14 . Colcord^s System of 



M. Goffart was producing better ensilage in 

 France, twelve years ago, than is being made 

 by a vast majority of his followers in this 

 country to-day, notwithstanding all their ex- 

 periments and attempted improvements upon 

 his system. 



M. Goffart, in his writings, makes this state- 

 ment : 



" The end to be attained is to prevent ALL 

 KINDS OF FERMENTATION, before and after en- 

 silage. Fermentation preserves nothing ; on 

 the contrary, it is always a preliminary step 

 towards a decomposition more or less putrid^ 

 towards a REAL DESTRUCTION." 



M. Goffart always worked to attain the end 

 above expressed, as nearly as possible ; and, 

 although he claimed a perfect system and was 

 very particular in his manipulations, his writ- 

 ings show that he 'never fully realized the end 

 he sought, but always speaks of his ensilage 

 as heating up when exposed to the air, taking 

 on the alcoholic fermentation, then running 

 into the acetic, and finally passing into the 

 ( lactic and other putrid fermentations. This 

 would not, could not, have been the case if he 

 had never had heat and fermentation in his 

 silo. 



My experience is that, when there has been 



