Development of a small-bale wrapping system for the silage-making operation, 2: Making whole crop silage of corn [Zea mays]
1999
Miyazaki, M. (Shikoku National Agricultural Experiment Station, Zentsuji, Kagawa (Japan)) | Inooku, K. | Ishizuka, N. | Nagasaki, Y. | Tanaka, H. | Sumikawa, O.
1) A small-bale wrapping system for making whole crop silage of corn was developed as a suitable system for small dairy farmers to produce packed silage of highquality. 2) The system is composed of the small round baler, the bale wrapper and the handler of bales. Corn chopped by a forage harvester is carried to the system, then compressed and packed by the small round baler. Before winding twine around a bale, some rice straws are added due to bind the chopped corn. The bale wrapped by plastic films is highly handled by using the handler. 3) The operation of the system needs three workers and the rate of work was 1.2 t/h. 4) By investigation of products, it was concluded that the quality as silage was high. 5) The feeding time for 46 heads in a stanchion stall barn was only 9 minutes
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