Estimating The Quantity Of Settled Corn Silage In A Silo PDF Download

Excerpt from Estimating the Quantity of Settled Corn Silage in a Silo Eckles, Reed, and Fitch 3 removed and weighed cubic foot samples Of silage from different levels in silos. Most of this Silage had a moisture content somewhat below the average, that is, if the figures for dry matter (27 or 28 percent) given by Morrison 4 are taken as the average. Since low-moisture silage weighs less than high-moisture silage, the data of these investigators led them to assign weights that are too low for average silage. During several. Seasons of making and feeding silage the authors conducted an investigation at the Beltsville Research Center, Belts ville, to determine more accurately the effect of depth on the weight of a cubic foot of silage. The investigation differed from the work of others mainly in that all the silage was weighed as it was re moved from the silos and that records were kept showing the eared condition of the corn siloed, the lengths into which it was cut for silage, and the extent of tramping in the silo. Data were obtained showing the total weight of the green corn that was put in eight silos, the total weight Of silage removed from six of the eight silos, and the weight per cubic foot of silage at different depths in five of the silos. All the silos were approximately 14 feet in diam eter, but they varied from 42 to 45 feet in height from floor to plate. 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.