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Ladino Clover As A
Poultry Pasture
(By Harry L. Moore)
Among: the first recommended uses of Ladino clover in yirginia was as a pasture for poultry. About fifteen years ago a group of Virginia poultrynien visited poultry and turkey raisers in Maryland, Pennsylvania, a n d Delaware. Probably the most talked-of visit on this trip was that made to an egg producer in northern Delaware. The stop at this place was made late in the afternoon and one of the first things noted was a man feeding scratch grain to the pullets by driving a car which pulled a twowheeled, grain-spreading device. There were about 2,000 \\ hite Leghorn pullets that would soon come into production, grazing on a Ladino clover pasture. When the Virginia growers questioned this poultryman, they were told that the Ladino clover made the best pasture for chickens that the producer had found. He had been rsing different mixtures but liked the Ladino best of all.
During the past fifteen years many Virginia poultrymen have started using Ladino clover for grazing poultry* The value of this clover for the grazing of
72.9%