Show bloat among cattle or sheep can be avoided feeding cattle or sheep dry hay each morning and then turning them on clover pasture after the dew Is oft off Is one odthe of the surest ways of preventing bloat during the first month of pasturing the practice of leaving the animals on the clover only a short time la Is a sound one especially so during ing the ble beginning ginning of the pasture season under no circumstances should hungry animals be permitted to gorge on clover alfalfa or sweet clover when the foliage Is wet with dew or rain water generally prudence Is also required in watering them soon after they have filled themselves with green food when a serious case of bloat does occur tapping Is by far the surest way of relieving the animal the incision should be made on the left side at a poi point ritan an equal distance from the last rib the hip bone and the sideways projecting portions of the backbone in n the region of tile the loin A Is the instrument intended for this job ev lery cry farmer should have one if he Is pasturing clover the gas should not be allowed to escape too rapidly from badly bloated animals |