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the corn at the bottom. A proper observance 

 of the conditions will produce uniform results 

 with entire success." 



WHAT MY NEIGHBORS SAY. 



Mr. S. M. COLCORD: 



Dear Sir, I wish to add my testimony and 

 faith in your system of preserving green forage. 

 I became very much interested in your experi- 

 ments while putting up the staging for build- 

 ing your silo, and witnessing your success in 

 getting a perfect pit, and afterwards noticing 

 your care and attention to every detail while 

 I was running the engine and cutter for cut- 

 ting and elevating the fodder into the pit ; and 

 all the while I was building, or rather extend- 

 ing, the barn over the silo. To me, your plans 

 were a marvelous conception, and your success 

 a wonderful achievement. I have seen nothing 

 in ensilage to compare with green forage pre- 

 served with your device. I was rather incred- 

 ulous until I saw your results. But now that 

 I can see such a mass of vegetable matter pre- 

 served without heat or fermentation (very nearly 

 like the vegetables put in tin cans, by heat 

 without fermentation), all the air being taken 



