12—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. February 27, 1960
Heifers Harmed By
Substance In
Dairy heifers, cal sparing
ly and grow slowly when
fed silage made -from fresh
ly chopped unwilled grass
legume mixtures, presumab
ly because some unidentifi
ed organic compound form
ed during fermentation of
silage deci eases the appeti
te of the animal U S De
paitmem of Agriculture sci
entists report
Lane A Mooie and J Wil
liam Thomas of TJSDA’S Ag
rxcullural Research Center
at Beltsville, Md, say iso’a
tion of tins compound may
make unwilled grass-legume
silage as valuable as hay
for feeding dairy animals.
The compound also affects
the appetite of mature cows
causing a decrease in milk
pioduction in some cases,
but the effect is more mark
ed in growing heifers
Until more information is
obtained, tney suggest that
fanners wilt their crop a
few houis before ensiling,
even though this involves
mowing before chopping The
scientists found that_ heifers
consumed about twice as
much diy matter eating wil
ted silage as they did eating
unwilled silage In fact, the
re was little difference bet
ween consumption of heav
ily wilted silage and hay
If silage is not wilted, some
hay should bo included, in
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Silage
the ration, the scientists re
commended
Recent research showed
reduced consumption of dry
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matter was not the result of
excess water in the unwilted
silage at feeding time. When
water was added to hay be
fore feeding to make it equ
al in moisture content to un
wilted silage, or when the
water content of silage was
reduced or increased, the sa
me amount of dry matter
was consumed
Scientists then thought
palatabihty might be the an-
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swer, because when heifers
were fed hay soaked in silo
seepage, their food consump
tion decreased. However,
when seepage was introduc
ed directly into the stomachs
appetites also lessened. This
proved taste was not the fac
for causing reduced con
sumption.
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Ci ops irrigated by water
containing sewage pollution
may transmit disease Wa
ters carrying industrial pol
lution such as chemical
wastes, can damage the
crops thev irrigate, says U
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