Hindiba ile Ak Üçgül veya Domuz Ayrığı Karışımlarının Silaj Kalitesinin Belirlenmesi.

In Turkey, farmers have started to give importance to silage production of solve the roughage problem. Although corn is generally preferred for silage production, there has been an increase in the silage production of mixtures of different plants in recent years. The aim of the current study was to determine the silage quality of mixtures (100:0, 80:20, 60:40, 40:60 and 20:80%) of chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) "C" white clover (Trifolium repens L) "WC", and orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata L.) "OG". Plants were harvested and chopped in size of 2 cm in size. Then, they were filled in vacuum bags and stored at 25 ± 2 oC for 45 days. End of the 45th. day, silo samples were investigated for dry matter ratio, pH, crude protein ratio, lactic acid, acetic acid, butyric acid ratios with potassium, phosphor, calcium, magnesium, sodium, iron, manganese, zinc, copper, and molybdenum contents. The Flieg score of the silages ranged from 75.60 to 99.62, and the silages were good and very good in the quality class. The highest crude protein content was determined in sole white clover (19.11%), 40C+60 WC% (18.26%), and 20C+80WC% (18.39%), while the lowest was 12.11% (100 OG %). Acetic and butyric acid ranged between 0.048-0.224% and 0.002-0.015%, respectively. The highest lactic acid was determined 3.088% (100 OG %), 2.925% (20C+80OG %), 2.739% (20C+80WC %), and 2.811% (40C+60WC %). Chicory and white clover mixtures showed superior performance in terms of mineral contents. Accordingly, when all silage quality properties are evaluated together; it was found that silages obtained from the mixture of 40:60 and 20:80 of chicory and white clover are better than the others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]