Garland Globe | 1906-04-28 | Page 2 | Clover as Horse Feed

CLOVER AS HORSE FEED. It Not Cut in Time It Becomes Dusty and Makes Poor Feed Cut When It First Blooms. One great objection to clover ns a horse feed Is tho fact that It is fre-qucntly fre-qucntly not cut In time nnd becomes lusty. The formation of the plant is such that the leaves go to pieces very quickly if they ore permitted to be-'come be-'come too dry before being cut. Clover cut when the first blooms appear nnd Imnde into hay properly nnd properly f (houscd makes n good feed for any kind MPt-A of stock, including horses. It hna HHk moro substance than timothy ond this ' jls Important In n horse feed, ns tho stomach of the horse is smaller than 'that of pomo other farm animals. Dut when clover Is fed to horses It -cannot bo given In ns great quantities jas can timothy, says the Farmers' Re-view. Re-view. Ono of the advantages in feed-Ing feed-Ing timothy hns been thnt uio horse could be fed moro thnn he would cnt 'nnd then not cat so much as to Injure him. That was because tho same bulk contains less substance thnn does clover. Thus, the scientific feeder knows that ho must be careful as to the amount of clover hay fed, just as he would be careful of the concentrates fed. He would not think of giving the horse an unlimited supply of grain of nny kind. How much to feed is a problem that must be worked out by the horse ownor, for we hnvo nil kinds of horses, engaged In nil kinds of work.