The value of water hyacinth for silage purposes

Date

4-1953

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Animal Science

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Valente Villegas

Abstract

Para grass, water hyacinth, and a mixture of equal weight of Para grass and water hyacinth were successfully made into silage. Para grass silage had the lowest moisture content and so was richest in dry matter (21.96 per cent). Water hyacinth silage was the most succulent and so was lowest in dry matter (9.35 per cent only). The mixture of Para grass and water hyacinth silage had 17.67 per cent of dry matter. The calcium-phosphorus ratio was best in the mixture of Para grass and water hyacinth silage; it was almost two of calcium to one of phosphorus (0.38 per cent calcium and 0.17 per cent phosphorus). The average daily consumption of the animals was 15.38 kilograms of the water hyacinth silage (the most palatable), 12.83 kilograms of the Para grass and water hyacinth mixture, and 11.13 kilograms of the Para grass silage (the least palatable).

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 993.5 1953 A5 A37

Document Type

Thesis

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