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which I confess is a most agreeable surprise to 

 me. I have never seen any ensilage that I 

 would care to feed to my stock, and had lost 

 all faith in the article, if I ever had any ; but, 

 when I came to see the green forage you pre- 

 serve, to taste, smell, and squeeze it, to see the 

 cattle eat it, the milk and manure that come 

 from it, the herd doubled, and you for the first 

 time selling hay, my astonishment turned to 

 admiration ; and I don't care who knows it. It 

 is in the mouths of all your neighbors, I 

 mean the facts and the praise, not the forage. 

 If I had not seen it, assisted in harvesting it, 

 knowing the last poor crop, and the year 

 before seeing two-thirds of your crop blown 

 flat to the ground, I could never have believed 

 that such results could be realized. I hope 

 you will be successful in introducing your sys- 

 tem for the benefit of farmers generally, that 

 others may reap a like benefit from the silo 

 governor that you are doing. 



Yours very truly, 



ALLEN F. SMITH. 



