1975
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1975.tb01386.x
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The State of Haymaking Technology—a Review

Abstract: The main objectives of research and development In haymaking are to minimize dependence on weather and to reduce loss of nutrients. Treatment of a cut crop, especially by mechanical conditioning, shortens drying time substantially while the use of chemical desiccants before or after cutting may also increase the drying rate.The advantages of terminating field exposure before drying has been completed are particularly important. Barn drying from about 40% moisture content (m.c.) wet basis has given good results… Show more

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“…It is emphasized that the data presented in this paper were derived from thin layers of herbage dried in a constant and favourable environment, and caution is thus necessary in the extrapolation of the results to the drying of swaths in the field. A large research effort has been put into the development of crop conditioning treatments to accelerate drying (Klinner and Shepperson, 1975) and the best practical treatment improved drying rate by 63% (Klinner, 1975). The three-fold difference in drying time between tall fescue and other grass species at the ear-emergence stage of growth is therefore a very significant finding, but further work is required to assess the magnitude of this difference under field conditions.…”
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“…It is emphasized that the data presented in this paper were derived from thin layers of herbage dried in a constant and favourable environment, and caution is thus necessary in the extrapolation of the results to the drying of swaths in the field. A large research effort has been put into the development of crop conditioning treatments to accelerate drying (Klinner and Shepperson, 1975) and the best practical treatment improved drying rate by 63% (Klinner, 1975). The three-fold difference in drying time between tall fescue and other grass species at the ear-emergence stage of growth is therefore a very significant finding, but further work is required to assess the magnitude of this difference under field conditions.…”
Section: Practical Implicationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A reduction in the time taken for grass to dry to the point at which it may be safely removed from the field for storage without deterioration is thus a primary objective in haymaking. Physical and chemical treatments have been developed to aid the rate at which water is lost from the cut crop (Klinner and Shepperson. 1975) but information on the rate at which different species of grass lose water after cutting is scanty.…”
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“…H AY CURING is highly weather dependent and contributes substantially to dry matter (DM), N, IVDMD, and total nonstructural carbohydrate losses during forage preservation (Klinner and Shepperson, 1975;Collins, 1983;Collins, 1985b). Alfalfa typically suffers greater DM losses than cool-season grasses during hay curing (Klinner, 1975). Rain during the curing process reduces hay yield (Carter, 1960;Rotz and Abrams, 1988), leaches soluble constituents, and increases shatter losses (Collins, 1983;1985b).…”
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