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Show Grass Silage Much interest among farmers is spreading in grass silage. For centuries cen-turies the Swiss dairy producers of the Alps cut their grassy meadows even during rains and without hesitation hesi-tation stored the hay in silos without with-out loss. Since grass has less sugar than corn or sorghum crops it is necessary to add dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid to the grass as silaged. However, more recently farmers have found that if they add a little molasses to the grass it also will go through the right kind of fermentation and make excellent silage. si-lage. Whey or whey powder, a byproduct by-product of cheese factories, can also j be added to the grass silage and give similar results. Molasses is i becoming popular with farmers to add to other fodder or silage as animal ani-mal feed and it very likely will increase in-crease in popularity in Texas because be-cause of regular importations of black strap molasses from Cuban sugar mills to the Texas Gul coast from where it reaches the interior by tank car or truck. i |