INTRODUCTION. 



have built silos, and filled or partly filled the same with ensilage ; 

 and, when you have read the practical experience of these men, you 

 cannot doubt of the perfect success of preserving our green crops by 

 ensilage ; and, when you can earn two dollars at half the expense 

 that you before earned one dollar, you will believe and practise it 

 after you have read this book carefully, and you will build a silo, 

 and meet with the same success as my correspondents have. You 

 will then be as enthusiastic upon the practical workings of ensilage 

 as they are to-day ; and to the farmer of New England it will add 

 millions, and may well be called a revolution in farming. 



