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the corn, as well as the preserved forage, also 

 the connection, arrangement, and convenience 

 of the barn and silo. 



"My system differs from anything advanced 

 by others, is opposed to the general mode of 

 producing ensilage, and should not be mixed 

 up or confounded with other methods or ma- 

 nipulations, as the results are unlike. The 

 experiments were intended to show the possi- 

 bilities in preserving green forage, to find out 

 what can be done in that direction, and the 

 way to do it, as a basis for practical working 

 in farm operations. 



"The results show that the principal things 

 to be done for success are to have a tight silo,. 

 or pit, drained at the bottom outside ; to have 

 the walls perpendicular, smooth and level-faced,, 

 with a drip pipe from the centre at the bottom 

 to the outside, terminating with a stop-cock. 

 A governor should be placed at the bottom of 

 the pit, connecting with the drip pipe. When 

 the pit is half to two-thirds filled, a second 

 governor should be put in. When the pit is 

 full, the corn should be trodden down level 

 and covered with 2-inch plank, placed directly 

 upon the corn. It should then be weighted or 

 pressed, to give 2 or more feet of juice from 



