3IO FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



Small White clover has a wider distribution than any 

 other variety. It seldom requires resowing on soils where 

 it has once grown unless where sown for seed production. 

 It is seldom grown for any other purpose than to pro- 

 vide pasture. Spontaneously as it were, it grows along 

 with blue grass and some other grasses, and is most in evi- 

 dence in moist seasons. It is reasonably palatable, but 

 less so probably than the clovers referred to above, 

 although of finer growth, and it is charged with inducing 

 slobbering in horses that graze upon it in the early summer. 

 This useful and harmless weed-like plant considerably in- 

 creases the producing capacity of pastures in which it 

 grows. 



Alfalfa grows on certain soils in nearly all the states 

 and in nearly all the provinces of Canada. It is rather a 

 hay than a pasture plant as it does not stand grazing well, 

 and very frequently the grazing of cattle and sheep upon 

 it is attended with loss. The danger from bloat is not 

 present when it is grazed with swine and horses. When 

 grown for grazing the aim should be to grow some grass 

 along with it as Orchard grass or Russian brome, or to 

 grow it as a factor of a pasture more or less permanent. 

 The grazing of alfalfa usually shortens its life term, though 

 the reverse is frequently true of clover. 



The chief of the clovers of less importance in pro- 

 viding grazing than those referred to above, are Crimson 

 clover, (Trifolium incarnatum) , Japan clover (Lespedesa 

 striata) and Bur clover (Medicago maculata}. Sainfoin 

 (Onobrychis sativa) may prove highly valuable in fur- 

 nishing pasture, but it has not been grown on areas of any 

 considerable extent in this country. 



Crimson clover, usually sown in the summer or early 

 autumn is g N rown chiefly in the Central Atlantic states and 

 in some states westward and southward from these. This 

 plant, which lives but one year, makes much and quick 

 growth under congenial conditions, but it cannot endure 

 severe winters unless protected by snow. It may be 



