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any cracks or vacant spaces for the air to get 

 in and produce black rot; that removing all 

 the air at the time of filling the silo will 

 prevent heat and fermentation ; that press- 

 ing out juice from the corn, and bringing it up 

 uniformly throughout the forage to take the 

 place of the air and gases in the forage, will 

 produce a condition like canned goods. This 

 condition can be developed and controlled 

 with very little trouble, and very great econ- 

 omy, by using the silo governor. The details 

 of the processes are all described and explained 

 under appropriate heads, and the system eluci- 

 dated as well as I know how to do it, in this 

 little book. 



While I do not claim that further progress 

 is impossible, I do claim that what we now 

 know is quite sufficient to insure very nearly, 

 if not absolutely, perfect results, and ought to 

 be satisfactory to the most fastidious, making 

 sure of the best results attained as yet by any 

 system devised for cheapening dairy products, 

 and improving them in quality and quantity, 

 whether it be milk, cream, butter, cheese, beef, 

 or even manure ; and that whatever progress 

 is made in the future will be made in the 

 direction pointed out in this " System of Pre- 

 serving Green Forage without Heat or Fer- 

 mentation." 



