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has been mixed with blood, ground corn, and 

 various other materials in the production of 

 combination molasses feeds. Thus blood-molasses 

 has been manufactured from a combination of 

 250 parts blood, 200 parts molasses, 200 parts 

 oat Dran, 100 parts corn meal. Various forms 

 of peat-molasses have also been fed to horses. 

 Blomo food is a mixture of ground corn stalks or 

 some similar material with dried blood and refuse 

 molasses. It is a black sticky material recom- 

 mended by the manufacturer as a substitute for 

 oats. It may be fed to horses in daily rations of 

 six quarts without harm but it is rather expensive 

 and does not keep very well, especially in hot 

 weather. Molasses unless very carefully mixed 

 with hay, grain or some other material makes the 

 manger exceedingly gummy and dirty. Under 

 the best conditions it is a nasty feeding material 

 arid attracts flies in warm weather. Moreover 

 recently some experiments have shown that the 

 feeding of molasses or sugar in any form to horses 

 may lead to diabetes and, if persisted in, to more 

 serious kidney diseases in which albumen is found 

 in the urine. It may be wise therefore to feed 

 this material with caution until its exact place in 

 the ration has been better established. 



VARIOUS OTHER FEEDING MATTERS 



Horses are usually fed for the production of 

 energy. It should be remembered, however, that 

 horse flesh is just as valuable an asset as additional 

 weight in steers. The weight and appearance of 

 horses count greatly in their market value. In 

 order that the best price may be obtained it is 

 necessary, as already indicated, to put the horse 



