country much trouble was experienced in getting stock to eat the vines, either when cured into hay or made into ensilage. This difficulty, however, was soon overcome. It is very true that stock which have never been pastured on sweet clover or fed on the hay must become accustomed to it before they will eat it, but the fact that sweet clover is now being fed to stock in nearly every State indicates that the distaste for it can be overcome easily and successfully. As sweet clover usually starts growth earlier in the spring than other forage plants and as the early growth presumably contains less coumarin than older plants, stock seldom refuse to eat it at this time. Properly cured hay is seldom refused by stock, especially if it is sprinkled with salt water when the animals are salt hungry. COMPOSITION OF SWEET CLOVER. Sweet clover, like most legumes, contains a relatively high percentage of protein, thus making it a source of that valuable constituent of feeds needed for growing stock and for the production of milk. Table IV shows the relative composition and digestibility of sweet clover as compared to some other feeds. Table IV.--Composition and digestibility of sweet clover compared with that of other forage crops. AVERAGE PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION OF SWEET CLOVER AND OTHER FORAGE CROPS. -----------------+---------+-------------------------------------------- | | Constituents (per cent). | +------+-----+--------+----------------+----- | | | | |Carbohydrates. | | Number | | | +------+---------+ Kinds of forage. | of |Water.| Ash.| Crude | |Nitrogen-| Fat. |analyses.| | |protein.|Fiber.| free | | | | | | extract.| -----------------+---------+------+-----+--------+------+---------+----- | | | | | | | Green crop: | | | | | | | Sweet clover[10]| 18 | 75.6 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 10.2 | 0.7 Alfalfa[10] | 143 | 74.7 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 10.4 | 1.0 Red Clover[10] | 85 | 73.8 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 11.7 | 1.0 | | | | | | | Hay (moisture- | | | | | | | free basis): | | | | | | | White sweet | | | | | | | clover[11] | 37 | .... | 8.2 | 17.6 | 28.2 | 43.0 | 3.0 Yellow sweet | | | | | | | clover[11] | 3 | .... | 6.4 | 15.8 | 35.6 | 39.0 | 2.6 Alfalfa[11] | 211 | .... | 9.6 | 17.4 | 29.8 | 40.3 | 2.9 Red clover[11] | 99 | .... | 7.0 | 15.6 | 27.7 | 44.9 | 3.9