1 2 Preface 



I will here express my thanks to those gen- 

 tlemen who have encouraged me to prosecute 

 my investigations, also to those who have 

 given the governor a fair trial and are now 

 giving me their aid and encouragement. I 

 wish also to draw the particular attention of 

 the reader to the certificate of the marketman 

 who butchers my cows, fatted upon this forage 

 and wheat bran, (no corn meal being used); 

 also to the New York Experiment Station, in 

 making the experiment of mixing acetic acid 

 with green corn forage. It is valuable as 

 showing the good effects of a limited quantity 

 of acetic acid, and coincides with my experi- 

 ence. But I don't think it safe to recommend 

 such large addition of acetic acid, as a steady 

 diet, to ensilage as commonly prepared; the 

 cows, as a general thing, get too much of it. 



Seeing little or nothing more to be accom- 

 plished, I now offer this as my Perfected Sys- 

 tem of making Preserved Green Forage without 

 Heat or Fermention. 



SAMUEL M. COLCORD, 



DOVER, MASS. 



