Show SWEET CLOVER IS FINE AS PASTURE dest best legume crop for all classes of stock wy J J Exten extension loin uvo live S stock ock kansas state agra cultural alt co Col collake leKe sweet clover Is the iest best legume pasture chop for all classes of live stock in kansas with the exception of ol at falfa for hogs and even for hogs it is s a very good substitute subs titue for alfalfa 1 it t will aill carry more stock per acre ja than any other tame or wild ill cl crop v grown in kansas while there have ii ave been in the past few years a few cases of sweet clover bloat it should not be condemned as a pasture crop on account of an occasional bloat as any rank succulent pasture such as rye wheat or even een blue grass will occasionally cause bloating when first turning cattle or other oilier stok stock in on sweet clover it may be well to gradually accustom them to it if they are being turned in on a rank growdis they should be fed some dry feed first so they will not go gorge rge themselves es in pasturing the first seasons season growth it 1 is adis advisable ible to let the plan I 1 get a good start of about ten indies inches after tills this it may be pastured down don as much as the top growth will permit until frost and even then tile excess grow groath ali may be grazed oft off pas turing the hie second season may start as soon as the stock can ge get a bite of it it Is the first pasture p crop in the spring being two or three weeks earlier than native nathe pasture sweet clover will furnish two to four times as much grazing per acre as native pasture it should be grazed heavily enoah gl throughout tile the season to prevent it from getting coarse and woody if not grazed close to the ground it ill reseed itself and come on 02 again the next year |