Here is one test on preservative. But you gotta do what you gotta do. "Since high quality forage is essential in a dairy ration, it is improtant to study new methods of preserving hay. In this trial, the effect of a commercial organic acid preservative on nutirent content and feeding value of alfalfa hay was evaluated. Alfalfa hay from a common field was baled at about 20 percent moisture for a control, and at about 28 percent moisture with addition of 0.1 percent organic acid based hay preservative. In a feeding trial with lactating cows, the control hay supported higher milk production than the hay to which the preservative had been added. Milk fat and non-fat solids content was similar for both groups. Digestibility of dry matter, organic matter and crude protein was slightly higher in rations containing the control hay. The commercial hay preservative used for this trial was not entirely effective in preventing molding in hay baled at high moisture content. It apparently was not effective in maintaining quality equal to that of hay baled at lower moisture content without a preservative".
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Today's Featured Article - Oil Bath Air Filters - by Chris Pratt. Some of us grew up thinking that an air filter was a paper thing that allowed air to pass while trapping dirt particles of a particles of a certain size. What a surprise to open up your first old tractor's air filter case and find a can that appears to be filled with the scrap metal swept from around a machine shop metal lathe. To top that off, you have a cup with oil in it ("why would you want to lubricate your carburetor?"). On closer examination (and some reading in a AC D-14 service manual), I found out that this is a pretty ingenious method of cleaning the air in the tractor's intake tract.
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