82 Colcord's System of 



good bearing under the walls. Otherwise, if 

 the bearing is just under the edge, the pressure, 

 together with the lateral pressure of the forage, 

 may cause the wall to topple over. 



[From the Dairy World, October, 1886.] 



ENSILAGE AND ITS IMPORTANCE. 



A NEW DEPARTURE IN PRESERVING GREEN FOD- 

 DER. THE TESTIMONY OF EXPERTS. 



AIR PERFECTLY EXCLUDED. THE 



FORAGE COMES OUT SWEET. 



The nature of ensilage is so well attested 

 and understood in Europe and America that 

 no plea is longer necessary in its defence. The 

 only question now to be considered is as to 

 the best and cheapest means of preparing the 

 fodder. It is not necessary to go over the 

 means heretofore used to prevent fermentation. 

 The intelligence of inventors has been directed 

 constantly to the easiest and most perfect 

 means of keeping fermentation within bounds, 

 or of preventing its action unduly. The 

 measure of success with silos is in the more 

 or less perfect exclusion of the air. If this is 

 perfectly accomplished at the time of filling 



