Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1913-06-20 | Page 6 | Clover Bloat

Clover Bloat. Bloat in cattle generally comes as the result of pasturing clover, though it is a fact that in some cases ordinary ordi-nary grass pasture will produce the same results if it is rank when cattle that have not been used to it are turned turn-ed in. The importance of getting cattle cat-tle used to clover while it is dry cannot can-not be overemphasized. It may be necessary in some instances in-stances to turn them in for an hour or two only during the middle of the day, and continue this for two or three days, so that the ravenous edge for the new clover is taken off their appetites. Under no circumstances should they be turned from a dry lot when they are hungry into a clover field.