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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Caldwell's molasses meal here showed a considerable superiority over the ration 

 less molasses. In the previous experiment exactly the reverse was the case, quite 

 as decided a rise being shown when the molasses meal was omitted. Notwithstanding 

 the drop in production in this case, however, the cost to produce was verj' little 

 higher, due to the absence, in period 6, of the relatively expensive Caldwell's meal. 



GENERAL CONCLUSIONS. 



Reviewing the results as obtained throughout the year it would appear that in 

 view of their relatively high cost, molasses meals tend to increase the cost of milk 

 production. Comparing them with the pure molasses addition, the results are not 

 as conclusive as might be desired in order to makq deductions. The cost to produce, 

 as figured, is lower with molasses, which is more palatable, and looks to be a bettor 

 milk producer than the meals. It is a foodstuff of inconvenient nature, ho^wever, 

 and the necessary expense involved in its incorporation with the food, must not be 

 forgotten. Among the meals themselves, Caldwell's molasses meal has shown a 

 slight but consistent superiority. This may have been due to the fact that, "when 

 purchased, it was uniformly fresh. Although results as to milk production were 

 contradictory when compared with a meal mixture less molasses, the addition of 

 molasses meals to a well-balanced ration, as largely home-grown as possible, would be 

 of doubtful benefit, when the question is viewed in the last analysis — the cost to 

 produce. However, this is the first test of its kind to be conducted at the Central 

 Experimental Farm, and no further attempt should be made at hard and fast deduc- 

 tions. 



Below is given a table of the weights of the cows taken at the beginning of 

 experiments 5 and 6 and at the end of each feeding period throughout the tests. 



WEIGHTS OF OATTLE AT END OF FEEDING PERIODS. 



Experiment No. 5. 



Experiment No. 6. 



llcbwa 11,432 



11,617 



11,618 



11,660 



11,944 



11,920 11, { 



11,875 



11,905 



The results, although interesting, do not permit of any deductions bearing on the 

 excellence of the meals tested- 



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