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following, one pit was opened, and the fodder was found 

 in perfect condition, except for an inch or two upon the 

 surface and the sides, where it was black and decayed. 

 Its color was yellow, its odor agreeable, but the stalks 



had lost all their sweetness, and had acquired some de- 

 gree of acidity. Twenty-four beeves were then fed about 

 nine hundred pounds daily of the preserved fodder, or 

 nearly forty pounds per head on the average, which was 



