{"id":316,"date":"2020-10-27T19:56:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T19:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gro-ezy.com\/index.php\/encyclopedia\/townsend-turnip\/"},"modified":"2020-10-27T19:56:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T19:56:03","slug":"townsend-turnip","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/gro-ezy.com\/index.php\/encyclopedia\/townsend-turnip\/","title":{"rendered":"Townsend &#8216;Turnip&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lsquo;Turnip&rsquo; Townsend devised a winter <a href=\"https:\/\/gro-ezy.com\/index.php\/encyclopedia\/feed-2\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"a mixture or preparation used for feeding livestock\" class=\"encyclopedia\">feed<\/a>ing regime whereby root crops were grown for animal fodder. Prior to this most <a href=\"https:\/\/gro-ezy.com\/index.php\/encyclopedia\/livestock\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"any animals raised on the farm\" class=\"encyclopedia\">livestock<\/a> was slaughtered in the autumn and the remainder barely survived on <a href=\"https:\/\/gro-ezy.com\/index.php\/encyclopedia\/hay\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Dried grass used for animal feed. It is cut, left to dry in the field and then baled. It is fed to livestock through the winter when fresh grass not available. Nowadays rarely used except for horses as it's production is unreliable in the UK climate.&nbsp;See our stock and crops pages for more details.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">hay<\/a> until the spring. Modern <a href=\"https:\/\/gro-ezy.com\/index.php\/encyclopedia\/silage\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Grass or other crops that have been cut, allowed to wilt but not completely dry out, and are then preserved in plastic wrapping or in a large mound or pit (called a clamp) from which all air is excluded. Silage is fed to livestock through the winter when fresh grass is not available.&nbsp;See our Stock&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">silage<\/a> systems have largely replaced the root crops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Turnip&#8217; Townsend devised a winter feeding regime whereby root crops were grown for animal fodder. Prior to this most livestock was slaughtered in the autumn and the remainder barely survived on hay until the spring. 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