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that animals usually refuse to eat green sweet clover. 
It seems that when made into hay, with a little salt 
added, they relish it. 
The Wyoming experiment is thus reported: 
Sweet clover throughout most of the eastern states is consid- 
ered as a weed and is treated as such. At this altitude, under 
our peculiar conditions, it is believed by a few that there is a fu- 
ture for it, since it grows well. It is an alkali-resisting plant 
and, although it is not palatable to stock in the green condition, 
yet after it is cured, especially where salt has been added, the 
stock relish it and thrive well upon it. It is very nutritious, 
readily digestible, and contains an exceedingly high percentage 
of crude protein. It is more nutritious when cut at the proper 
period than many of the other hays. 
The sweet clover hay used in this experiment was grown 
on the experiment station farm near Laramie in 1905. It had 
been in stack for over a year before being used for this experi- 
ment. It was very rank at the time of cutting and the amount 
of stems, therefore, very large in proportion to the leaves. The 
stems had become rather hard and woody. Notwithstanding 
this, the hay proved to be a very narrow ration, since the nutri- 
tive ratio was only 1:3.2. The crude fiber did not run as high as 
would have been expected, being but 24.75 per cent. The experi- 
ment was begun April 13th and completed April 26th, 1907. 
AMOUn ted eileen scenmunnna, aneenisaaeween medansaante “taeaveaaee 3,000 grams 
Amount of orts....... .. = 00 grams 
Amount.of feces: (alr Ory )a.tis wi ccutalss arse niacioan saad panied 1,118 grams 
ANALYSIS. 
Ether Crude Crude | Nitrogen- . 
Water.) Ash.| extract.| fiber. | protein. |free extract. 
ECA 4 5s eruhcicecauhs:sudcags cunsiese ane 7.81 | 10.75 1.58 24.75 15.74 39.37 
HECOS ae tecnaitiaatere vee mua: 6 27 | 9.41 2.89 42.32 10.44 28.67 
AMOUNT IN GRAMS. 
Dry Ash. Ether Crude Crude Nitrogen- 
matter. * |extract.| fiber. | protein. | free extract. 
Fed and consumed...... 2,765.7 822.5 47.4 T42.5 472.2 1,181.1 
OCC Biter acancces seuinbr sicinieie 1,047.8 105.2 82.3 473.1 116.7 320.6 
Digested........ 06... LNZ.9 217 3 15.1 269.4 355.5 860.6 
Per cent digested....... 62,12 07.38 31.86 386.28 %5.28 72.86 
