ii2 Cotcord*s System of 



kind of food is not a perfect ration, the better 

 treatment is to have a small quantity of shorts 

 or wheat bran fed with it, and not feed green 

 forage alone for any great length of time. I 

 don't wish to be misunderstood in these state- 

 ments. I have had no personal experience in 

 feeding ensilage, and these remarks apply to 

 this preserved green forage only, made without 

 heat or fermentation ; but from the examina- 

 tions I have made, and what I have seen, I 

 should judge that ensilage, as generally made 

 and fed, would have an opposite effect 



[From the Massachusetts Ploughman, May 29, 1886.] 



THE "SILO GOVERNOR." 



In the increasing importance attaching to 

 the silo as an adjunct to the modern system 

 of farming, any improvement proposed for 

 its more perfect operation as an ensilage 

 maker is certain to be welcomed with eager 

 satisfaction. A very great improvement has 

 unquestionably been secured by the combined 

 ingenuity and scientific experience of S. M. 

 Colcord, which was made the subject of in- 

 vestigation at a special meeting of farmers 

 in the Hall of Ploughman Building, in which 



