Some Chemical Changes Occurring in Molasses Grass Silage

The periodic determinations of pH, total sugars, reducing sugars, volatile acids, total nitrogen, water-soluble nitrogen, and ammonia nitrogen in a silo containing a mixture of oats and field peas preserved with approximately one hundred pounds of molasses per ton of green material showed that the m...

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Published in:Journal of dairy science 1941-02, Vol.24 (2), p.147-151
Main Authors: Bender, C.B., Bosshardt, D.K., Garrett, O.F.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The periodic determinations of pH, total sugars, reducing sugars, volatile acids, total nitrogen, water-soluble nitrogen, and ammonia nitrogen in a silo containing a mixture of oats and field peas preserved with approximately one hundred pounds of molasses per ton of green material showed that the major portion of the fermentation process occurred during the first week. As certain of the data show the silage to be a heterogeneous mass, the inherent errors involved in the sampling technique must be taken into consideration in the interpretation of these and other results in silage research.
ISSN:0022-0302
1525-3198
DOI:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(41)95396-1