POULTRY FEEDS AND FEEDING 



has about the same feeding value as alfalfa hay, being rich 

 in protein and lime, but slightly lower in digestible crude 

 protein. It should be cut for hay when about one-third of 

 the heads have turned brown as it can be cured to better 

 advantage at that time than when in full bloom. 



OTHER CLOVERS 



Mammoth clover makes a very coarse, rangy growth 

 and the plant is usually longer lived than red clover but it 

 yields only one crop annually. It will do well on poorer 

 and lighter land than red clover and may be mixed to ad- 

 vantage with red clover seed. 



Alsike clover does not stand up as well as the other 

 clovers but is adapted for use on acid or wet soil. White 

 clover is a lower creeping perennial which has a wide 

 range of growth but is adapted only for pasturage for 

 which purpose it is quite desirable in the North. It is also 

 grown in the South but nearly disappears in the summer, 

 freshening up again in the fall. 



Sweet clover grows widely along roadsides and rail- 

 road tracks and will do well on many soils where the other 

 clovers will not grow. Animals have to become accus- 

 tomed to using sweet clover as it contains a bitter com- 

 pound which they do not like when first eaten. Sweet 

 clover should be sown thickly and should be cut when 

 about 6 inches high. It will give from two to three crops 

 in a season. 



Crimson clover is an annual, grown principally from 

 New Jersey to South Carolina, in which sections it is 



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