Studies on the Effect of Conditioning Processes on the Field Drying time of Forages
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Date
1983
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Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ife
Abstract
The effects of conditioning processes, underlying layer and weather factors on field drying rate of alfalfa were investigated. Drying of chopped, macerated and dewatered alfalfa was affected progressively by the intensity of the change in physical characteristics and inversely by the rate of moisture transfer from the underlying surface. The depressing effect on the drying rate of rolling the macerated and dewatered samples into sheets approximately 6mm thick, was more noticeable on a wetter underlying surface.
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Micerated Alfalfa, Dewatered Alfalfa, Rolled alfalfa
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Ajibola, O. O. (1983) Studies on the Effect of Conditioning Processes on the Field Drying time of Forages. Ife Journal of Agriculture, 5 (1 & 2).