than the timothy, and as has already been pointed out, ma- 

 terially more efficient than the small quantity of corn meal 

 and stover. 



This means that with stover as the chief food supply, 

 and the farmer has the choice of adding a small quantity of 

 corn or a half allowance of clover, in point of both efficiency 

 and economy the stover-clover combination will be preferable. 

 Such combinations as corn and stover, corn and straw, or 

 millet, etc., should in the interest of economy be avoided. 



Considering these results particularly in the light of those 

 that are to follow, it is well to bear in mind that these ex- 

 periments covered a period of the severest cold ever known 

 in this latitude, when the mercury for some ten days was not 

 above zero, and registered a minimum of some 26 below 

 zero. The low efficiency of the food in comparison with 

 other seasons is largely explained by this fact. 



It will be interesting to compute these results on the 

 basis of a six months' wintering period, from November 1st 

 to May ist. These data are, therefore, given in the follow- 

 ing table: 



