Sweet Clover: Utilization
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Sweet Clover - H. S. Coe
H. S. Coe
Sweet Clover: Utilization
EAN 8596547088752
DigiCat, 2022
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Table of Contents
GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE USES OF SWEET CLOVER.
SWEET CLOVER AS A PASTURE CROP.
TAINTING MILK AND BUTTER.
BLOATING.
TREATMENT FOR BLOAT.
SWEET-CLOVER HAY.
YIELDS OF SWEET-CLOVER HAY.
TIME TO CUT SWEET CLOVER FOR HAY.
HEIGHT OF STUBBLE TO BE LEFT WHEN CUTTING FOR HAY.
MOWER CHANGES FOR CUTTING SWEET CLOVER.
CURING AND HANDLING SWEET-CLOVER HAY.
SWEET CLOVER AS A SILAGE CROP.
SWEET CLOVER AS A SOILING CROP.
SWEET CLOVER AS A FEED.
PALATABILITY OF SWEET CLOVER.
COMPOSITION OF SWEET CLOVER.
FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH SWEET CLOVER.
SWEET CLOVER AS A SOIL-IMPROVING CROP.
SWEET CLOVER IN ROTATIONS.
SWEET CLOVER AS A HONEY PLANT.
GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE USES OF SWEET CLOVER.
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The utilization of sweet clover as a feed for all classes of live stock has increased rapidly in many parts of the country, owing primarily to the excellent results obtained by many farmers who have used this plant for pasturage or hay, and also to the fact that feeding and digestion experiments conducted by agricultural experiment stations show that it is practically equal to alfalfa and red clover as a feed.
As a pasture plant, sweet clover is superior to red clover, and possibly alfalfa, as it seldom causes bloat, will grow on poor soils, and is drought resistant. The favorable results obtained from the utilization of this crop for pasturage have done much to promote its culture in many parts of the United States. On account of the succulent, somewhat stemmy growth of the first crop the second year, difficulty is often experienced in curing the hay in humid sections, as it is necessary to cut it at a time when weather conditions are likely to be unfavorable. When properly cured the hay is relished by stock.
At the present time sweet clover is used to only a limited extent for silage, but its use for this purpose should increase rapidly, as the results thus far obtained have been very satisfactory.
In addition to the value of sweet clover as a feed, it is one of the best soil-improving crops adapted to short rotations which can be grown. When cut for hay, the stubble and roots remain in the soil, and when pastured, the uneaten parts of the plants, as well as the manure made while animals are on pasture, are added to the soil and benefit the succeeding crops. In addition to humus, sweet clover, in common with all legumes, adds nitrogen to the soil. This crop is grown in many sections of the country primarily to improve soils, and the benefits derived from it when handled in this manner have justified its use, as the yields of succeeding crops usually are increased materially.
The different species of sweet clover are excellent honey plants, as they produce nectar over a long period in all sections of the United States.
Fig. 1.
—Cattle pasturing on sweet clover.
SWEET CLOVER AS A PASTURE CROP.
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With the possible exception of alfalfa on fertile soils, no other leguminous crop will furnish as much nutritious pasturage from early spring until late fall as sweet clover when it is properly handled. Live stock which have never been fed sweet clover may refuse to eat it at first, but this distaste is easily overcome by turning them on the pasture in the spring, as soon as the