Salt Block Holder

A salt block does its best work when it stays in one place and off the ground. Set on bare dirt, it picks up mud and manure, soaks up rain and breaks down faster than it should. This holder gives the block a spot on the wall, in the barn, lot or pasture, so your animals can reach it every day.

It attaches to a wall and holds a 4 lb salt or mineral block. The vinyl covering is a practical finish for a piece that lives outdoors, and the holder is simple, with one job to do.

Put it where your animals already come for water or shade, add a block, and check it when you do chores. A holder in the spot where the animals gather gets used, and a block that gets used is a block doing its job.

Highlights

• Vinyl-covered holder for outdoor use
• Attaches to a wall
• Holds a 4 lb salt or mineral block
• Keeps the block off the mud
• Puts salt where animals already gather

Why a holder beats setting a block on the ground

Salt blocks give cattle, horses, goats and sheep a way to get salt between meals. They work best when they're clean and dry enough to lick without a mouthful of grit. A block on the ground collects dirt and manure, sits in puddles after a storm and gets stepped on. Getting it up on a wall keeps it in better shape from the first week.

Choose the block with the animal in mind. Sheep are sensitive to copper, so for sheep choose plain salt or a block made for sheep, not a cattle or horse mineral block. Match the block to the animal you feed, and the holder keeps it in good shape while it's in use.

Placement matters as much as the holder. Mount it on a fence line near the water trough or on a barn wall at a height your animals can reach comfortably. One tucked in a corner nobody walks past gets forgotten, and salt nobody reaches is salt you already paid for.

At a glance

How to use it

Pick a solid wall where the holder can stay put and your animals can reach the block without standing in mud. Fasten the holder securely, then seat the block in it.

1. Choose a solid wall at a height the animals can reach.
2. Fasten the holder securely and seat the block in it.
3. Check the block when you fill water or do chores, and reseat it if it has shifted.

Rain and sun wear a block down, so keep a spare on hand. A spare means you aren't scrambling when the holder runs empty.

To clean, knock off caked mud and wipe the vinyl with a damp cloth before you set the next block.

Good to know

• Keep a spare salt block on hand, so the holder doesn't sit empty between trips to the feed store.
• Pair the holder with a water bucket or trough in the same spot, since animals come to water and salt on the same walk.
• Pairs well with a livestock bucket and a galvanized feed can on the same run.
• Replace the holder if the vinyl cracks or the mount loosens, since a loose holder can let the block drop.

About Partrade

Partrade Trading Company has supplied Western and English riding equipment since it started in 1955.

Cautions

* Products containing this symbol “*”, contain chemicals, including DEHP, known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm.

Hang one before the next block goes out.