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stock seldom refuse to eat it at this time. Properly cured hay is 

 seldom refused by stock, especially if it is sprinkled with salt water 

 when the animals are salt hungry. 



COMPOSITION OF SWEET CLOVER. 



Sweet clover, like most legumes, contains a relatively high per- 

 centage of protein, thus making it a source of that valuable constitu- 

 ent of feeds needed for growing stock and for the production of milk. 

 Table IV shows the relative composition and digestibility of sweet 

 clover as compared to some other feeds. 



TABLE IV. Composition and digcsti'tiUti/ of xiccet clover compared ivith that of 



other forage crops. 



AVERAGE PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION OF SWEET CLOVER AND OTHER FORAGE CROPS. 



DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS OF SWEET CLOVER AND OTHER FORAGE CROPS WHEN FED TO SHEEP.* 



1 Analyses taken from Henry and Morrison's "Feeds and Feeding." 

 - a Analyses compiled by the Bureau of Chemistry. 



3 Experiments conducted by the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station. 



4 The nutritive ratio is the ratio which exists between the digestible crude protein and the combined 

 digestible carbohydrates and fat. 



Table IV shows that the percentage composition of both green and 

 cured sweet clover compares favorably with that of alfalfa and red 

 clover. 



Perhaps the most interesting point shown in this table is that the 

 fiber content of white sweet clover,, whether green or cured into hay, 

 is no greater than that of alfalfa. It is understood, however, that 

 the plants collected for these analyses were taken when they were at 



