Show ak a K SWEET CLOVER IS FINE AS PASTURE bist Best legume crop for all classes of stock apy dy 3 3 J alf extension eti live elook too Spec tall bans kacsir e state agri 8 cultural collect sweet clover la Is the best legume pasture crop for all classes of live stock block in kacena with the exception of a falfa for J boas land and even for hogset hobb it Is s a very epry rood good subs substitute tItue tor for alfalfa it will carry more stock per acre tinn nay any other tame or wild crop grown in kansas while there haye have keen been in the p wt few years a few i pages cases of B w eat clover blont bloat it should not bo be condemned as a pasture crop on account of an occasional bloat as any rank succulent pasture such as rye wheat or even blue bine grass grasa will cause bloating 1 when first turning cattle or other stock etoch in on sweet clover it may be yell well to gradually accustom them to jit t if they aa are being belag turned in on a rank growth they should be fed some come dry feed first so they will not gorge theRIS themselves CIVelL 17 in pasturing the first seasons growth it Is advisable to let the plant ket feet a good start of about ten inches after this it may be pastured down as much as the top growth will pe permit er until frost and even een then the ex X fesa cl q growth may be grazed oft off pas juring the second season may start as soon as the stock can get a Ill illde te of it it Is the first pasture crop in the spring being two or three ahree weeks earlier than native pasture closer er will furnish two to four times as much uch grazing per it acre as native pasture it should be grazed heavily euon h throughout the season to prevent it from getting coarse and woody if not grazed dose close to the ground it will artill reseed itself and cameon come on again the ithe next nest year |