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come here to manifest his interest in this great cause, and 

 also to give liis countenance and sustentation to the Board 

 of Agriculture. 



Mr. Slade. I would say that the Board have always 

 heretofore refused to hold their country meeting in a town 

 where hotel accommodations could not be furnished. The 

 Farmers' Club and the citizens of this town have done 

 remarkably well in taking care of the members of the Board 

 and those who have attended the meetings ; and, for one, I 

 feel very grateful for the hospitality that I have received. 



The question was then put, and the resolution unanimously 

 adopted. 



The Chaiemax. The lecture this morning is to be de- 

 livered by one of the most accomplished chemists of the 

 country, and one who has devoted himself to, and done more 

 in his way for, the cause of agriculture, than almost any other 

 man whom we have among us. I was most happy to see that 

 some remarks he made yesterday afternoon were received by 

 you with every manifestation of appreciation and interest. 

 I have now the pleasure of introducing to you the professor 

 of chemistry of the Amherst Agricultural College. 



THE SYSTEM OF PKESEEVING GKEEN FOOD IN SILOS. 



BY PROFESSOR CHARLES A. GOESSMANN. 



Mr. Chairman, ajstd Members of the State Board of 

 Agriculture, — Complying with an invitation of the Com- 

 mittee for the Arrangements of this country meeting of the 

 Board, I take the liberty of asking your kind attention and 

 indulgence for the presentation of a few remarks on the 

 system of preserving green food in silos for the support of 

 farm live-stock. The uncommon interest so generally mani- 

 fested, of late, in the discussion concerning the merits of 

 the silo system for storing up green food, is but a deserved 

 appreciation of the important agricultural problem which 

 that mode of keeping fodder, in the opinion of some of its 

 advocates, is destined to solve. As the question how to 

 feed our farm live-stock in a rational and an economical 

 manner can only be considered as second in importance, 

 in a general farm management, to the question how to 

 raise our farm-crops in the most economical way, it seems 



