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we would say, do not occasionally deny a bundle of good 

 clover hay, if it be but for a relish and a change to your 

 horses, even though other kinds of hay be used as regular 

 feed. To avoid the dust from clover hay, it is advisable 

 to feed it from the manger and not from the rack over the 

 head of the horse. 



There are, like timothy and other grasses, several kinds 

 of clover, although the red clover ( Trifolium pratense) is 



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generally meant, and not the marl or cow-grass (^Tri- 

 folium medium), which latter name, independent perhaps 

 of any other consideration, may be the origin of the 

 appellation of " cow-hay," as applied to clover by the sta- 

 blemen of Philadelphia. The second year's crop or cut of 

 clover is perhaps, when all circumstances are regarded, the 

 best hay for horses of all kinds and of all work, as at this 

 time about one-third will be composed of timothy, making 



