00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.824241 CaOODSP 20250304092517 cr ||||||||||| 160915s1944 oncao||#o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- n-cn-on A12-8/13-1944E-PDF Hopkins, E. S. Silage production [electronic resource] / E.S. Hopkins and P.O. Ripley. Ottawa : Department of Agriculture : Field Husbandry Division, Experimental Farms Service, 1944. 76 p. : ill. Farmers' bulletin ; 13 Cover title. "Issued July, 1944. Reprint." Originally published: 1936. Historical publication digitized by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. "This bulletin gives the recommendations of the superintendents of the Dominion Experimental Farms located in representative regions throughout Canada on the adaptability of the silo and the most suitable crops for their respective districts. ... This bulletin presents information based on extensive experimental work on the Dominion Experimental Farms on the most efficient methods of ensiling, as well as growing some 20 different farm crops. ... Information is presented from Dominion Experimental Farms in Eastern Canada on the comparative yields, cost of production and value of root and silage crops based on the amounts of total digestible nutrients. A brief description is included of the different types of upright and trench silos. Information is presented on the construction and approximate cost. Information is presented on the chemical analysis of silage made from various crops, the capacity of different silos and the amount of silage and acreage required for various sizes of herds"--Summary, p. 75-76. gccst Animal nutrition gccst Forage crops Ripley, P. O. Canada. Department of Agriculture. Canada. Experimental Farms Service. Farmers' bulletin (Canada. Department of Agriculture : 1936) 13 (CaOODSP)9.824039 PDF 9.76 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A12-8-13-1944-eng.pdf Publication 525