The value of grass silage for feeding dairy cows in Puerto Rico

Abstract

A series of feeding trials comparing mature Merker grass silage vs. mature Para grass soilage; immature Merker grass silage vs. mature Merker grass silage; immature Merker grass silage vs. mature Merker grass silage vs. mature Merker grass soilage; mature Para grass silage with 5 or 10 percent of molasses vs. mature Merker grass; mature Merker grass silage vs. immature Merker grass soilage; mature Merker-kudzu grass silage vs. mature Merker grass; and immature sugarcane silage vs. mature Merker grass soilage, were conducted during the period between January 1947 and January 1950. The purpose was to determine the value of the above roughages as silage.