1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ENSILAGE, the process of preserving green food for cattle in an undried condition in a silo (from Gr. cupos, Lat. sirus, a pit for holding grain), i.e. a pit, an erection above ground, or stack, from which air has been as far as possible excluded. The fodder which is the result of the process is called silage. In various parts of Germany a method of preserving green fodder precisely similar to that used in the case of Sauerkraut has prevailed for upwards of a century. Special attention was first directed to the pra…
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