280 THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY [ I, IV
TABLE XVIII.
Ratio of volatile bases to amino acids before and after ensilage.
|
Type of ensilage |
Bag No. |
Green Jowar |
Silage |
|
Prime Jowar silage, slow filling with water- |
13 |
0.25 |
0.57 |
|
17 |
0.50 |
0.67 |
|
|
Average |
0.38 |
0.62 |
|
|
Prime Jowar silage, alow filling without |
15 |
0.19 |
0.62 |
|
19 |
0.13 |
0.75 |
|
|
Average |
0.16 |
0.68 |
|
|
Prime Jowar silage, rapid tilling with water- |
5 |
0.16 |
0.56 |
|
7 |
0.08 |
0.47 |
|
|
Average |
0.12 |
0.51 |
|
|
Prime Jowarsilage, rapid filling without |
9 |
0.20 |
0.78 |
|
11 |
0.10 |
0.54 |
|
|
Average |
0.16 |
0.66 |
TABLE XIX.
Changes in organic acids during ensilage.
|
Pit No. and |
Bag No. |
Volatile organic acids |
Non-volatile organic acids |
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|
Green |
Silage |
Increase |
Green |
Silage |
Increase |
||
|
per cent. |
per cent. |
||||||
|
Pit No. 1. Slow |
13 |
85.2 |
318.8 |
274.2 |
67.4 |
117.1 |
58.9 |
|
17 |
52.7 |
181.5 |
244.8 |
83.1 |
166.3 |
100.1 |
|
|
Average |
.. |
.. |
259.5 |
.. |
... |
79.5 |
|
|
Pit No. 2. Slow |
15 |
85.0 |
188.7 |
122.0 |
141.5 |
0.0 |
|
|
19 |
56.2 |
95.4 |
69.8 |
92.7 |
143.1 |
54.4 |
|
|
Average |
.. |
.. |
95.9 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Pit No. 3. Rapid |
5 |
105.9 |
475.2 |
348.7 |
... |
344.6 |
0.0 |
|
7 |
68.1 |
293.6 |
331.1 |
.. |
276.5 |
0.0 |
|
|
Average |
.. |
.. |
339.9 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Pit No. 4. Rapid |
9 |
167.8 |
245.5 |
46.3 |
.. |
112.5 |
0.0 |
|
11 |
136.2 |
208.6 |
53.2 |
.. |
224.9 |
0.0 |
|
|
Average |
.. |
.. |
49.7 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|