Show HANDLE ALFALFA athi WITH PAUCH CARE CAPE experiments show it to be excellent pasture crop for uve live stock and poultry IN mm PIA ESSENTIAL green feed haa good effect in maintaining egg production with hens hem on an free range great danger of bloating prepared by the united states of 0 abric agric iture the results obtained by the united states department of agriculture mid and the various state stale experiment stat stations loiis show liow eliut alfalfa Is 18 an all excellent eau exu pus pas ture tuie crop for hog hugs s horses hui sus willes at and id but inest fiust be handled carefully when grazed alth entile cattle and ep 1 lugs are arc probably the best live stock to gra graze z e on oil alfalfa but a wall small grain ration with the pasture Is ina inas s sary f for 0 r the best and z most economical galus dulus all kinds of poultry relish green alfalfa and it lus has bien been to lime have a good effect in egg ee production when the liens have hae titu free range danger of bloat when cottle and sheep are allow allowed ed on alfalfa pasture there Is great dan yr er of bloat this Is particularly true in the humid sections hect lons of the country seems to be greatest when the is young loung and tender but there ire other precautions regarding tile SQ ise of alfalfa for cattle and pasture that must be observed these a ancial rules are arc 1 do not turn the stock into tile the field when tilled the ol nl alfa Is vet rain or dew 2 let the be animals feed on other forage preferably liay hay before turning them thein in on air alfalfa alfa 3 allow the stock to graze anly a few nil minutes at a tinie time until hey have haq become accustomed to it and then do not take them out of the field except for water vater 4 sow some grass with kith the alfalfa and have it a patch ot of grass where ft here the stock can graze at any time 5 have hae a stack of liny hay or straw in lie hie beld field to which tile lie stock may have hae free access a 0 haye hae salt and atar easily accessible hard to get stand experiments with 1 pasturing xi alfalfa have shown that it I 1 takes likes time lor the stand to become established and that it mav be seriously In lured if not d dp 0 1 I 1 ar i V 4 g 1 L 1 L 3 Q ail j V K M V 4 P j Y A RE V 4 I 1 al MRM A splendid field of alfalfa Alf alf strayed royed st by careless car cles grazing graying tj usually it Is s best to wait until the third year before turning stock lit in on the lie alfalfa held field even then it Is necessary to avoid over pasturing grazing at improper stages of growth or grazing glazing whon the land Is wet or frozen will when such care is not taken plants die the stand thins thing and weeds come in |