| Show storing green alfalfa to secure best results brown tiny buy from alfalfa results when the alfalfa Is put into the mow s so green and tough that it heats and drives off the surplus water at the same time it lg Is discolored during the process of fermentation the mols anre driven off will condense on tile tho top layer of hay and will spoil it as the top layer of silage Is spoiled the top lif such a mow may for three weeks or more after the tiny liay Is put in below the spoiled top layer tf tile hay has been pro properly perly stored there will be no mold this brown hay Is very palatable to stock and while there Is a certain amount of loss from the fermentation it Is not serious if the hay has noi not been badly discolored when first cutting alfalfa Is nearly cured but tough and Is likely to be ba rained on jf if not taken in it Is far better to take it in and make brown hay of it than to leave it in the field to be damaged by rain if put tn in tills way the hay should be exceptionally well stacked back into the hay bay mow to break up the green bunches sometimes found it should be packed and not left loose unless there Is space enough to sp spread read a thin layer of the tough hay nil all over tile the auw after fermentation starts do not put other hay on top of it or disturb it in any way the use of salt on tough hay Is often recommended and should be of value in reducing fermentation and mold 0 J willard Wll lard ohio state university |
