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ing it soft and pulpy, more assimilable as 

 food, and of much greater feeding value. 



My stock was fed upon this forage until July 

 20. After that time, the milk-flow fell off 

 about half. I commenced feeding the pre- 

 served forage again, November 25 ; and during 

 the next thirty-five days the flow of milk 

 doubled from the same cows, and the dry 

 stock increased in flesh, in proportion to the 

 increased flow of milk from the milkers. 



As I weigh the fodder every time it is fed, 

 and as the cows are weighed every thirty days, 

 I am able to speak accurately as to results. I 

 have tried to make a comparison with green 

 corn fresh from the field ; but, as my cows 

 would not eat a large part of the green stalks, 

 I could not get at a sufficiently accurate esti- 

 mate for publication. My men who weighed 

 550 pounds of the fresh green corn, at a 

 feed, thought that amount was about equal to 

 375 pounds of the preserved green forage. 



I put into a very good silo, constructed on 

 my system, last year, two governors for W. H. 

 Bent, Natick, Mass. I have examined the 

 forage that he is now feeding from it to a very 

 fine herd 'of blooded Holsteins. The quality 

 of the preserved forage was equal to mine, but 

 I have not compared his feeding results with 



