Trials were conducted in 1967 and 1968 on Alfalfa-Brome forage to determine the effect of using a re-cutter screen in a cylinder cut forage harvester for making low moisture silage. Evaluations were made of the effect on machine capacity and fuel requirements, storage volume, power for unloading and silage quality.nIn the 1967 trial, one of the silages was made with a 1/4" theoretical length of cut and the second was made at the same theoretical length of cut with an added re-cutting operation using a 4" square screen. An increase in average dry matter stored per foot of silage depth of 8.47o was observed for the re-cut material. Re-cutting resulted in an increased fuel consumption of 19.5％ per ton of dry matter chopped.
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