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various Waxbills. I have been giving this Iodised Mineral Salts to all

my birds for the last two years with very beneficial results and I can

now confidently recommend its use for all aviary birds, given dry or

a very small quantity mixed in the soft food for those birds that will

take soft food.


The particular brand I use is called “ Churn ” brand No. 3. Complete

Iodised Mineral Salts for Poultry, and is manufactured by the British

Glues and Chemicals, Ltd., Kingsway, London. I have now received

their permission to give the analysis and to state that they will be

pleased to send any member a small sample upon request, and should

any difficulty be experienced, arrangements will be made for its supply.


The use of these salts seems to supply “ that something 55 which

has been puzzling me for years, and which so many birds appear to

be always looking for in confinement. To quote from their letter “ the

actual formula of this mineral mixture is as follows :—


Churn Brand Sterilized Feeding Bone Flour 38 per cent.

Carbonate of Lime . . . .47 ,,


,, Salt . . . . 12 ,,


Sulphur ...... 2 ,,


Ferric Oxide ...... 1 ,,


Plus 1 oz. Potassium Iodide per cwt. of the mixture


Further notes from the letter are “ after 12 years close application

to the study of supplementary mineral feeding to all classes of stock,

we have no hesitation in saying that Sterilized Feeding Bone Flour

is undoubtedly the finest source of mineral feeding, supplying as it

does, in a soft, easily assimilable form and in the natural proportions,

both of the essential elements Phosphorus and Calcium


Although the birds only eat very small quantities I am gratified

.with the results to date, for the general improvement in the young

stock is most noticeable. All my birds and aviaries are supplied with

these mineral salts in the dry form. A newly imported bird gorged itself

to such an extent with the salts that I had to remove it.


I hope the above will be useful as well as interesting, and I may

add I have of course no interest in any of the proprietary articles

I recommend.



