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Investigations into the Intensive System of Grassland Management. By the Agricultural Research Staff of Imperial Chemical Industries, Limited. IX. The Digestibility of Artificially Dried Hay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

S. J. Watson
Affiliation:
(Agricultural Research Station, Jealott's Hill, Bracknell, Berks.)
W. S. Ferguson
Affiliation:
(Agricultural Research Station, Jealott's Hill, Bracknell, Berks.)

Extract

Hay of excellent quality and high digestibility has been made by a process of artificial drying in which a current of warm air is blown through the grass in a stack. The air is heated by a system of hot-water pipes round which the stack is built.

The resultant product was of much greater feeding value than good meadow hay or seeds hay and was made at a season of the year when hay-making conditions were poor.

The economics of the process have not been worked out.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1932

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