little sweet clover would prevent bloat if a whole lot 

 of alfalfa is eaten. We are inclined to believe that it 

 might not. The two plants would not go well to- 

 gether, because alfalfa is a long-lived perennial, while 

 sweet clover lives but two years. Alfalfa would 

 scarcely be in good condition to pasture when the 

 sweet clover sown with it would have lived out its 

 appointed time. 



As to the relative value of sweet clover and alfalfa 

 as sheep feeds we have only the results of some ex- 

 periments made at the Wyoming station to guide us 

 in forming conclusions. We quote directly from Bul- 

 letin No. 79 of the Wyoming Experiment Station at 

 Laramie : 



"Wild sweet clover is common along irrigation ditches 

 and in waste spots ; and since it withstands alkali well, and 

 gives a heavy tonnage of hay, it should prove a desirable 

 hay crop in many sections. Stockmen commonly believe that 

 sweet clover is useless as a forage-plant ; but cattle and sheep 

 will eat the growing plant if it is not too large and coarse, 

 and the experiment here reported shows that lambs eat the 

 hay readily, and make good gains from it. 



"Comparing lots 4 and 5 we find that the sweet-clover 

 lambs made an average gain of 30.7 pounds in fourteen 

 weeks, while the alfalfa lambs made 34.4 pounds gain. The 

 former ate one-sixth more hay, somewhat more corn, and a 

 small amount of oil meal. The larger consumption of sweet- 

 clover hay was due to the fact that it was cut late, and 

 was very coarse and stemmy. The lambs liked it, however, 

 and showed a steady appetite for it. There was not the 

 slightest difficulty in getting them to eat it at the start." 



SUCCESS WITH SWEET CLOVER. 

 From Farm and Fireside. 



I am so well pleased with experimenting with sweet 

 clover as a soil-restorer and a forage for live stock 

 that I will endeavor to give a few points on its man- 

 agement. 



oweet clover belongs to the family of leguminous 

 plants. The same bacteria live on its roots that live 

 on the roots of the alfalfa plant. Some people will 

 say alfalfa is so much better than sweet clover, why 

 not plant it? How do they know if they have never 

 tried it? 



I first used sweet clover as an inoculator for alfalfa. 



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