122 Colcord's System of 



[From the New England Farmer :] 



SILOS AND ENSILAGE. 



THE FAVORABLE REPORTS CONTINUE. SOME NOT- 

 ABLE EXPERIMENTS. AN AIR-TIGHT SILO. 



One of our letters of inquiry about ensilage 

 went to Mr. S. M. Colcord, of Dover, Mass., 

 whose response was an invitation to come 

 and see his silo, which a representative of the 

 Farmer and Homes promptly accepted. Mr. 

 Colcord has had a number of years' experience 

 with ensilage, and believes in it thoroughly; 

 but he also believes that many ensilagists 

 allow the contents of their silos to heat and 

 ferment so as to be seriously injured. He 

 makes the broad assertion that nine-tenths of 

 all the ensilage produced fails to fulfil its pos- 

 sibilities. He is a chemist as well as farmer, 

 and has found in some samples of ensilage 

 acetic acid, in a cow's daily ration of 60 

 pounds, an acidity of acid strength equal to 

 three gallons of vinegar of standard strength. 

 Ensilage so sour or which is partly putrid he 

 believes to be unhealthy. Consequently, he 

 has spent much time and money in experi- 



