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The scales, manufactured to order with both metric and 

 United States standard weights, were furnished by Fairbanks, 

 Brown & Co. of Boston, at a very liberal discount from cur- 

 rent rates. 



Experiments. 



When the barn was completed I was officially notified that 

 the feeding experiments would be confined to the feeding of 

 ensilage, ^nd I was directed to superintend the construction 

 of a silo to prepare for that work. 



A description of the silo and the progress that has been 

 made in the experiments with ensilage will be found in de- 

 tail in the paper presented herewith, marked " Exhibit E." 



The results thus far obtained are of great practical interest, 

 as they seem to indicate the conditions that must be observed 

 in preserving green crops in the form of ensilage, in order 

 to secure a reasonable certainty in the results and a desir- 

 able uniformity in the quality of the product. 



My opportunities for experimental work have been ex- 

 ceedingly limited, from the fact that most of my time has 

 been spent in the personal supervision of the improvements 

 in progress in the experiment field and in and around the 

 buildings, as in the laying out of plats, the construction of 

 drains, grading of the grounds, and making drive ways, 



