272 THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY [ I, IV.

                                                                              TABLE V.
                                Pit No. 2.— Dry matter changes in prime Jowar silage. Slow filling without watering.

Bag

No.

Weight

of
green
Jowar

ensiled
Kg.

Weight
of
silage
re-
covered
Kg.

Per cent. dry

matter in green

Jowar

Per cent. dry

matter in

silage

Total dry

matter in green

Jowar Kg.

Total dry

matter in silage

Kg.

Loss of dry

matter

per cent.

Average

loss
per cent.

Date

of

ensilage

Date
of
re-
moval

Cor.*

Uncor.†

Cor.

Uncor.

Cor.

Uncor.

Cor.

Uncor.

Cor.

Uncor.

Cor.

Uncor.

15

16.995

17.343

33.98

33.37

31.82

30.46

5.775

5.671

5.519

5.283

4.43

6.84

10-11-28

27-6-29

16

17.145

17.815

33.98

33.37

33.05

31.69

5.826

5.721

5.888

5.646

—1.06‡

1.31 ‡

}6.51

8.26 {

10-11-28

19-6-29

19

17.410

16.105

31.51

31.14

30.68

29.86

5.486

5.422

4.941

4.809

9.94

11.31

13-11-28

20-6-29

20

18.040

17.860

31.51

31.14

30.19

29.37

5.685

5.618

5.392

5.245

5.15

6.64

13-11-28

10-6-29

       * Corrected for the loss of volatile bases and volatile organic acids taking place on drying.

       † Not corrected for the above losses.

       ‡ Owing to some mistake this bag shows a gain in weight and hence this figure has been rejected in taking the average loss.