Value of Various Feeding Stuffs. 



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Craig and Marshall of the Texas Station 1 found that cane molasses 

 had a feeding value with fattening steers of from 3 to 30 cents per 

 gallon, the lower figure coming from its use in a ration already bal- 

 anced. They state that the practice of Texan feeders is to mix cane 

 molasses with water in equal parts, drive thru the feed lots, and 

 spray the mixture on the feed in the bunks. Others mix it with meal 

 and hulls before feeding. Some feeders restrict its use to 1 quart 

 per steer daily, mixing it with the feed principally to render it more 

 palatable and induce the cattle to eat more of other feeds. (314) 



544. Sugar-beet molasses. Ware 2 reports that beet molasses has 

 been fed to oxen for about 30 years at the Hohenau sugar factory, 

 Germany. During the first month 3.3 Ibs. is fed per head daily, and 

 after this 4.4 Ibs., the molasses being mixed with beet pulp. The 

 oxen so fed have better appetites than those fed no molasses, and 

 fatten rapidly. 



At the Utah Station, 3 when fed with alfalfa hay valued at $3.50 

 per ton, and bran and shorts at $14 per ton, beet molasses had a value 

 of $2.35 per ton for fattening steers. (312) 



III. A COMPARISON OF THE VARIOUS DRY ROUGHAGES. 



545. Corn stover. Smith of the Nebraska Station* conducted 2 

 feeding trials in which there were ten 2-yr.-old range steers averaging 

 957 Ibs. in each lot. To one lot was given alfalfa hay for roughage, 

 and to the other lot half alfalfa and half corn stover. 



Corn stover fed in combination with alfalfa hay to fattening steers. 



Bui. 86. 



- Cattle Feeding, p. 245. 



Bui. 90. 



Buls. 90, 93, 100. 



