Citation

Sutoh, H., Fujiwara, S., and S. Uchida, Studies on silage-making. XIV. Making and feeding value of fresh rice straw silage. Scientific Reports of the Faculty of Agriculture Okayama University, No. 36: 59-67, 1970.

Abstract

The authors attempted to make the silage of fresh rice straw, because utilization of the fresh rice straw, which is sent forth from the combine in harvesting rice, is important in dairy farming. The fresh rice straw from the combine was chopped and ensiled in the experimental silo. The additives used in the present experiments were molasses (5 or 6%), molasses-urea (morea) liquid feed (6%), peat with morea liquid feed (6%), bagasse with molasses (6%) and beet pulp with molasses (6%). Several lots of these additives as well as that of control without any addition were set up. The quality of silages produced was examined by estimating organic acids, pH values, provitamin A and chemical composition. Moreover the digestibility of these samples were determined by feeding them to goats.

1. The good or excellent silage, which was very palatable to ruminants, was made from the fresh rice straw. Namely the score by FLIEG'S appraisal method was 70 in the control-lot, 95 in the three lots of morea liquid feed, peat with morea and molasses, and 88 in the bagasse with molasses. These additives had the effect in the improvement of quality of silage.

2. The fresh rice straw silage had a pH 4.14, dry matter 28%, lactic acid 1.14%, acetic acid 0.37%, butyric acid 0%, pro-vitamin A 0.39mg/100g, digestibility or organic matter 48%, DCP 1.7% of DM and TDN 40.9% of DM. It was confirmed that the fresh rice straw silage could be effectually utilized as fodder. And also it is advisable that the silage of fresh rice straw should be used together with that of grass.

Country, State, District, etc.

Japan

Language

Japanese (English title and abstract)

Material

rice straw

Use category

animal feed