132 Co /cord's System of 



ing a cow, you want to give her what she can 

 eat in a given time. A dry feed may contain 

 as much nutriment ; but you cannot get as 

 much out of it, because it takes so long to do 

 it that the animal has got to support itself 

 while it is being digested. The point is simply 

 this : that in the green stage the albumen and 

 other matter is, to a large extent, already in 

 solution in a condition in which, when it is 

 separated from the fibrous matter, it can be 

 taken right into the circulation and appropri- 

 ated. In wetting or steaming fodder, it will 

 help considerably; but it will not overcome the 

 change which the feed undergoes in the desic- 

 cation and soaking up again. 



[From the Farm, Field, and Stockman, March 2, 1889.] 



COLCORD'S PRESERVED GREEN FORAGE. 



GREAT GAIN IN FLESH. 



The following letter has been received from 

 Mr. Colcord: 



Referring to my communication published 

 in the Farm, Field, and Stockman, Nov. 17, 

 1888, after I had filled my silo with very poor 

 green frosted fodder, 1 now send you the re- 

 port of my results with that crop. 



