1. Chop up dry old maize stalks or other low quality straw overmature grass-cellulose material. Dig a pit and line with plastic or use the silage bags and fill in the chopped material. The recommended ratio for treating the residue is 60 grams of urea for every 1kg of dry fodder. The water should be in the same ratio as the fodder being treated. For example if you have 400kg of maize stalks, use 400 litres of water and add 24kg of urea. 2. After 3 weeks, the chopped and treated material will be much more palatable to cows, goats, and all other animals. In milking cows, it has been proved to boost milk production. 3. There is no danger of poisoning in this method, as the urea will have been absorbed by the cellulose and converted to a form that provides energy to the animal as well. Use urea on other feeds Urea can be mixed with other animal feeds. But these should be done carefully so as not to overdose the animal 4. Do not mix too much urea with the feed. Urea should not be gi
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