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down the depth of the silo; so that half of the ensilage, pro- 

 vided the silo is full, is on a level with where my cows are : 

 the other half, of course, would be so much below. So that 

 the method of feeding the ensilage is very much more eco- 

 nomical, and easier, than my former way ; and I do insist 

 upon it that the cost of feeding my cows is a mere trifle. I 

 stated last night, that last summer I paid three hundred dol- 

 lars for hay, not to feed my stock with, but to use on my prem- 

 ises. This year, my hay that I cut on the farm lies in my 

 barn. I shall have the whole of that hay for my use next 

 summer. I may as well tell you how I shall use it. I board 

 some twenty-five horses in the summer, and of course they 

 eat a great deal of hay. The hay that I cut on my farm I 

 shall have for feedin;:: those horses. The cnsilajTC that I have 

 I am feeding to my stock through the winter, and saving my 

 hay. So, instead of paying out money, which Mr. Hersey 

 dreads so much, I shall save all that. 



Mr. Hersey. Arc you not a good deal like the man who 

 said he should have caught three rats after he had caught 

 the one he was after and two more ? 



Mr. Ware. I say I have tlie hay. Now I will give the 

 floor to Brother Hersey. 



Mr. Hersey. I really want to thank my Brother Ware 

 for the information he has given us ; and it is important. It 

 is something that I really never thouglit much about, that 

 we should work for nothing. I pretend to be expert in the 

 rock business, carpentering, etc., so I can build a silo for 

 nothing. It will not cost me any thing : so that bugbear is 

 gone. But let me tell you it has given me great happiness 

 in another direction. Now I can go into the barn, and see 

 my cows feeding at no cost at all. They are eating corn that 

 I have raised with my own hands, as he has built his silo. I 

 have not paid two laborers : I did the whole work myself. 

 Therefore I can go in every morning, and see them eating 

 food that has not cost me any thing ; and I am going next 

 year to do still more. 



Mr. Capen. I think there is no one in the audience who 

 will doubt that it is always safest to learn to swim before 

 going into the water. Brother Hersey has done that in 

 regard to silos. 



Mr. Slade was called upon ; and that gentleman came to 



