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How do farmers/animal owners store dry fodder? Do they chop dry fodder before feeding it to the animals? If not, why?

Correct Answer

Farmers typically store dry fodder as straw stacks, in sheds, or covered with polythene sheets to protect from rain and moisture.

Dry fodder includes rice straw, wheat straw, jawar straw, hilly grass straw, or legume crop stubble.

Some farmers chop dry fodder before feeding to improve digestibility and allow better mixing with mineral supplements. Others may not chop due to lack of equipment, time constraints, or traditional practices.

Chopping dry fodder increases palatability, helps animals consume it more easily, and allows better absorption of added nutrients like jaggery and mineral mixture.

Exercise: Activity 8: Making dry fodder mixture | Q: 1 | (Page Page 23)
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Explanation

The chapter describes dry fodder treatment: collect chopped dry fodder (5-10kg) of rice, wheat, jawar, hilly grass straw, or legume crop stubble; add 3% jaggery (300g for 10kg), 1% common salt (100g), and optionally 100g mineral mixture in 5L water; sprinkle the mixture on fodder; store in polyethylene bag or cover with polythene sheet for 2-3 hours. This treatment improves palatability and digestibility.

Solution Steps

  1. Farmers store dry fodder as straw stacks, in sheds, or covered with polythene sheets to protect from rain and moisture

  2. Dry fodder includes rice straw, wheat straw, jawar straw, hilly grass straw, or legume crop stubble

  3. Some farmers chop dry fodder before feeding to improve digestibility and allow better mixing with mineral supplements

  4. Reasons for not chopping include lack of equipment, time constraints, or traditional practices

  5. Benefits of chopping include increased palatability, easier consumption by animals, and better absorption of nutrients like jaggery and mineral mixture

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