io8 Colcord's System of 



WHAT LARGE DAIRYMEN SAY. 



NEW YORK, May i, 1886. 

 Mr. S. M. COLCORD : 



Dear Sir, Your interesting letters of 

 26th inst. are at hand, and read with much 

 pleasure. I feel very much interested in all 

 advances and improvements, and particularly 

 so in the direction you have taken. I have 

 been studying the ensilage question for some 

 time, and am well acquainted, theoretically, 

 with the Fry system, and some time ago de- 

 cided not to try ensilage, because there was 

 too much doubt and uncertainty in the ability 

 to produce the article wanted, namely, sweet 

 ensilage. If Colcord's green forage, or fodder, 

 can be produced with certainty, and not be 

 confounded with the article known as ensilage, 

 which has a fearfully black eye, then I want to 

 make and use it. 



You can hardly appreciate the strong preju- 

 dice against ensilage, and the product of the 

 dairy from its use, in this section. It is so 

 strong that there is no use in trying to con- 

 vince people that it can be made of proper 

 quality to feed to milch cows. The only way 



