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			Handy silage preservative guide
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			Pit silos
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Handy silage preservative guide

Silage

Kind and Amount of Preservative to Add per Ton of Green Silage

Sodium

Kylage

CROP

Molasses (12 lbs.=1 gal.)

Ground Shelled Corn or Cereal Grains Citrus Meal, or Citrus or Beet Pulp

Corn and Cob Meal

Phosphoric Acid. 75% (13.2 lbs.=1 gal.)

Whey, Dried

Whey, Liquid

Sulfur Dioxide Gas (SO₂)

Sodium Metabisulfite (Na₂S₂O₅)

Kylage (a mixture of calcium formate and sodium nitrite)

(lbs.)

(lbs.)

(lbs.)

(lbs.)

(lbs.)

(lbs.)

(lbs.)

(lbs.)

(lbs.)

Legumes:

Alfalfa, clover, etc.

60

150

200

20

40

400

5

8-10

6

Soybeans

100

200

250

30

60

600

Grass-legume mixture: Clover, and timothy, etc.

40

125

150

15

30

350

8

5

Grasses and cereals: Timothy, oats etc.

30

75

100

10

20

250

8

4

	Kind and Amount of Preservative to Add per Ton of Green Silage							Sodium	Kylage
CROP	Molasses (12 lbs.=1 gal.)	Ground Shelled Corn or Cereal Grains Citrus Meal, or Citrus or Beet Pulp	Corn and Cob Meal	Phosphoric Acid. 75% (13.2 lbs.=1 gal.)	Whey, Dried	Whey, Liquid	Sulfur Dioxide Gas (SO₂)	Sodium Metabisulfite (Na₂S₂O₅)	Kylage (a mixture of calcium formate and sodium nitrite)
	(lbs.)	(lbs.)	(lbs.)	(lbs.)	(lbs.)	(lbs.)	(lbs.)	(lbs.)	(lbs.)
Legumes:
Alfalfa, clover, etc.	60	150	200	20	40	400	5	8-10	6
Soybeans	100	200	250	30	60	600
Grass-legume mixture: Clover, and timothy, etc.	40	125	150	15	30	350		8	5
Grasses and cereals: Timothy, oats etc.	30	75	100	10	20	250		8	4