150 Colcord^s System of 



mature, the ears upon the stalk, no corn-meal 

 should be fed with it ; but cattle will do better 

 with a light ration of shorts and cotton-seed 

 fed with the forage, as corn in its best con- 

 ditions is not a perfect food, although there is 

 no better food to feed alone. 



In comparing different samples of ensilage, 

 it is often difficult to decide which is best; 

 and it is usually found to be of better quality 

 during the first month after opening the silo ; 

 but forage preserved by this system is contin- 

 ually improving. 



In comparing it with ensilage, we can feed 

 one-third more of it in a given time ; it is 

 much more economical, there is no waste in 

 preserving or feeding it; there are no foul 

 odors about it, and odor is one of the sure 

 tests of quality. 



By this system, we expel the air, carbonic 

 and acetic acids, from the silo, pure and simple. 

 In ensilage, these are disposed of by heat and 

 fermentation, through decomposition, forming 

 deleterious compounds with foul odors, increas- 

 ing as bacteria fermentation is more or less 

 active. Ensilage usually has heat and active 

 bacteria fermentation in it, which causes nearly 

 all the trouble with it ; but, when the governor 

 is used in a good silo, heat and fermentation 

 never occur. 



