SOME GENERAL PRINCIPLES 35 



the hay near the ground from taking injury from 

 the ground moisture. 2. Keep the heart of the stack 

 highest from the first and the slope gradual and 

 even from the center toward the sides. 3. Keep the 

 stack evenly trodden, or it will settle unevenly, and 

 the stack will lean to one side accordingly. 4. In- 

 crease the diameter from the ground upward until 

 ready to draw in or narrow to form the top. 5. Aim 

 to form the top by gradual rather than abrupt nar- 

 rowing. 6. Top out by using some other kind of hay 

 or grass that sheds the rain better than clover. 

 7. Suspend weights to some kind of ropes, stretch- 

 ing over the top of the stack to prevent the wind 

 from removing the material put on to protect the 

 clover from rain. 



Feeding. — The clovers furnish a ration more 

 nearly in balance than almost any other kind of 

 food. If the animals to which they are fed could 

 consume enough of them to produce the desired 

 end, concentrated foods would not be wanted. They 

 are so bulky, however, relatively, that to horses and 

 mules at work, to dairy cows in milk and cattle that 

 are being fattened, to sheep under similar conditions, 

 and to swine, it is necessary to add the concentrated 

 grain foods, more or less, according to the precise 

 object. But for horses, mules, cattle, sheep and 

 goats that are growing subsequent to the weaning 

 stage, and for mature animals of these respective 

 classes not producing, that is, not yielding returns, 

 a good quality of clover hay will suffice for a con- 

 siderable time at least without the necessity of add- 

 ing any other food. 



