Preserving Green Forage 97 



WHAT THE BUTCHER SAYS. 



Mr. S. M. COLCORD : 



Dear Sir, Having read your statements 

 in the papers about your system of pre- 

 serving green forage in silos, and being fa- 

 miliar with your farm management of stock 

 and the results of your feeding for milk 

 and beef, I wish to add a few words of testi- 

 mony in addition to what others say about you. 

 I have watched your operations carefully in 

 building silos, raising and harvesting the crop, 

 and, since you commenced feeding the pre- 

 served forage, have seen you double the herd, 

 the milk, and the manure the first year ; and 

 now what I want to say is what you have done 

 in the way of beef. In former years, I had 

 nothing to complain of. It was like other 

 people's, and often quite rich in tallow; but, 

 since you have been feeding this preserved 

 forage, I notice a big change. I could not 

 help laughing when I read your account of 

 that big cow that you fed the sour ensilage 

 to, waited an hour and a half until I killed 

 her, and then opened her stomach, and the 

 surprise we both felt when we found no gas 

 in the stomach, none of the bad smell usually 



