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Losses in the conservation of grassland herbage as molassed and metabisulphite silage in lined trench silos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

W. O. Brown  and
V. Smyth
W. O. Brown
Affiliation:
Agricultural Chemistry Department, The Queen's University of Belfast and The Agricultural Research Institute for Northern Ireland
V. Smyth
Affiliation:
Agricultural Chemistry Department, The Queen's University of Belfast and The Agricultural Research Institute for Northern Ireland
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A conservation experiment is described in which a comparison of the nutrient losses and quality of sodium metabisulphite silage and molassed silage is made. The loss of dry matter in molassed silage is shown to be 3·5% higher than in metabisulphite silage.

The lactic-acid content of metabisulphite silage is found to be some 40% less than that of molassed silage.

The results obtained are discussed in relation to published work on conservation by metabisulphite and to the practical application of the method.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , May 1958 , pp. 307 - 311
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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