Show I I CLOVER GRAZING IS PROFITABLE Two Fields Are Needed for Continuous Feeding Prepared 1 by the United Department of or Agriculture On soils solis that contain lime the time most I I productive grazing crop known Is ts sweet clover er according to the experts exports ex ex- ex ports perls In forage crops in the United States Department of Agriculture re The They point out that a good stand of second season sweet clover can carry two head of cows per acre from early I spring until summer mid and cases are known where four head hend did not I keep keepIt cep It down Get the time stock in n early they advise when the clover er is 0 13 inches high and put cattle enough h on to toI keep It from rom blossoming with only one cow to an nn acre the time clover gets old I too fast For continuous grazing zing they point out two fields of sweet clover er are necessary one that has lias just passed Its first winter and one starting Its first seasons season's growth Turn cattle cuttle on oti the older field in the spring and keep them there until July 1 By y tills time the sweet clover will bloom and get too woody to be palatable the clover on the new field should be beC I 0 C to 8 Inches high The new nev clover will carry only about Malf the stock the old field carried and allowance must be made mude for that by having double double dou dou- ble the acreage or h by having other I pasture An excess acreage e in the fallIs fall fallis fallIs is not a bad bud thing as any field not needed for grazing the next season can cnn he be turned un under er the time next spring for tor corn with great benefit to the corn After grazing stops on the tile older field the tue clover will make waite considerable growth and this can be he plowed under In the fall fail with great benefit to any succeeding crop There Is less dan danger er from bloat with sweet clover titan than with other clovers but cases have been known and the usual precautions should be he taken |