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Observations with Cut Fodder Corn in Silo, 

 Commenced filling the silo at 3 o'clock, p. m., September 

 1st, and finished at 12 o'clock, m., September 2d. Whole 

 thickness of ensilage after levelling, taken at once, was 4 

 ft. 10| in. ; temperature in the mass at 1 o'clock, P. m., 

 September 2d, was 71. 6° F. (22° C). The weights were 

 put on September Gth, when the temperature of the mass 

 (122° F.) had ceased to increase. 



