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out and its place occupied by juice pressed from 

 the corn, and this cut down vertically from top 

 to bottom as it is being fed out, leaving a hard 

 face continuously, from which juice can be 

 squeezed out of a handful of it taken from 

 any part of the pit ; and, added to this, the 

 fact of there being no heat or fermentation in 

 it, or any odor of ensilage from it, or any 

 waste on the top or around the sides, or at 

 the feeding-troughs, even when the cows are 

 eating an average of 70 pounds daily weighed 

 out to them, and yielding double the results of 

 any other feed rations in milk and manure, 

 all this to me is marvelous, and I congratulate 

 you upon your success. 



Very truly yours, 



F. W. SAWIN. 



DOVER, February, 1888. 



WE, the undersigned, living near Mr. Col- 

 cord's farm, having assisted him in harvesting 

 the corn and placing it in the pit, and having 

 seen how the silo was built, how the corn was 

 covered and compressed, and now being able 

 to see the results as to quality and quantity of 

 forage, the milk and the manure, with the very 



