1110 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The manag'enient of swine, L. Price {Qneemland Ayr. Jour., 12 (/.W.y), No. ], 

 pp. ,'i4-3<>). — Oil the basis of liis own experience the author discusses the subject 

 with reference to local conditions. 



Molasses as a food for horses, ( r. li. Berxs {Amer. Vet. Rev., 26 {1902), No. 7, 

 pp. 615-623). — In addition to discussing some of the recent experiments on the value 

 of molasses as a food for horses, the author reports several tests with a ration con- 

 taining this material. Two horses weighing respectively 900 and 940 lbs. gained, in 

 6 weeks, 175 and 146 lbs., respectively, when fed 3 times a day 1 (jt. of molasses 

 (diluttnl with 3 (its. of water) mixed with 5 lbs. of cut hay. No long hay was fed in 

 addition. They were given all the water they desired, but had no exercise. At the 

 close of the test it is stated the animals were markedly improved in condition and 

 "did their work well, in spite of the fact that they had not been exercised in 6 

 weeks." 



A molasses ration was then fed for 14 months to 100 heavy truck horses, averaging 

 1,700 lbs. in weight, working 10 hours a day drawing very heavy loads, usually at a 

 walk. They were fe<l jK'r head morning and night 1 ([t. of molasses dilutt^d with 3 

 qts. of water, and thoroughly mixed with 6 lbs. of cut hay of good (piality, 1.5 (jts. 

 corn meal, and 2.5 qts. of coar.se bran, and in addition 5 (jts. of dry oats in the 

 middle of the day and 11 lbs. of long hay at night. It is stated that the animals 

 gradually improved in condition and gained in weight, their coats becoming slick and 

 glossy, while at the same time as nmch work was performed as before the test began. 

 The general health of the horses was said to be excellent, cases of acute indigestion 

 or spasmodic colic being rare, although formerly such attacks were of frequent 

 occurrence. 



Brief notes are also given regarding the successful feeding of a similar molasses 

 ration to a immber of other horses, of which 5 were driving horses. The author's 

 summary follows: 



" ]SIolas.ses of a good quality is a most nutritious food for horses, easily digested 

 and a.ssimilated, and will in many cases correct faulty digestive i)rocesses. One 

 quart of mola.ssefe at a cost of 3 cts. will take the i)lace of from 3 to 4 qts. of good 

 quality oat« at a cost of from 4.5 to 6 cts. 



"A sudden change from dry oats to molasses mixe<l with other food stuffs is per- 

 fectly safe and causes no disturbances of the digestive organs. Molasses-fed horses 

 will do fully as much work and at the same time remain as a rule in much lietter 

 general condition than animals fed on <lry food, while the cost of feeding is reduced 

 from 25 to 33 per cent." 



Feeding experiments with horses: "Pail-mel" and maize, L. Gr.vndeau 

 {Jour. A(jr. Prat., n. iKcr., 5 {IDO.i), No. 7, pp. 208-210).— \ test with 3 horses is 

 reiiorted in which a molasses feed called "Pail-mel," which is a mixture of straw 

 and molasses, was used. The amount of work done was measured by a dynamometer. 



Nutritive value of "Pail-mel," a molasses feed, L. Gr.vndeau {Jour. Agr. 

 Prat., n. ser., o {1903), No. 6, pp. 177-179).— The author reports the coefficients of 

 digestibility of the rations fed when the horses were at rest, walking, and working. 

 Data are also recorded regarding the amount of water consumed. The amount of 

 molasses eaten varied from about 2.5 to 3.5 kg. per day. The animals all gained in 

 weight, and the results as a whole are regarded as favorable to molasses feeding. 



Handbook of horse raising, L. Born* and H. Moller {Handbuch der Pj'erdekunde. 

 Berlin: Paul Pareij, 1902, pp,- VJII^, 4(^8, figs. 211).— This is the fifth revised edition 

 of this volume, which is designed as a handbook for army officers and agriculturists. 

 It treats especially of the anatomy and physiology of the horse, points, disi'ases, 

 training, shoeing, and feeding. 



Horse raising in the Rhine countries in the light of statistics, Oldenburg 

 {Landu: Jahrb., 31 {1902), No. 5-6, pp. 791-821, maps 3). — Horse raising in relation 

 to agriculture is discussed on the basis of statistical data. 



