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HiUsboro' Co., N. H. A. G. C. says : " Clover, to be 

 free from danger to ^vorking horses or oxeu, ought to be 

 cut and wet with cold water." 



Grafton, Co., N. H. H. M. says: "I have no doubt but 

 clover will give horses the heaves, by overfeeding when 

 they are not at work." 



Cohwihia, Conn. J. L. Y. savs : " Clover is thouo-ht to 

 be injurious to horses, by most people, tending to an irrita- 

 tion which results in heaves. Others contend that if the 

 clover is cured in a proper manner, it will not produce 

 cough or irritation in horses, sooner than any other kind 

 of hay ,• and this opinion seems to be gaining ground, and 

 people are more particular about curing it." 



Salem, Co., N.J. D. P. — "Experience docs not show 

 that red clover is injurious to horses when fed in moderate 

 quantities." 



Another, T. S., from the same State and county, " thinks 

 it is not safe to feed red clover, unmixed, to horses." 



Seneca, Co., N. Y. •' Timothy hay is preferred for 

 horses ; it is thought that clover inclines them to cough 

 and heaves." 



Chatauque, Co., N. Y. L. R. says : " Having for the past 

 twenty years had in constant employ from 20 to 30 horses, 

 I have been led by experience to believe that red clover 

 hay, fed to horses in the usual manner, is injurious, and 

 many times creates a cough and heaves. It may be fed in 

 small quantities, when ivet or soaked in water, without in- 

 jury. It undoubtedly makes much difference in the manner 

 clover hay is made, as it never should be spread, and re- 

 main so until thoroughly dried but wilted and cured in the 

 cock; and when put into the mow, a little salt applied will 

 tend to keep it in a state in which the dust will adhere to 

 it, and not rise when fed, which I think is the great cause 

 of injury." 



Ontario, Co., N. Y. G. W. says : " Ilavc no reason to 

 think that clover that is cut at the proper season, and well 

 cured before housing, is at all injurious to any animal." 



