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The nutritive value of artificially dried grass and its effect on the quality of milk produced by cows of the main dairy breeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

S. J. Watson  and
W. S. Ferguson
S. J. Watson
Affiliation:
(Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Agricultural Research Station, Jealott's Hill, Bracknell, Berks.)
W. S. Ferguson
Affiliation:
(Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Agricultural Research Station, Jealott's Hill, Bracknell, Berks.)
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An experiment was carried out with two groups of ten cows each, made up of two Guernseys, two Ayrshires, two Friesians and four Shorthorns.

The experiment was of the change-over type, the experimental period of 20 weeks being subdivided into four periods of 5 weeks, each cow alternating between the two treatments.

In two of the periods a normal winter ration of roots, hay and concentrates was fed. In the other two periods artificially dried grass replaced a proportion of the concentrates, an average of 8 lb. being fed per head daily. The two types of ration provided equal amounts of starch equivalent and protein equivalent, but the carotene intake was greater in the “dried grass ration”.

A statistical analysis of the difference in milk yields due to the contrast “Dried grass” v. “Control” revealed no signs of any effect, and if any actual effect does exist, it is quite negligible for the 5-week periods of this experiment.

Type
Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 1936 , pp. 189 - 211
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1936

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