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many dairymen for years, but they are still as deaf as 

 ever, and in these times when competition is great and 

 ever} 7 one is trying to produce in their special line as 

 cheaply as possible, all dairymen and farmers should 

 be alive to their own interests to see how they can pro- 

 duce milk, butter and beef at the least cost for food 

 consumed. 



There are still many doubters as to ^the value of en- 

 silage, but their doubts would disappear if they were 

 better acquainted with it and the result from feeding it. 

 Ensilage is usually made of green corn fodder, but it 

 may be made of any green fodder that cattle will eat. 



Horses, cattle and sheep will eat and relish it with 

 very few exceptions. 



A silo is only a preserving can on a large scale, and 

 the same conditions prevail in both. They must be air 

 tight. This is the fourth season that I have put up 

 and fed ensilage, and to say that I am well satisfied 

 with it but faintly expresses it. 



There is no other cattle food that I am acquainted 

 with that can be compared to it in cheapness, and in 

 the result from feeding it. 



A good many of our scientific men would not 

 endorse ensilage for a long time, because in their 

 analysis of it they could not get out of it what the 

 cow could. 



Science is a good thing, but the cow is ahead of 

 science in this case. 



It seems like stating it pretty strong to say that 

 you get more out of the silo than you put into it. 

 But that is an actual fact. It is more digestible. 

 Therefore it will give better results in feeding than 

 the same food will when fed in a green state. 



I will give a little experience I had a year ago 



