silage
[sahy-lij]
Origin of silage
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Contemporary Examples
Instead, he has already cut much of it for silage to feed his cattle through the winter.
Midwest Drought Forces South Dakota Farmers and Ranchers to Abandon Crops and Thin HerdsBarbie Latza Nadeau
August 5, 2012
Historical Examples
The only floor carrier in use in dairy stables is a truck for silage.
Farm MechanicsHerbert A. Shearer
It depends a good deal on the floor what kind of a carrier is best for silage.
Farm MechanicsHerbert A. Shearer
To the live stock man it is of minor importance, as silage furnishes so satisfactory a substitute.
Florida: An Ideal Cattle StateFlorida State Live Stock Association
As a feed for dairy cows there can be no question of its high value, either green or as silage.
Florida: An Ideal Cattle StateFlorida State Live Stock Association
Where silage is wanted, the stubble-land can be seeded directly to wheat with good results.
silage
- any crop harvested while green for fodder and kept succulent by partial fermentation in a siloAlso called: ensilage
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Word Origin
C19: alteration (influenced by silo) of ensilage
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Word Origin and History for silage
n.
"fodder packed in a silo," 1884, alteration (probably by influence of silo) of ensilage (1881), from French ensilage, from ensiler "put in a silo," from Spanish ensilar (see silo).
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