Show sweet clover pastures favored for dairy C cow ow by J C NISBET extension dairyman kansas state agricultural college sweet clover when planted in a rotation of corn and grain crops may be utilized to advantage by dairy dalry cows sweet clover planted in the spring in an oat crop may be ready for light pasturing in july one or two cows may may be kept on an acre for the balance of that year the following season the sweet clover will offer early pasture it will last through the hot dry season second year sweet clover pasture should i furnish pasture for two or three cows cowa per acre sweet clover as a convenient night pasture Is of value to many dairymen A practice very commendable Is to provide an oat straw stack in the sweet clover pasture cows show a desire for some dry feed the feeding of dry alfalfa hay before turning out to pasture reduces damage from bloat it Is important that cattle become accustomed to the taste of sweet clover while the stems are still small A bitter element con marln develops in more mature sweet clover to which cows may object |