Maize Silage in East Africa: Its Preparation, Quality and Feeding Value

Abstract

Maize has proved itself throughout the world as the crop best suited for silage production. Therefore, when this Department first decided to make silage,some twelve years ago, maize was naturally chosen as the crop to be ensiled.The method of ensilage adopted was to stack the maize into rectangular pits,ten feet square and twelve feet deep. It was assumed that the best results would be obtained if the methods used in other countries were adopted.