The production of silage in Newfoundland
The Production of Silage in Newfoundland What is silage? -- How green forage crops are preserved by converting to silage (ensiling) -- Quality in silage. Sweet, dark-brown silage -- Acid, light-brown or yellow-brown silage -- Green fruity silage -- Sour silage -- Musty silage -- Advantages of silage...
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1944
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/159878 |
| Summary: | The Production of Silage in Newfoundland What is silage? -- How green forage crops are preserved by converting to silage (ensiling) -- Quality in silage. Sweet, dark-brown silage -- Acid, light-brown or yellow-brown silage -- Green fruity silage -- Sour silage -- Musty silage -- Advantages of silage -- Crops for converting to silage -- Cultural practices for oats and oat mixtures -- Silo construction. Locating the silo -- Building the foundation -- Building the silo structure -- The silo roof -- Capacity of silo -- Construction costs for polygonial silo -- Harvesting crops for ensiling. When to cut -- How much to cut -- The ensilage cutter -- Filling the silo -- Sealing the silo -- Use of preservatives in ensiling crops -- Molasses silage. How much molasses to use -- How to apply molasses -- Acid silage. How much acid to use -- How to apply acid -- Disadvantages of acid silage -- Clamp and pit silos -- Clamp silage. Site -- Dimensions of clamp -- Filling the clamp -- Covering the clamp -- Pit silage. Site -- Dimensions of pit -- Filling the pit -- Removal of silage from silo -- Feeding silage. How much silage to feed -- When to feed silage -- Feed value of silage Cover title; Bulletin (Newfoundland. Department of Natural Resources. Agricultural Division) no. 13 |
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