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Nutritive value of pasture. V. Pasture grass conservation: the influence of artificial drying on the digestibility of pasture herbage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

H. E. Woodman ,
J. W. Bee  and
G. Griffith
H. E. Woodman
Affiliation:
(School of Agriculture, Cambridge.)
J. W. Bee
Affiliation:
(School of Agriculture, Cambridge.)
G. Griffith
Affiliation:
(School of Agriculture, Cambridge.)
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The recognition of the protein-concentrated and highly digestible character of young leafy pasturage has led to proposals for conserving such herbage by artificial drying for feeding to farm animals during winter as a substitute for oil cakes. Before contemplating the adoption of such proposals on a commercial scale, however, it was necessary to demonstrate that young pasturage could be dried artificially without losing its highly digestible nature.

That this is possible is clear from the results brought forward in this communication. It has been shown that young grass does not suffer any depression in respect of digestibility when it is dried (a) at the temperature of steam, or (b) by direct heat in a kiln.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1930 , pp. 53 - 62
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1930

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