Silos, Silage and Silage Crops for Hawaii (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Silos, Silage and Silage Crops for Hawaii (Classic Reprint) written by Chalmer Kirk McClelland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Silos, Silage and Silage Crops for Hawaii The weak spot in the system as heretofore managed has beenthat there would be plenty of grass and forage at certain sea sons when rains had occurred, but during the dry seasons and years, there would be great scarceness of feed and often a loss of many head of cattle. To tide over this period of scarcity has been the problem of the ranchmen. There seems to be but two solutions to the problem: namely, prickly pear and silos. Drought resistant grasses have not been able to accomplish desired results. Al though able to hold on, these grasses do not make sufficient forage during periods of drought. It is the purpose here to discuss only the question of silos and the use of silage as a means 'of overcoming this loss during dry seasons. Silage is partly fermented green feed. The feed is placed in airtight pits or structures when in the green state and contain ing 75 - 85 per cent of moisture. The purpose of the silo is to retain the moisture and exclude the air. When placed in the silo the feed begins to ferment and get hot. Lactic acid and other bacteria, and various yeasts are concerned in this heating and fermentation. At the end of about 36 hours the tempera ture is quite high. However, complete fermentation and decay is prevented by the exclusion of the air, and such a result will be found at any point where air chances to enter. The bio chemical changes are completed in about 12 days. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.