154 Colcord's System of 



May 15, 1888. My silo is now three-quar- 

 ters empty. This empty part is dry and odor- 

 less. The last quarter we are now using is 

 much improved by remaining in the silo. 

 The cover is tight, but there is no pressure 

 or weight upon it. The vertical cut is 13^ 

 feet. The lower half of the corn is con- 

 densed to half the space occupied by the 

 upper half, but a cubic foot of the upper half 

 weighs a little more than a cubic foot of the 

 lower half; yet in feeding value they are equal. 

 I feed all the cattle with every ration weighed 

 to them, which is now 65 pounds daily to 

 each animal, reduced from 70 pounds, because 

 the feeding value of the forage is improved 

 by soaking five months in its own juice. 

 The flow of milk is much greater, as well as 

 the gain in flesh. Nothing leaks out or runs 

 down from this vertical cut, and I can now 

 press out n ounces of juice from 16 ounces 

 of the forage taken from any part of the silo. 

 1 6 of my cows have gained the past 4 months 

 2,765 pounds, and 16 of them 1,242 pounds 

 during the last 30 days. One of them has 

 gained in weight an average of a fraction over 

 5 pounds daily during the past 30 days; an- 

 other one, 4% pounds daily; another, 3 5-6 

 pounds; another, 3 1-3 pounds; another, 3 1-6 



