn; 50#'s high phos mineral; and a 1# "dairy vitamin "pack. This will give you a about a 24% protein mix. If you can't get a custom mix don't be to concerned. You can buy the product in the bag but it may be 2-n-1 or 3-n-1; just hand mix enough cottonseed meal to bring it up to 4-n-1. Although I much prefer CSM but soybean meal will work almost as well. The extra fat will provide 2#'s of nutrition for each pound of fat; but more importantly it will keep the mixture from being so dry it blows away in the wind. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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