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to, and dried molasses beet pulp. Neither has been found 

 of much practical value for swine. Dried sugar-beet 

 chips have been shown in German experiments (Milch- 

 wirtschaftliches Centralblatt. Leipsic, 1905, No. 12) to 

 give less satisfactory results when added to a barley and 

 skim milk ration than when the latter was given w^ithout 

 them. In this test the fat of the pigs was examined, 

 but no material difference was observed from use of the 

 dried sugar-beet chips. Beet molasses has been found 

 unsatisfactory for swine. Cane molasses is thought to 

 nave a tendency to induce sterility in breeding animals. 

 Where sorghum molasses is manufactured the skimmings 

 from the vats or evaporating pans, mixed with other 

 foods, make a most acceptable relish for fattening pigs. 



A few experiments have been made in feeding beet- 

 sugar molasses to hogs. Apparently the only one with 

 favorable results is that in Sweden by I. Insulander 

 (Kunglia Landtbruks-Akademiens Handlinger och Tid- 

 skrift, Stockholm, 1895. p. 246) in which the molasses 

 was mixed with skim milk fed to young pigs. On the 

 other hand, German experiments have indicated that beet 

 molasses may possess poisonous qualities for pigs, and 

 this has been confirmed in the United States by an experi- 

 ment at the Cornell experiment station (Bulletin No. 

 199), reported as follows: "On January 2, a lot of five 

 pigs weighing 435 pounds, was put upon a ration of 

 which molasses from a beet sugar factory formed a part. . 

 The daily ration was corn meal, eight pounds ; molasses, 

 12 pounds, and skim milk, 20 pounds. This quantity was 

 given in two daily feeds, and although the pigs apnar- 

 ently did not relish the molasses, they ate it. On January 



