Ensilage

Proce for the preservation of fodders in the green state; invented by Auguste Goffart; introduced into the U. S. ab. 1876, and since extensively used. Its succe ful practice demands that the building or silo shall be air-tight and sufficiently protected from the weather, and the material placed in it while still green, allowed to heat till the greater number of the germs of fermentation are killed ( i.e., to ab. 120° F.), and then carefully sealed from the air. Indian corn is the crop most often preserved in this way, though clover and green rye are often used, and any green crop may be succe fully treated.