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PARTIAL WILTING OF GRASS CROPS FOR SILAGE
Author(s) -
Nash M. J.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
grass and forage science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1365-2494
pISSN - 0142-5242
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1959.tb01013.x
Subject(s) - wilting , silage , agronomy , consolidation (business) , information silo , environmental science , silo , agricultural engineering , biology , business , engineering , accounting
The aim of this, the final stage of the investigation, was to test the partial wilting process on a farm scale and to draw practical conclusions which might help farmers wishing to try it. Three important conclusions are drawn: (1) filling should be performed rapidly, (2) consolidation should be applied continuously, (3) sealing should be done immediately. Some overheating, a reduction in digestibility and considerable spoiling are likely to occur if herbage, wilted for much more than one day, is ensiled spasmodically with insufficient consolidation. The wilting process is not foolproof and cannot be practised properly without giving great attention to detail, both in the field and at the silo. The method becomes a very much safer one when wilted and bruised, rather than wilted, long herbage is employed.