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Show Sweet Clover Excellent Ration for Dairy Cows Cows may be pastured on sweet clover as readily as on clover or alfalfa. al-falfa. Care must be taken at first to turn them on only when the clover Is dry and only for an hour or two for the first few days until the cows are accustomed to the clover. Sweet clover is best seeder) Id the spring with oats or barley. The growth is slow at first, but in favorable favor-able years and on good soil It may be pastured lightly the first fall after the grain In harvested. Sweet clover Is a biennial. The main crop comes the second year, when it should be pastured pas-tured off closely, as the plant then dies. The best practice is, of course, to have two pieces, seeding one each year, and plowing up the land after the main crop has been pastured off. Unless it grows wild In your neighborhood, neigh-borhood, seed inoculation will un doubtedly be a benefit. It is doubtful if sweet clover that is sown in the fall with rye or wheat would make sufficient growth to carry It through the winter and be strong enough to make a vigorous growth in the spring. |