62 Colcord's System of 



air, it does change, it turns to bright, odorless 

 vinegar. There is no odor of ensilage in the 

 pit or stable, and not any waste in the pit 

 or at the feeding-troughs, but is all eaten up 

 clean. I am now feeding an average of seventy 

 pounds daily to each animal. Many of them 

 would eat considerably more. I think, how- 

 ever, that I shall find a variety for cows is 

 better than any one kind of food. 



The bottom and centre governors took the 

 air out so fast while we were filling that be- 

 fore it was full we had 2 or 3 inches of juice 

 all over the bottom of the pit. There was 

 very little lateral pressure until after we began 

 to press. The i-foot walls were found to be 

 strong enough, the strain upon the iron rods 

 preventing any fear of their pressing out. 

 One of my aims was to get the juice as near 

 the top as I could, to make the mass soft and 

 uniform throughout. I have succeeded per- 

 fectly in doing this, in getting an exhaust. 



The mass is now cut down vertically 13^ 

 feet, and back across the end 10 feet, with a 

 hard, smooth face which does not change, let 

 the air in, or the juice down. I can take a 

 handful of the forage and squeeze the juice 

 from it, from any part of the face. There is no 

 air in it, it remains sopping wet and cold from 



