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8i(lcn'(l. IJowi'ii is iiioro liable to injury from wot tlinn poarwer 

 hay. It may often he elieaiier to get one lar<;e oroj) of hay, oven 

 of poorer (luality. and supideiiu'iit it w ith eoncent rated fodders. 



'• 'I'lie only direct feeding trials that have l)een nuule on this 

 point, so far an I know, are those made liy Profes^^or Sanborn, of 

 Missouri. So far as they go tiiey indicate tluit the value of early- 

 cut hay nuiy have been over-rated. 



** Lr(/iniii's. — The legumes are charaeterized by the large pro- 

 l)orti<)n of protein eontaim'tl in the plant as a whole, and in tho 

 seeds. As fodders, when properly cut and cured, they arc very 

 rieh, but have the disadvantage of being rather bulky, and of 

 being easily subject to deterioration by mechanical lossot-.. As a 

 general rule clover is richer in nitrogenous matters than grass. 

 Compared witli meadow hay, whiih is made from the true 

 grasses, its protein is about ecjually digest ilde, its crude fibre de- 

 cidedly less digestible." 



In trying to decide which is the proper stage of growth for 

 cutting grass for hay we should not forget that u late growth of 

 the plants nearly to seeding impairs their strength. In case of 

 red clover, it greatly interferes with the crop of seed which is 

 obtained from the second cutting. 



The following on this question is by Prof. W. II. Jordan, 

 taken from the Phihtdclphiti I'trxs: 



"What if sorghum does have more saccharose and less glucose 

 when the seeds are formed or are ripe? Is it more nutritious? 

 We have no reason for thinking so. Starch and the various 

 sugars and other carbohydrates have just the same office, and, so 

 far as we can judge, nearly the same value in animal nutrition, 

 so how does a change from glucose to sacMiarose, or from starch 

 to sugar, very materially affect the nutritive value of a plant? 

 In the processes of digestion starch is changed to glucose, and in 

 that form passes into the blood. Sugar in the blood requires 

 somewhat less work for its preparation for use by the animal 



