But F.W., those salesmen promised me I'd go to the 'agricultural Heaven' if
I just bought 200# of those wonderful minerals and placed them in a box near
the barn! You're absolutely right--just balance the ration. My main 'warning
sign' about the balance is in the regularity of heat cycles. Dick Conklin
----- Original Message -----
From: "FW Owen" <fwo@bright.net>
To: <graze-l@witt.ac.nz>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 1:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Graze-l] Free choice minerals
> Hi,
>
> Cafeteria style free choice minerals will not work. It is
> just a sales technique that can be easily taught and
> applied by salesmen with pretty good success (as a sales
> technique).
>
> Cows do not have the mathematical abilities to balance their
> own rations, nor can they do it magically, or any other
> way.
>
> This claim by salesmen was one of the first research
> subjects when the land grant universities were established.
> Since then it has been revisited countless times. It's
> nonsense.
>
> --
> Kindest regards,
>
> =======================
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> Owenlea Holsteins
> 9430 Spencer Road
> Homerville, Ohio 44235
> e-mail fwo@bright.net
> home page http://www.bright.net/~fwo
> voice & fax 330.625.2369
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