APPLICATION OF COW MANURE ON THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM OF FODDER MAIZE (ZEA MAYS)

• Main Author: Octavia, Virliani
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/56951
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

One of the factors that affect the success of livestock farming is the availability of forage that is sufficient to meet the feed requirements of ruminants. However, the provision of forage for animal feed have problems because of the general availability fluctuates follow the pattern of the season, the climate, and limited by the land especially in urban areas. Corn plants (Zea mays) plants, including the cultivation process does not require intensive care and can be grown on almost any soil type with the risk of failure is low, contain coarse fiber needed by ruminant animals with the protein content is relatively high around 10-17% which is ideal for use as a forage feed ruminants. The cultivation of forage is generally carried out in hydroponics. So further research is needed regarding the cultivation of forage feed using soil media. One of fertilizers that can be used to increase the production of fodder is cow manure. Based on this, this research aims to get a dose of fertilizer drums cow most optimal for the production of fodder corn. This research was conducted in the City of Cirebon, West Java, from 24 October to 7 November 2020. The study was conducted using Randomized block Design (rbd) consisting of 5 treatments and 5 repetitions, namely P1 = Soil + cow Manure 97 g/tray (15 tons/ha), P2 = Soil + cow Manure 129 g/tray (20 ton/ha), P3 = Soil + cow Manure 162 g/tray (25 ton/ha), P4 = Soil + NPK Phonska 2 g/tray (300 kg/ha) (positive Control), P5 = Ground (Negative Control). The results of the research manure application give results that are significantly better than the application of chemical fertilizers synthetic and without the application. P3 showed the highest results on the parameters of plant height (36,9±5,65 cm), weight wet (of 0.93±0.05 grams/plant), dry weight (0,12±0,02 g/plant) and biomass harvest (369,7 grams/trays), while the P5 showed the highest results on the moisture content of the plant (0,88±0,04 %/plant). The results of the proximate test P3 has the quality of feed that is suitable for use as feed for ruminants with the components of the ash content, crude fat and crude fiber in accordance with the ISO, while the crude protein content is relatively low under the SNI. Based on the results of this study, the dose of cow manure 162 grams/644,5 cm2, equivalent to 25 Tons/Ha is the dose which is the optimum for the production of fodder corn.