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Animal and Crop Wastes Ensiled for Feeding
Silage produced from crop and the manure as fertilizer from
animal wastes-such as chopped large cattle feedlots and poultry
cornstalks or oat straw, and plants, he points out. Thousands
cattle or poultry manure-makes of acres of crop residues—corn,
suitable feed for beef cattle and oats, and wheat-are also
sheep, according to experiments available for animal feeding,
at The Pennsylvania State The best silage was made from
University. an oat straw-poultry waste
Such silages show normal combination. This contained 16
fermentation with no decay and per cent crude protein and 52 per
none of the objectionable odors cent digestible organic matter,
usually associated with animal Although the oat straw-cattle
wastes, says Dr. T. A. Long, waste silage had only 12 per cent
professor of animal nutrition. crude protein, the digestible
On a dry matter basis, the organic matter was 50 per cent. If
experimental silages contained grass hay were substituted for
70 per cent crop wastes, either oat straw, a silage of higher
chopped cornstalks or oat straw, nutritive value could be obtained,
and 30 per cent cattle or poultry Crude protein content
manure. averaged 13 per cent for cattle
Meat from the experimental
cattle was tested for flavor,
tenderness, and juiciness by a
taste panel at Penn State. The
panel favored meat from beef
cattle fed poultry waste over beef
from cattle fed soybean meal, a
standard protein supplement.
Such silage offers a practical
method of producing beef and
lamb at lower or no greater cost
than with standard roughage
while obtaining high quality meat
with less chance of pollution from
accumulated wastes, Dr. Long
affirms.
Many times there is not suf
ficient land on which to spread
Lancaster Farming, Saturda;
waste silage and 14 per cent for
silage from poultry waste. Silage
from poultry waste averaged 45
per cent in organic matter
digestibility. Cattle waste silage,
on the other hand, had less
digestible organic matter than
silages without manure. This
may have been due to the high
lignin or fiber content of cattle
manure, Dr. Long believes.
The experimental silages had a
“good silage” odor. The crop
wastes and manures underwent a
normal chemical change known
as anaerobic fermentation,
meaning it was accomplished
without air--typical of silage
production. Moisture level of all
silage was adjusted to 55 per
cent. The cattle and poultry
wastes were collected fresh, free
from bedding or litter.
Working with Dr. Long on the
animal-crop waste studies were
W.W. Saylor, graduate assistant
in animal science from Bruin,
Butler County, and Dr. L. L.
Wilson, professor of animal
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September 1,1973
science. The research was
carried out within the
Agricultural Experiment Station
at Penn State.
The next step m the research
will stress feeding trials readily
accepted the experimental feed.
Research elsewhere has shown
that digestibility of high fiber
crop residues could be improved
by treating the crop wastes with
alkalies such as ammonium
hydroxide, potassium hydroxide,
or sodium hydroxide. However,
Dr. Long and associates consider
the use of alkalies unjustified
from the standpoint of cost,
corrosiveness, and possible
dangers from the use of such
products.
Hires Manufacturing
Employees Retire
Three employees of Sperry
New Holland’s manufacturing
division in New Holland will
retire from the company today,
September 1.
Isaac S. Zook, 22 Brubaker
Ave., New Holland, will retire as
a Pattern Maker “A”. He joined
the company in 1945 as a car
penter and has also worked as a
pattern maker-wood.
William P. Skoles, 139 Elm
wood Rd., Lancaster, will retire
from his job as a truck driver
with the company. He joined
Sperry New Holland in 1951.
Christian M. Zimmerman,
Ephrata RDI, who joined the
company in 1968, retired from his
position as plant serviceman.
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