180 The Sugar-Beet in America 



according to the amount of nutrients lacking in the 

 pulp. - 



Dairy cows are favorably influenced by small quanti- 

 ties of molasses. Each cow can use to advantage from 

 two and a half to three pounds a day. When other 

 laxative feeds are not present in the ration, it is especially 

 good as a tonic and results in an increased yield of milk. 



Sheep make good gains on molasses, fermented pulp, 

 and alfalfa hay. In some sections, molasses is used to 

 fatten old ewes and less valuable sheep, the only ad- 

 ditional feed being the hay or straw with which it is 

 mixed. Molasses beet pulp and dried beet pulp are 

 about equal to corn and cause the same gains. It is not, 

 however, extensively used in this way. 



In some parts of America, molasses has met with con- 

 siderable favor for feeding horses. When used in quan- 

 tities not to exceed two quarts — 5.6 pounds — daily, it 

 has been found possible to substitute it for grain pound 

 for pound. Because of its laxative effect, most horse- 

 men prefer not to feed more than one to one and one-half 

 quarts a day. Horses at hard work, receiving this quan- 

 tity of molasses mixed with twenty pounds of alfalfa or 

 clover hay, and receiving six to seven pounds of rolled 

 barley a day, kept in better condition than horses with 

 a full grain ration. It is advisable to begin feeding 

 horses with only one-fourth to one-half quart of molasses 

 a day until they become used to it. 



Hogs have been fed successfully as much as one pound 

 of molasses a day while on pasture without causing di- 

 gestive troubles. Feeding in larger quantities (2.4 pounds 

 or more) for fattening quickly has sometimes proved 



