TRUE MILKING FEED

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 45, 16 November 1940, Page 5

TRUE MILKING FEED

Ensilage For Cows

Experiments in the use of grass, silage at the Rowett Research Instituies Exjierimenlal Stock Farm at Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire, show that: a cow can eat up to 1521 b. a day of high-quality silage, and maintain an average yield ol live gallons for at least two months. Hie silage was made from three-year-old pasture. cut in June and made in July. A pit was dug eight yards long by two feet deep, and sloping to one end. The pit was filled, and was covered with earth within three days. Commenting on the experiments, tile farm authorities state that it has been generally considered that grass silage could not be fed to a cow at. a greater rate than 801 b. a day, whereas Phet have hull no difficulty in getting stock to eat 1501 b. No taint in the milk has- been observed. 'The above report is iuleict-'iuig at this season, when ensilage is Io be The quantily fed is certainly astonishing; in feed value equal to uOlb. ol really

goon hay. Note then tlm cows’ production ol_tive gallons' milk daily; Ihnt means oOlli. weight, and even at. a 3.7 per cent, test possible, equals 1.851 b. fat; for a 30-da.v month, 55.51 b. is returned. 'Thai’s heavy production.