306 FEEDS AND FEEDING 



ports improvement in the condition of 100 heavy truck horses in New 

 York on feeding 1 quart of molasses daily, diluted with water and mixed 

 with grain and cut hay. Dalrymple and Berns both obtained satisfactory 

 results on feeding molasses to driving horses. 



In the northern states, a quart or so a day of molasses may be prof- 

 itable as an appetizer or as a tonic for horses out of condition, even 

 when molasses is too high in price to be a cheap source of carbohy- 

 drates. (280) 



483. Beet molasses and molasses mixtures. Because of its laxative prop- 

 erties, beet molasses must be fed only in limited amounts, but when not 

 given in excess, it has given satisfactory results and is well liked by 

 horses. (277) It may be thinned with warm water and mixed with 

 cut fodder or fed in such mixtures as molasses-beet-pulp, alfalmo, etc. 

 (281) In trials with 130 hard- worked horses of a Budapest transporta- 

 tion company, Weiser and Zaitschek 16 obtained entirely satisfactory re- 

 sults for months with a ration, per 1,000 Ibs. live weight, of 4.1 Ibs. beet 

 molasses mixed with 5.6 Ibs. wheat bran and fed with 5.7 Ibs. corn and 

 an unlimited allowance of hay. One pound of molasses replaced 0.78 Ib. 

 of corn. When the molasses was increased to 5.5 Ibs. per 1,000 Ibs. live 

 weight no injurious effect on the health of the animals was observed, but 

 the molasses-bran mixture proved too sticky to be palatable. 



Various molasses feeds, especially those containing some alfalfa meal, 

 are extensively used in feeding horses in cities and in some sections of 

 the eastern and southern states. Good quality feeds of this character are 

 palatable to horses, have sufficient bulk to prevent trouble from colic, 

 and are usually slightly laxative. 



Molasses and many of the molasses feeds on the market are carbona- 

 ceous feeds, deficient in protein, and at the high prices often asked are un- 

 economical sources of carbohydrates. (281) 



484. Miscellaneous concentrates. Rough rice is an economical feed for 

 horses and mules in the southern states, when low in price compared with 

 other cereals. In trials with 2 mules at the Louisiana Station Dalrymple 17 

 gradually substituted rough rice for an equal weight of cracked corn, 

 feeding as high as 8 Ibs. per day with good results. As this grain is 

 small and extremely hard, it should always be ground or crushed. It is 

 even lower than corn in protein and hence should be fed with protein- 

 rich feeds. (234) 



Dried beet pulp is often refused by horses when fed alone, but when 

 mixed with other concentrates may be used as a portion of the ration, 

 when not too high in price compared with its feeding value. Allowances 

 of 5 to 6.6 Ibs. per head daily have given good results in Europe. (276) 



Sugar, fed in small amounts, has been recommended for horses. On 

 feeding one lot of 18 artillery horses oats and prairie hay and another 

 lot the same ration, except that 0.5 Ib. of sugar was substituted for 2 Ibs. 

 of oats, McCampbell 18 of the Kansas Station found that the sugar-fed 



"Landw. Jahrb., 37, 1908, pp. 138-149. "La. Bui. 122. "Kan. Bui. 186. 



