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Brown Silage from Atlas Sorgo—Chemical Composition, and Apparent Digestibility as Determined by Feeding to Dairy Cows¹

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station

Abstract

Typical samples of brown Atlas sorgo were described and their origin discussed. Chemical analyses of five samples of brown silage and one sample of high-moisture chopped brown fodder were compared with those for normal green Atlas sorgo silage. Three silages were used in digestion trials conducted with dairy cows fed exclusive silage rations. The apparent digestibility was determined for two brown silages and one normal silage, all of which originated from the same field of Atlas sorgo. The following interpretations of results seem justified:

1. Chemical analyses showed no appreciable differences between the brown and normal silages except for marked differences in carotene, and for differences in ash content among the field samples which appeared to have been more highly heated.
   
2. Brown sorgo silage was consistently lower than normal green silage in digestion coefficients for all nutrients except ether extract which was lower only in the case of one cow. Protein was most affected, the apparent digestibility averaging 55 per cent for normal silage, 23 per cent and 4 per cent for the two brown silages.
   

¹ Contribution No. 153, from the Department of Dairy Husbandry.

Contribution No. 279, from the Department of Chemistry.

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