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Show I Farm Notes Alfalfa pasture has a tendency to bloat all ruminant animals. Of course, sheep are in this class. The thin pastures that are well cov- ered with weeds should be mowed at .' least twice during the season. Legume hay carrying a large proportion pro-portion of leaves and cured without getting wet, makes a good winter substitute sub-stitute for green feed for poultrv. When lime and phosphorus become low in a soil tlie clovers are unable to ( compete with the undesirable grasses and weeds for a place in the flora. j There are many thousands of acres of hilly land in pasture that should have been left in forest. Erosion has I started .on ther:c and reforestation is the only practical means of stopping it. Have you provided a place for those ?nrly maturing pullels? They will j soon be ready for Ihe winter quarters. Plan 10 give them n clean, permanent local ion lis it is not advisable to move ' them after egg production begins. j 1 Where there are some trees already growing or where there is a good natural nat-ural spoiling of forest Irees, it is very d; I ri luent al to ti e growing of the trees to pasture it. Under such con-diti.ms con-diti.ms the amount of pasture pft duced i.; almost negligible. |