Ailis continued to decrease, but not as rapidly as in the pre- 

 ceding period. We cannot draw any definite conclusions 

 from these results, as there is uncertainty regarding the equiv- 

 alence of the diflerent rations; but they may serve to indicate 

 that the most profitable use of ensilage may not consist in 

 making it the almost exclusive coarse fodder in a milk ration. 

 We may now consider the relative eftects of clover, vetch, 

 oat, and mixed hays when fed in combination with such foods 

 as were used in these experiments. The data are not very 

 extensive, but we will present them at this time trusting that 

 they will be of value to some of our farmers. Referring to 

 the preceding tables, we gather the following results : 



CLOVER. 



Gain. Loss, 

 lbs. lbs. 

 Duchess, period 3, mixed and oat hay to clover : i.io 



Duchess, 2d, " " " " " . 3.65 



Chinchilla, Jr., period 3, oat hay to clover . . .06 



Frost, Jr., " " , " " . . .33 



Duchess, period 3, clover to mixed hay . . 3.TI 



Duchess, 2d, " " " " , . . .65 



Chinchilla, Jr., period 4, clover to mixed and oat hay .65 



Frost, Jr., " " " " " 2.59 



With one exception, changing to clover not only checked the 

 natural decrease in milk yield, but gave a slight increase. In 

 the exceptional case of Duchess, 2d, it is to be remembered 

 that she went off feed just at the close of period i , so that the 

 shrinkage in her case cannot be charged up against clover. 

 Again the changes from clover are in every case accompanied 

 by a loss, in two instances. Duchess and Frost, Jr., surely 

 beyond the natural decrease. We can safely say that clover 

 certainly demonstrated its superiority over the other haj's as a 

 supplement to ensilage. 



