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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April in, 1918 
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Live Stock Notes 
Japan Clover for Pasture 
Ou my recent visit to our farm in Vir¬ 
ginia, in eonver.9ation with a neighbor 
who is it lifetime farmer. I spoke of my 
intention to sow .liipan clover on several 
rougli and ptirtially wooded pieces of land 
for the purpose of making more and bet¬ 
ter pasture. lie seemed surprised that I 
should think of doing so, aud upon tjue.s- 
tioning him he told me that it would he 
oue of the worst things I could do un¬ 
less I wanted to kill my stock, as it 
would salivate them, iiud if left to feed on 
it for any time would surely cause tlieir 
death. I have Inien told, and have also 
read, that .Japan clover m.'ikes an excel¬ 
lent pasture, that all stock like it. and 
that it would be the ideal thing to sow in 
the places and for the purposes I wished 
to .sei've. I know that turning stock in 
on fresh clover will make them slobber 
sometimes, until they get n.sed to it, and 
tluit it is not best to let them have too 
much at one time, hut they soon get used 
to it; at least, that is my experience. 
Will you give me some information ou 
this matter? I Avant the pasture; in fact, 
I I need it. as I am trying to help out some 
in this shortage of foodstuffs. c. ^v. c. 
Ihleiitou, N. C. 
^lauy notions about pfauts iind their 
effect ou stock have been mere neighbor¬ 
hood gossip and tradition. I do nob .<up- 
jiose that there is a pasture iu Virginia 
.vouth of the IJappahaunock Iliver but 
ha.s more or le.ss T.cspedeza or .Japan 
clover in it. and tlie general verdict of 
all who liave used this plant as a Sum¬ 
mer jiasture is that there is no more 
valuable plant grown in the South. It 
is not a true clover, for the reiil clovers 
all belong to the genus Trifolium. There 
arc a number of other genera iu the order 
Legumiuosie which are commonly called 
clover. So far as salivating horses and 
I mule.s, the true clovers are worse than the 
.lajian clover. The second growth of lied 
clover will have this effect, aud J once 
saw 11 hor.ses in such a serious condition 
from pasturing ou Alsike clover that a 
.skilled veteriiianan sat uii with them all 
night and worked on them. I once sowed 
I.espedoza seed, .Japan clover, on a hill¬ 
side so full of projecting fast rocks that 
it could not he jilowod, and it made a 
good jFasture and no bad results ever F-ame 
from it. I suppo.se that your Virginia 
neighbors have heard that someone hail 
horses .slobbering and tliat he charged it 
to .Japan clover, and then at once it was 
lianded down from one to another that 
.Japan clover is dangerous. The fact is 
that there is no legume crop less danger¬ 
ous in a pasture. I have seen steers get 
rolling fat on it, and look like stall-fed 
beeves. Sow the seed 15 pounds an aci’C 
and do not worry about the neiglibors. 
W. F. JIASSEY. 
Hay and Pasture Crops 
Regarding a substitute for bay ri'cently 
asked for, I have had success with one- 
half bushel oats and the usual amount 
of Dwarf Essex rape, sown on well-pre¬ 
pared soil about April 35. It makes 
(luick growth aud line jiasture for hogs, 
calve.s, etc. I liud iio substitute for hay 
to (‘qual kafir coru or feterita sown ac¬ 
cording to instruction given by any re¬ 
liable seedsman. I sotv in rows IS to 21 
inches apart, cultivate several times, aud 
for green forage cut four inches from the 
ground. All stoc'k like it. Cut it when 
seed is iu the milk, stack aud cure care¬ 
fully for Winter use. Horses will eat the 
entire stalk. Many Avill grow 8 to 10 
feet aud have ahuiulance of leaves which 
do not shed. Tor nutrition and quantity 
it has no equal; hog.s aud pigs fatten on 
the sugar from the cane. Feterita should 
be sown iu drills about oiie-lialf the quan¬ 
tity of field jieas, as it grows very high 
aud contains large broad blades, u. A. n. 
Maryland. 
Indigestion 
We have a horse bought for 12 ye.ars 
old, probably older, but iu good condition 
when bought. He was poisoned by drink¬ 
ing water from a covered well in which 
we found a dead woodchuck. His mate 
died, but this one did not drink the water 
.so long. The doctor brought him round 
so he did the season’s work. He was 
given Fowler’s solution of arsenic perhaps 
half the season for a tonic. The team 
was turned out every night to pasture, 
and when not woi’king. As soon as they 
had to be stabled at night he began to 
run down. The trouble seems to he with 
his hind quarters. If he lies down he 
cannot get up. I feed nine quarts of 
oats scalded every day; he digests them 
well, hut stays poor. Has been fed for 
worms, which brought no visible results. 
Can you suggest anything? w. ii. b. 
Have his teeth put in order by a vet¬ 
erinarian, tlum feed a mixture of whole 
oats and one-ninth part of wheat bran by 
weight. Allow one pound of this for each 
300 jionnds of body woiglit at three feeds 
as a day’s ration and add a few ears of 
corn at noon in cold weather. Allow a 
similar amount of clovi r or mixed clover 
and Timothy hay dally. Carrots would 
prove beneficial. A horse will always be 
likely to “go to pii'ccs” if suddenly de- 
jirii-ed of arsenic. This drug should he 
discontinued gradually, taking a week or 
ten days to the woi-k. Sujiport the horse 
with slings in a box stall at night, but 
make him work lightly or take active ex¬ 
ercise out of doors every day. a. s. a. 
Whey for Pigs 
Near us is a dairy comjiauj’ making 
cheese, from whom we can jnirchase wlieA\ 
Is Avhey good for jiigs? What is its aii- 
alysis? How does it comjTaro with skim- 
milk? How much should we pay for it 
when skim-milk costs us 2% cents jier 
quart? “ w. o. B. 
Connecticut. 
Whey contains 0,” to fH per cent water. 
It is a good feed for swine, being about 
half as valuable as .skim-milk. A cent a 
quart would be enough to jiay for it. with 
skim-milk at 234 cents jier quart. 
H. K. ,T. 
Burning Over Pastures 
There has been some little controversy 
as to whether it pay.s to burn over jias- 
tures and mowing fields iu the Spring. 
Most farmers think tlie grass starts a 
little earlier after this burning, though 
this may he because the grass shows uji 
better. On meadows farmers think burn¬ 
ing the old grass makes a cleaner surface 
and keejis the mower knives clean. I’rof- 
Bennett of the Ivansas Agricultural Col¬ 
lege has this to say about it: 
“Burning every year destroys the hu¬ 
mus or organic matter on the surface that 
would otherwise he added to the soil, thus 
causing a lessening in ylehL It has been 
found by stockmen that the most satisfac¬ 
tory grazing is secured by hurniug evoiy 
three or four years, dejTeiiding on condi¬ 
tions. If the hurniug is done when the 
soil is in a damp condition, very close 
burning will not result aud will remove 
sufiicient of the dead grass so that it will 
not interfere.” 
Wound 
During the AVlnter my horse slipjicd 
on the ice ami cut the forward jiart of 
his front ankle joint quite badly. I have 
been washing it with suljiho najithol and 
dressing it every day, sometimes iodine, 
furjientiue and linseed oil, aud then burn¬ 
ing away any proud flesh with burnt 
alum. The la.st day or so I have been 
using wool fat, hut it doe.s not seem to 
heal very well. It is very slow iu com¬ 
ing together. The discharge has very 
nearly stojijied. \Vhat would you recom¬ 
mend for treatment so I could hasten the 
healing? n. w. s. 
Massachusetts. 
Do not ajijily grease of any kind. Tie 
the horse .so that lie will be uualile to 
bite the wound. Twice daily wet the 
wound with a lotion comjiosed of two 
ounces of suljihate of zinc, half an ounce 
of chloride of zinc, oue dram of diluted 
hydrochloric acid and one jiint of soft 
water; then du.st the wound with a mix¬ 
ture of one part each of jiowdered ahrm 
aud tannic acid and six jiarts of boric 
acid. Label the lotion "Poi.son.” 
A. S. A. 
Ration Without Silage 
'What is a good balanced milk ration 
for an ordinary dairy of Holsteins where 
there is no silage, but good mixed hay 
aud cornstalks? w. .r. M. 
New Jersey. 
Feed all coi'iistalks and mixed hay 
cows will clean up, aud a pound of grain 
to three and one-half pounds of milk from 
the following mixture : Two jiarts cotton¬ 
seed meal, oue part oilmeal, oue part glu¬ 
ten feed and three jiarts bran. it. F. J. 
Abnormal Breathing 
A cow sometimes breathes very loud, 
and once there was a diiseharge from her 
nose, but that has ceased. She was 
tested over a year ago and pronounced 
free from tuberculosis. She eats and 
drinks well. She freshened last Septem¬ 
ber and gives a fair mess of milk. She 
is quite old hut shall not jiart with her 
just yet if I know she is healthy. What 
is your opinion of the case? G. L. il. 
Tuberculosis always is to he suspected 
in such cases, so it would he Avell to have 
the cow re-tested, using a larger dose of 
tuberculin. A growth (jiolypus) in a 
nostril might also cause loud breathing, 
as might actinomycosis (lump .jaw) of 
the glands of the throat. We cannot give 
a perfectly confident opinion as to the 
cause of the trouble, so you will have to 
depend upon a local graduate veteri¬ 
narian. A. a. A. 
