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as corn-meal does, and accounts for the greatly 

 increased feeding value of corn forage pre- 

 served in this way. 



I have not yet tried the experiment of feed- 

 ing a large quantity of grain with this very 

 moist forage, but I think it can be done to 

 some extent without injury to the cattle. 

 There must be some limit to it, but I have not 

 yet found it I am not feeding my usual 

 quantity of grain, on account of the enormous 

 increase of flesh, as stated above. 



If, as these experiments seem to indicate, 

 the first process of digestion is done in the 

 silo to a great extent, and if it is necessary 

 that a large quantity of acid is required in 

 this first process of digestion, and if we can 

 do it as well or better without using the vital 

 force of the animal, it would seem to be a 

 matter of very great importance. 



The cattle eat these rations in half an hour. 

 An hour afterward, the cud is in the best 

 possible condition ready to be chewed over. 

 There is no inflation of gas in the stomach, no 

 acid, no odor. The cows are quiet and docile. 

 The increase of milk, flesh, and manure, is 

 very large. The economy in time, trouble, 

 labor, and expense, is very great, and the 

 results foot up from double to treble any other 

 known methods. 



