104 H. E. STEVENS ON ENSILAGE. 



excellent milk, and seem to be in excellent condition. The cows are 

 emphatic in their agreement with their owner and myself, that the 

 food is better than when it went in. It will keep several da} T s with- 

 out injury after taking it out, and is considered b}~ the purchaser to 

 be the cheapest food he can give his cows. Of course, it is a little 

 mortifying to make public my first failure, and second quasi-success ; 

 but it is only by these various trials that we can determine the true 

 value of this new process. With corn as the material, and a fine 

 cut and solid pack to follow, the result need not in any case be 

 doubtful. That Hungarian will keep perfectly when cut, I have no 

 doubt ; neither do I doubt its high value for fodder ; but, of course, 

 it will not }deld any thing like the weight per acre that can be ob- 

 tained from corn. Taking into consideration the enormous yield 

 which can be expected, the ease and certainty in harvesting in an}^ 

 weather, the great economy in stowage, the ease with which the 

 fodder can be taken out and distributed, and, last and chiefest, the 

 high value which this succulent food possesses, taking these and 

 other minor advantages into account, it is safe to predict a new era 

 in agriculture, destined to produce changes which no one can fore- 

 tell. The importance of the subject cannot be over-estimated ; and, 

 if you can throw light upon it, 3*ou will be a public benefactor. 



Yours very truly, 



W. C. STRONG. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



REPORT FROM 



NASHUA, N.H. 



LAST summer Hon. Charles Williams built a silo, and filled it with 

 green corn-fodder. The silo is twenty feet long, nine feet wide, and 

 thirteen feet deep, and will hold about fifty-eight tons. It is built of 

 cement and stone, the interior sides being perfectly smooth and per- 



