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The Chairman. There are others here from whom we 

 should be glad to hear to-night, but we have spent a very 

 profitable evening, and we want you to go away with a very 

 strong desire to come here early in the morning, for we are 

 to come again at half after nine. Our programme for to- 

 morrow is a full one, as you will notice. 



Adjourned to Wednesday, at 9.30. 



SECOND DAY. 



The meeting was called to order at 9.30 by Mr. Brooks,^ 

 a fine audience being in attendance. Prof. Henry E. Al- 

 VORD, of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, was intro- 

 duced as the first lecturer of the morninij. 



IS ENSILAGE A SUCCESS IN NEW ENGLAND? 



BY HENRY E. AI.VOUD OF AMIIEUST. 



Is ensilage a success in New England ? This question has- 

 been submitted to me for consideration and reply on this oc- 

 casion. Meeting the question directly, I answer; Where 

 silos have been properly and economically made, well filled 

 with suitable material, resulting in a good product, and the 

 ensilage fed out with judgment, — this system of preparing 

 and preserving succulent food for the live stock of the farm 

 has proved a success hi New England and in numerous other 

 parts of the world. 



While this reply is and is intended to be decidedly in the 

 afiirmative, several conditions are stated which give rise to 

 further questions. How can silos be properly and economi- 

 cally built? How and with what should they be filled to 

 make good ensilage? And in what quantity and manner 

 should ensilage be used as forage for domestic animals, to 

 obtain the best results ? 



These questions in turn require even longer replies. They 

 open the whole subject of silos and ensilage as viewed with 



