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Committee Report on Silage Methods, Evaluations, Etc., for the American Dairy Science Association, Presented at the East Lansing Meeting in June, 1942

Massachusetts

G. Bohstedt

Wisconsin

J. C. Knott

Washington

C. F. Monroe

Ohio

T. E. Woodward

Washington, D. C.

C. B. Bender, Chairman Committee on Silage Methods, Evaluations, Etc.

New Jersey

ABSTRACT

1. Crop Ensiled, if mixtures of species, specify approximate percentage of each.
   
   1. Stage of maturity.
      
      1. Weather conditions at time of storage.
         
      
      
   2. Moisture content at time of ensiling.
      
   3. Carotene or other vitamin data.
      
   4. Soil type and level of fertility (fertilizer data, etc.).
      
   
   
2. Method of Harvesting and Rate of Filling (days to complete job).
   
   1. Length of cut.
      
   2. How compacted—tramping, addition of water, etc.
      
   3. Method of sealing.
      
   
   
3. Preservatives Used.
   
   1. List amounts of preservatives used on a ton of green weight.
      
   2. Method of adding preservative.
      
   3. Wilting (method used in determining extent of wilting).
      
   4. Cultures—kind, quantity, and method of introduction.
      
   
   
4. Sampling Set Up to Measure Silage Losses.
   
   1. Weigh all material blown into the silo and weigh all the material removed; classify it as to edible and spoiled portion.
      
   2. If it is impossible to weigh material out of the silo, place 5–10 burlap or cotton bags that have been moistened and wrung as dry as possible holding approximately 10 kilos of representative chopped material in each 8 to 10 ft. section of the silage.