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The relative value of regular corn silage, grainless-corn silage and ear-corn silage in the dairy ration
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dairy Dept., 1947
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Feeding Value of High Protein Oat Silage Versus Corn Silage for Dairy Cows
<p>Corn accounts for 80% of the total silage production in the United States while oats ranks second as a feed grain crop. Oats are a major crop in areas of the world where temperatures are cool and short growing seasons are not well suited for corn production. South Dakota is the leading oat …
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The Effects of Oat Silage and of Legume-Grass Silage on Beef Carcass Quality
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-05T17:47:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 0013459.pdf: 3864848 bytes, checksum: ece49f40e3fd494b31eb8a35fd6bff6d (MD5) Previous issue date: 1955
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Some Problems Concerning the Fermentation of Silage
University of Minnesota Masters thesis. 1922. Major: Dairy Husbandry. Advisor: Dr. C. H. Eckles, Professor Harold Macy, Dr. J. J. Willamen. 1 computer file (PDF); 68 pages.
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Some studies of high moisture legume silage
Silage is fermented forage plants. It is a succulent and nutritious feed, which can be used especially when green forage is not available. The methods by which it is made were first developed from a nineteenth century German process for making sour hay.
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Viability of weed seeds in manure and silage
Where manures are spread out on the fields, this problem is extremely important, but where manures are hauled out into the pastures or some pot hole and there burned or left, never to be utilized, weed seeds in manure are of no concern. However, the majority of the farmers do spread the barnyard …
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The Feeding Value of High Dry Matter Corn Silage
… way of preserving the crop is to make corn silage, thus using the whole plant for feed and preserving maximum feed per acre. The increased utilization of corn silage by dairymen may be due to its high energy yields per acre, high acceptability by cattle, and ease with it is incorporated into …
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Biomethane production from grass silage: laboratory assessment to maximise yields
… for the production of biomethane from grass silage. Mono-digestion of grass silage and co-digestion with slurry, as would occur on Irish farms, is investigated in laboratory trials. Grass silage was shown to have 7 times greater methane potential than dairy slurry on a fresh weight basis (107 …
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Effects of fermentation products of silage on its intake by cattle
The end-products of silage fermentation have been implicated as factors limiting its intake by ruminant animals, although the contribution of individual chemical components is not clearly understood. A series of experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of short-term intra-ruminal …
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Feeding Value of Brown-Midrib Corn Silage for Lactating Dairy Cows
… value of brown-midrib (bm<sub>3</sub>) corn silage and its normal (N) genetic counterpart using ten Holstein cows per group averaging 6 wk post-partum at the start of the experiment. The cow were fed corn silage (bm<sub>3 </sub>or N) ad libitum, 2.25 kg alfalfa hay/hd and grain (1 kg/3 kg …
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Genetic Environmental Effects on Silage Productivity of Corn (Zea mays L.)
A series of 5 experiments were conducted on silage corn production in Hawaii, with assessment of a variety of genetic and environmental factors. Two corn hybrids were planted bimonthly for 2 years using 6 different population densities, ranging from 50,000 to 200,000 plants/ha. The optimum …
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Assays for deterioration and estimates of feeding value of corn silage
Corn silages were selected from samples analyzed in the Virginia Tech Forage Testing Laboratory. A sample selection scheme employing observation of silage quality indicators (color, mold, aroma, fermentation type) was utilized to obtain a sample set encompassing a wide range in deterioration. In …
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Intake and Digestibility of Brown-Midrib Corn Silage by Lactating Dairy Cows
… (bm<sub>3</sub>) mutant (low lignin) corn silage for early lactation Holstein cows. In trial 1, five cows per group were individually fed a ration of silage and grain (60:40 ratio, dry matter basis) from week 2 through 8 of lactation. Lignin percentages for bm<sub>3</sub> and normal silages …
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The sustainability of tropical maize as an alternative biofuel or silage crop
… of nitrogen compared to conventional field corn silage. Results show that a management system that optimizes the environmental sustainability of tropical maize can be used while maintaining a competitive yield.
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Barley silage harvested at boot and soft dough stages for lactating cows
… Thirty-six lactating Holstein cows were fed boot silage at 75 and 60% of diet DM, SD-Lo fed at 75 and 60 and SD-Hi fed at 75 and 60, respectively. Milk yields (kg/d) were greatest for high concentrate diets and averaged 25.7, 28.3, 24.8, 26.3, 25.7 and 26.9, respectively. There were no differences …
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Effects of pasture silage on yield and composition of milk from dairy cows
… level and diet type (notably unwilted pasture silage) may have independent effects on yield and composition of milk. The objective of this research was to investigate the separate effects of forage type and feeding level on milk yield and composition and to study some of the mechanisms that may …
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Intensive spring nitrogen management of winter barley: silage and grain yield and composition
… and the fermentation and utilization of barley silage was investigated in a 3-yr study. The use of a growth regulator, ethephon, was also investigated. Nitrogen application at a rate of 135 kg/ha increased forage yields in 1984 and tended to increase yields in 1985 and 1986 though dry conditions …
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Distribution of nitrogen and acids of fermentation within urea treated and untreated corn silage
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University,
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