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Show PASTURED ON SWEET CLOVER Good Results Obtained In Test Mada at Michigan Station No Trouble From Bloating. Four cows, receiving approximately one pound of grain for four pounds of milk, produced and pastured on 1.4(3 acres of sweet clover for 177 cow days, maintained their weight and produced 6.0SS.R pounds of milk and 201 pounds of fnt, according to O. E. Reed and J. E. Burnett of the Michigan experiment station. At the start of the test the clover was 37 to 42 Inches high, and another portion yielded 2.75 tons of hay to the acre. Over 40 per cent of the plants were In bud and nearly 15 per cent were in bloom at that time. When first turned on the pasture three of the cows did not eat the clover readily but they soon relished It. No signs of bloating were noted throughout through-out the experiment. |