278 N. H. STATE AGRICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



Big Flat, N. Y. I. H. says : '•' My experience does not 

 show that clover is injurious to horses ; but, on the contrary, 

 good for pasture, and if properly got and cured, also lor 

 hay." 



Westmoreland, Co., Pa. F. I. C. says : " Cure clover in 

 the cock, and find it the very best hay for our stock. If 

 properly managed, I consider it superior fodder for horses. 

 The prejudice against its use for horses arises entirely, I 

 am persuaded, from improper treatment in curing. If 

 suffered to parch in the sun, as is the common practice, the 

 leaves crumble into powder that the beast inhales, which 

 produces a cough, and ultimately the heaves. My horses, 

 eleven in number, are fed exclusively upon it, with a small 

 allowance of corn or oats when at work. They are always 

 in good condition, and are able to draw heavy logs to the 

 saw-mill, at which they are generally employed during the 

 fall and winter. Upon every ton of hay, as it is housed, I 

 scatter a peck of salt." 



Warren, Co., Pa. F. F. says: ''Red clover, well cured, 

 will never prove injurious to any horse or other animal." 



Chester, Co.,Penn. N. L. says: '-Red clover hay is in- 

 jurious to horses that have not sound wind, and some think 

 that very dusty hay will produce heaves. But if clover 

 hay is properly cured, and ' got in' without rain, it will 

 keep horses in better condition than any other hay." 



Lucerne, Co., Pa. H. F. M. — " Red clover hay is not in- 

 jurious to horses." 



Mark, Co., Ohio. M. R. — " Red clover is not injurious to 

 horses." 



Hush, Co., hid. J. M. says : " I have not found good 

 clover hay injurious to horses." 



Bedford, Co., Penn. W. ]]. says : " I do not knoAV that 

 red clover is injurious to horses." 



Iowa. D. ^I. C. says : '- "We have never known red clover 

 to injure horses." 



From the foregoing extracts, as might have been expect- 



