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accounts for the great number of abandoned 

 silos, although it is often quite good, but it 

 will never bear a good comparison with this 

 preserved forage. It is very seldom that a 

 peck of ensilage can be taken into a warm 

 room and kept a few hours without filling the 

 room with very disagreeable odor ; and people 

 who have handled ensilage for a short time, 

 upon entering a warm room, will usually fill it 

 with disagreeable odor, unless their clothing 

 has been previously changed. But this is not 

 the case with this preserved forage. I feed 

 regular rations, weighed, to my cows daily, 

 from 60 to 70 pounds, without any waste, and 

 have fed as high as 85 pounds to large cows. 

 This cannot be done with ensilage. My silo 

 is in my barn; and, even when I am feeding 20 

 cows in the same barn, people do not notice 

 the odor of ensilage. I am aware that it is 

 difficult for people to understand these state- 

 ments who have not seen it, but people who 

 have seen these things in my barn attest to 

 these facts. 



This system is in operation upon my farm, 

 and is open to the inspection of any one at 

 any time, or to any officers, agents, or Com- 

 mittees of Institutes, Farmers' Clubs, or 

 Granges, wishing to make examinations. As 



