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
Recommended Citation
Agrupis, Filomeno M., "The value of water hyacinth for silage purposes" (1953). Undergraduate Theses. 8880.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/etd-undergrad/8880
Document Type
Thesis