Things You'll Need
- Iodine powder
- Ionized cobalt
- Rock salt
Instructions
Mix an iodine powder with ionized cobalt and rock salt. The mixture should equal 400 g of powder per metric ton of salt, or 14 oz. per short (U.S.) ton.
Provide this mineral mixture to the cattle "free choice." Place the mixture in a trough where the cattle are free to eat it at any time. Cattle will naturally eat the salt and will consume the iodine along with it.
"Top-dress" the silo corn that you feed to beef cattle. To top-dress the feed, sprinkle the mixture onto the corn before feeding it to the cattle.
Observe the outcome. Within a few weeks, newly born cattle should be healthy and energetic.