272 " ' CLOVERS 



These injurious results to horses will be obviated in 

 proportion as the other grasses are allowed to grow 

 up amid the clover; in other words, in proportion 

 as the pasture is not grazed closely early in the sea- 

 son. The animals which then graze on these pas- 

 tures must take other food with the clover. 



Harvesting for Hay — Since white clover is 

 seldom grown alone for hay, and since it seldom 

 forms the most bulky factor in a hay crop, the 

 methods of harvesting will be similar to those prac- 

 ticed in harvesting the more bulky factor or factors 

 of the crop. The want of bulk in this clover is 

 against it as a hay crop, owing to the smallness 

 of the yields, compared with the other hay crops 

 that may be usually grown on the same land. As 

 a factor of a hay crop, however, this little plant will 

 add much to its weight and also to its palatability, 

 especially for sheep and dairy cows. 



When it is grown for hay in mixtures in which 

 the large clovers or timothy predominates, the white 

 clover should, of course, be cut at the most suitable 

 season for cutting these clovers or the timothy, as 

 one is present in excess. When the larger clovers 

 predominate, the method of curing will be the same 

 as for curing these (see page 234), that is to say, it 

 can best be cured in cocks. When timothy predom- 

 inates, the method of curing will be the same as for 

 timothy ; that is to say, it may be cured in the cock 

 or in the winrow, according to circumstances. Ow- 

 ing to the fineness of the stems, it may be cured 

 more quickly than red clover; hence, its presence in 

 a crop of timothy will not delay much the curing 



