Show guarding against bloating losses through turning the dairy herd on legume pastures have already been reported these losses may be largely eliminated if a little forethought Is exercised A nearby dairyman who has pastured his cows largely on alfalfa for the past SO 30 years has yet to lose the first cow by bloat lie he never turns them to pasture when the clover Is wet with dew or train rain for the first week or so the cows are on pasture only a few hours houra dally and are always turned on after they have had a full feed of hay and are not hungry after a few days of this treatment the cows are left on the pasture except at milking time if it should happen at anytime any time during the season that the cows are on permanent pasture for a few days or weeks and are then turned back to clover pasture they are again filled with dry feed I 1 before being allowed on tho the clover and the clover must be dry |