Some Points From Massey College In Defence Of Silage
There is among farmers a good deal of bias against the making of silage, but why this should be, it is difficult' to understand, says a Massey College bulletin.
In the first place, well-made silage is a good food for milking stock. It provides a means of conserving grass when it still has a high feeding value. It is not so liable to damage by weather as is hay, and though the losses in food value in ensiling are considerable they are no heavier than in hay-making, particularly if the hay is affected by weather or left to become overmature. Harvesting is spread—every acre of silage cut in November is an acre less of hay to be made in December. There is greater flexibility in paddocks being taken out of, or returned to, the grazing rotation, while the aftermath is so much better from early-cut silage than it is from late"-cut hay.
From the aspects of both farm and : pasture management, silage has a great deal to recommend it in districts of uncertain hay-making weather and abundant pasture growth.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 92, 24 October 1947, Page 3
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188Some Points From Massey College In Defence Of Silage Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 92, 24 October 1947, Page 3
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