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Show . I1 -1 Esr'lset with nto. , F. D Llnfleld, of tho Utah BiP aent Station, has tho followlngt'if -f their experiences with bloat, wbtj 'ceding cows on ntfnlta (luccrn): V, A very great drawback to r"tun .ceding In this itato la tho troublt vlth bloat when thero Is anyjur n tho pasture. I have seen sornethlnj it tho troublo with bloat In tie cut vhtro clover was pastured, yelpl'tat. told no comparison with tho elltigri torn loss on alfalfa or lucern. I P'4 umo there are thousands of collar lost In tho state, every year front thli trouble, and with cr many firmer luccrn Is discarded entirely as t failure fai-lure fodder, because of tho dinier to :ows or hecp from feeding upon it It might bo ot vatuo to others to record hero a l'ttlo of our cxperlcnci alth blont during tho past flvo or all years. Our practice In teedlnf hit been to let tho pasture get a goodttart In tho spring before th cov.1 art turned upon It. It muit not b for. gotten that the pasture It made up d qulto a variety of granct, to tbat.fhe com hATo ft large number to select from whn turned out. The cowl 'i always well filled up on dry hay Mttrs being turned on tho patturo, and fot tho first two or thrco days a man li kept with them continually, provide! with a stimulant, and with a trocn and canula. Tho stimulant wo'havt used to advantage In tho early itgei of bloat It a tablctpoontul ot turpentine turpen-tine In a quart of Unseed oil. Wbta onco started on tho patturo tbo(Qt nro kept on It continuously night and day, and they have tho run of tt whole pasture. An Irrigation stream Is constantly running through the pasture, pas-ture, so that tho cows never have to Icavo tho field except for a thort'tlmj twlco a day, when" they are drlvej Into tho corrals to bo milked. Under tho management above described de-scribed wo bavo had animals bloat allghtly, but bava lost but ont from this cause In six years, and that resulted re-sulted from a transgression of our usual practice. There Is considerable lucern In tho pasluro. I cannot sa; that like favorable results will slajl follow from the management describe) 1 above, but at least tho results aro en- Icouraglng. I want In this conneclloa to nolo an exception. There was ont . cow In tho herd that wo could not safely patturc. Whether sho had bcA I In the habit ot bloating before wi purchased her I do not know, thouga I am Inclined to think sho had. Wt tried her on tho patturo for a few months, but finally had to take her oJ and feed her In the stablo on grcea I tolling crops, generally lucern. Wbci fed In tho stablo on tho green, though slightly wilted lucern, we bad no troublo trou-blo with tho cow till lu tho fall after , tho lucern was froxen. ' I It would seem that wo would bo Jui-tlflod Jui-tlflod In drawing tbo conclusion: Sril that as somo cows aro more tuDrtwt1 , bloat than others, thorefore the cadi-tlon cadi-tlon of tho digestive apparatus a the cow has somo relation to the cast Ol tho troublo. In tho second pi ace, Set U lucorn. In tho field, seems to be tore dangerous than that which Is prtly wilted. Tho difference In Its i!xt, however, may bo duo to the fad that tho luccrn which was cut and W In tbo stable was moro matured thuthat In tho pasture. When the cowl tare tho run of the mixed grass puUro, with an abundant water supply ilvayn avallablo, and tho cows nro ktpt,on tho patturo continuously, nlgbt ind day, tho danger ot bloat seomi to b reduced to a minimum If caro b tx-erclrtd tx-erclrtd In starting them on tbs pis uro In tho spring |