Excerpt from Silos for Preserving British Fodder Crops Stored in a Green State: Notes on the Ensilage of Grasses, Clovers, Vetches, Etc The second edition of this book was intended to be issued early in the Spring; and the compiler would gladly have carried this intention into effect. Unfortunately however, he was prevented by illness from making progress with the work, and its publication has in consequence been considerably delayed; but the delay has not proved an unmitigated evil as it has enabled information to be added on several points which otherwise could not have been included. Mr. Jenkins's excellent report in the "Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society," and the chemical analyses contained in the same volume, although not quoted at any length, have afforded facts which called for comment, and which could ill be spared from the chapter on the feeding value of silage. The same may be said of the South Kensington lecture of Mr. Woods, the tables of feeding experiments at St. Albans by Sir John Lawes, and various other matters. An endeavour has been made in the present edition to improve upon its predecessor, and to render the book of greater interest and utility, by illustrating the various points of ensilage practice by results obtained in recent experiments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.