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is its economy. From corn can be raised the 

 heaviest and best crop of forage at the lowest 

 cost. The big butts contain the most sugar 

 and starch. By this system, these large stocks 

 are preserved, and come out in a soft and 

 pulpy state, and are all eaten. By those who 

 have tested it by keeping accurate account, the 

 average cost of preserved green forage is $2 

 per ton. In feeding value, three tons of it are 

 equal to one ton of the best hay, making pre- 

 served green forage at $6 equal to hay that can 

 be readily sold for $18. Land that will pro- 

 duce three tons of hay will produce eighteen 

 tons of green forage and a crop of green rye 

 annually, which will give three times the results 

 in dairy products and manure, and that con- 

 tinuously, upon the same land." 



It is found to have been demonstrated that 

 the silo governor, invented by Mr, S. M. Col- 

 cord, of Dover, Mass., holds the ensilage with- 

 out heat or fermentation, controlling the opera- 

 tion and changes going on in the silo ; that it 

 removes the air, and holds the contents per- 

 fectly, precisely as any food is held in air-tight 

 packages ; and that it can be applied and used 

 in old as well as new silos. 



When we speak of fermentation and heat, 

 the idea is not intended to be conveyed that a 



