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SWEDES OR GRASS SILAGE FOR BEEF CATTLE IN EAST LOTHIAN?
Author(s) -
Livingston H. R.
Publication year - 1960
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.1365-2494.1960.tb00184.x
Subject(s) - silage , hay , fodder , acre , crop , agronomy , forage , yield (engineering) , beef cattle , starch , biology , zoology , food science , materials science , metallurgy
Four East Lothian farms, two growing silage and two roots (swedes) for winter keep of beef cattle were studied in detail. The yields of all crops grown for winter keep and the output of each crop in terms of pounds starch equivalent per acre were measured. The following are the main conclusions reached: The output per acre from roots was approximately twice that from silage. Output per acre from hay was lower than from any other fodder crop. The output per acre from all fodder crops, taken together, was very similar on all four farms. This was because the farms growing swedes grew a proportionately larger acreage of hay than did the silage farms. The yield of starch equivalent per acre from sugar beet tops was approximately half that from swedes.