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be given to calves, when the clover has been cut while 

 young and tender. So excellent is it for such feeding that, 

 where practicable, a supply of it should be specially stored 

 for such feeding by those who need it. Like alfalfa it has 

 high adaptation for being fed along with corn in fattening 

 cattle. Since clover, however, is not quite so rich in pro- 

 tein as alfalfa, some concentrate rich in protein should be 

 added, though in limited quantity. Oil cake, gluten meal 

 or cottonseed meal are very suitable. When it forms the 

 sole fodder ration for cows in milk, as much as half the 

 concentrate fed may be corn, but in proportion as corn 

 fodder or corn stover is substituted for clover, the propor- 

 tion of the corn fed should be decreased. 



For sheep, clover of fine growth and well harvested is 

 particularly excellent. Its value for such feeding is les- 

 sened in proportion as it is coarse, over ripe when cut or 

 over dried when cured. For breeding ewes, good clover 

 hay alone may furnish a sufficient ration in itself until the 

 lambing season. When it forms the sole fodder part of the 

 ration, it is not necessary to add much protein to corn when 

 fed as the concentrate, but 5 to 10 per cent of such food 

 as oil cake will prove helpful. 



In feeding swine, especially in winter, clover nay may 

 be made to serve a useful purpose ; first, as a source of pro- 

 tein and second, to give distension to the digestive organs. 

 It is particularly valuable in feeding brood sows to which 

 such carbonaceous foods as corn and rye are being fed. It 

 is frequently fed simply as hay, but the ration is improved 

 by chaffing the hay, adding the meal and steaming the mix- 

 ture. Such food, however, should not be fed to swine be- 

 ing fattened. 



For horses, clover has been assigned a lower place 

 than is meet for such a fodder. This is owing chiefly to 

 the dust so frequently found in it, as the result of over or 

 of under-curing at the time of storing. This dust, penetrat- 

 ing the lungs of horses to which such hay is fed for a pro- 

 longed period, is much liable to produce heaves. It is also 



