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                          SILAGE INVESTIGATIONS AT BANGALORE                          281

                                              TABLE XX.

Ratio of volatile to non-volatile organic acids in silage.

Pit No. 1. Slow
filling with
watering

Pit No. 2. Slow
filling without
watering

Pit No. 3. Rapid
filling with
watering

Pit No. 4. Rapid
filling without
watering

Bag
13

Bag
17

Aver-
age

Bag
15

Bag
19

Aver-
age

Bag
5

Bag
7

Aver-
age

Bag
9

Bag
11

Aver-
age

Ratio

2.722

1.091

1.906

1.334

0.667

1.000

1.379

1.062

1.220

2.182

0.927

1.554

                                              TABLE XXI.

Pit No. 1.Changes in ;he minerals of prime Jowar during ensilage (in gms.). Slow
                                        filling with watering.

Constituents

Bag 13.

Bag 17.

Average

gain or

loss

Green
Jowar

Silage

Gain or
loss

Green
Jowar

Silage

Gain or
loss

per cent.

per cent.

per cent.

P2 O5 . .

25.7

23.1

— 10.12

19.8

20.8

+ 5.05

— 2.53

CaO . .

14.3

14.8

+ 3.50

15.6

15.2

— 2.56

+ 0.47

MgO . .

19.2

11.7

— 39.06

14.5

13.2

— 8.97

—24.01

SO3 . . .

6.7

3.4

— 49.23

4.0

4.7

+ 22.5

—13.36

KCl + NaCl .

66.7

149.2

+ 123.69

150.3

123.6

—17.76

+52.96

                                              TABLE XXII.

Pit No. 2.Changes in the minerals of prime Jowar during ensilage (in gms.). Slow
                                      filling without watering.

Constituents

Bag 15.

Bag 19.

Average

gain or

loss

Green
Jowar

Silage

Gain or
loss

Green
Jowar

Silage

Gain or
loss

per cent.

per cent.

per cent.

P2 O5 . .

24.4

25.5

+ 4.51

28.1

26.4

— 6.05

— 0.77

CaO . .

14.0

16.3

+ 16.43

16.9

20.1

+ 18.93

+ 17.68

MgO . .

19.6

18.2

— 7.14

17.0

16.4

— 3.53

— 5.33

SO3 . . .

5.5

4.3

—21.82

5.5

4.8

—12.73

—17.27

KC1 + NaCl .

116.0

185.7

+ 60.09

174.2

152.9

—12.23

+23.93

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