Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIII, Issue 2
Written by Constantyn SUMOLANG, Laurentius RUMOKOY, Hengkie LIWE, Malcky TELLENG, Wisje Lusia TOAR
A development of ruminant farms needs to be accompanied by various efforts including the development of livestock feed forage production that adapts well around the farm. One of such effort is to develop B. mutica forage in open land by utilizing livestock waste. Ruminant animals such as cows and goats have a good palatability in consuming this forage. This preliminary experiment is a part of our research that aimed to examine the effect of an application of Dry-Mix- Manure (DMM) as planting media layer on production of B. mutica which is cultivated in an unrestricted of sunlight area. In this study B. mutica cultivation was carried out on a planting bed coated with a DMM 500 dose applied to m2 surface as planting layer with 10 cm thick and the distance one hole to another was 50 cm along 10 meters. Four rows as a replication of planting. The parameters were: fresh production and dry weight of the forage. Harvesting was done at the age of 8 weeks after planting. A descriptive analysis was realized to the data obtained. The results showed that the mean of fresh production in this unrestricted sunlight areas was 12,527 kg / ha. The conclusion was that fertilize of Dry- Mix-Manure with a dosage 500 in the andosol soils was adaptable to get a good production of B. mutica cultivation under a full day sunlight during 12 hours about 6AM to 6PM.
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