[Jacob-list] Mineral blocks

[J Thomas]

Found the "tag" I had cut off the cardboard "topper"
from our last block.  It says, Dumor Livestock Feed
16% sheep and goat supplement block. Manufactured for
Tractor Supply Co. Don't know if you could get it
somewhere else.

Joy


--- Linda <wolfpen at rabun.net> wrote:
> Thanks for all the information on mineral blocks.  I
> wonder if anyone could tell me
> the manufacturer of the blocks.  We don't have
> TractorSupply in this part of Georgia
> and I didn't see the blocks on their website.
> Linda
> 
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 08:15:10 -0500, Cathy Robinson
> wrote:
> >>It is a mineral/protein block made specifically
> for
> >>sheep and goats.  I get them at Tractor Supply
> >>Company. They are 125 pounds and run about $27.
> >
> >I recently had an experience with the above
> mentioned blocks that
> >caused
> >me to swiftly return them.  After a friend several
> hours east of me
> >in NC
> >had sent me the product label (she had been using
> the product) and I
> >had
> >ascertained that there was no copper in them, I
> sent my husband off
> >to
> >the feed store to pick up two of the 125# tubs. He
> returned three
> >hours
> >later with them, and while they were still in the
> back of his truck I
> >noted that the label was a "color" label and not
> the "black and
> >white"
> >label that I had been sent.  I went and got my
> glasses and began
> >perusing
> >the label, and it was identical in EVERY way,
> including product code,
> >except that the color label had copper clearly
> listed in the
> >ingredient
> >list.  The black and white label that had been sent
> to me, had
> >"blanks/open spaces" in those spaces, as though
> someone had used
> >white-out at some point to create a new label.
> >
> >The difference in the appearance of the label was
> of concern, as was
> >the
> >disappearance of an ingredient on one that I do not
> wish to feed my
> >sheep!  I called the store and talked with the
> manager...he did some
> >research and got back to me on the following
> Monday. I didn't wait
> >for
> >all the answers, so  needless to say, husband
> climbed back in his
> >truck
> >to return blocks to the store, and after another 3
> hour trip, he
> >didn't
> >get much done that day that was on his agenda.
> >
> >I first asked the store manager if all the blocks
> in his store had a
> >color label that showed copper in the
> ingredients....seems to me they
> >were a bright yellow and some other primary
> color....and he said
> >"yes".    I then went into comparisons of data and
> product
> >code....and
> >asked why two versions of a label seemed to be
> floating around the
> >Tractor Supply network in NC and which one was
> correct.  He
> >contacted his
> >supplier, who in turn contacted the
> manufacturer.....bottom line was
> >that
> >the "color" label was correct and there was copper
> in the blocks. He
> >said
> >TS did not sell a sheep/goat block that did not
> contain copper, and
> >that
> >they only sold one for sheep and goats.  He could
> not explain why
> >there
> >seemed to be two forms of the same label in the
> system but he
> >certainly
> >thought it was strange.  He went on to say that TS
> would not sell
> >this
> >product once supplies were exhausted....since it
> had been a poor
> >seller.
> >My guess is the only place it was perhaps a good
> seller was in the
> >area
> >that had the label that showed no added copper!  My
> recollection is
> >that
> >the label on the blocks we brought home and
> returned showed copper at
> >around 40ppm----not something I would want to have
> available free
> >choice.
> >
> >If you do buy this product from Tractor Supply,
> check your label.
> >If it
> >sports a color label, copper will be clearly
> listed.  If the label is
> >black and white, look carefully at the empty spaces
> that look like
> >info
> >is missing and then ask questions.
> >
> >Cathy
> >Perfect Spot Farm
> >
> >
> >
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Joy Thomas, Son-Rise Farm
Home of Jacob Sheep
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