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and has a thick, black appearance, with a sweetish taste. 

 It contains about 30 per cent, of cane sugar, and 30 per 

 cent, of other sugars. It does not appear to have the 

 same laxative effect as beet molasses, which contains 

 50 per cent, more salts than are found in cane sugar 

 molasses. The molasses are used very largely for 

 mixing with inferior or unpalatable foods in order to 

 give them an agreeable flavour. Further, it is used for 

 conditioning animals, and provides at the same time 

 a useful laxative and appetiser. It should not be fed 

 too freely to breeding animals, as it is believed by some 

 to cause sterility. 



Beet Sugar Molasses. The molasses obtained from 

 beet sugar factories is somewhat bitter, and very 

 laxative. It contains a large amount of sugar (45 per 

 cent.), which is present chiefly as cane sugar. Further, 

 it contains about 13 per cent, of various salts. Beet 

 molasses by itself is not suitable for feeding to farm 

 animals, on account of its richness in alkaline salts, 

 chiefly potash; but if combined with, say, sphagnum 

 moss, the latter neutralises and corrects to a large extent 

 any harmful effects on animals which the beet molasses 

 may possess. 



Makbar. Hops, after being used by the brewer, are 

 taken, cleaned, mixed with cane sugar molasses and 

 wheat meal. Hops are appetisers, and promote 

 digestion. At the same time they form the absorbent 

 for molasses. 



Composition: Oil, 2-05 per cent; protein, 8-37 

 per cent. ; carbohydrates, 60-07 P er cent. ; minerals, 6-26 

 per cent. 



Molastella. The absorbent in this case is tapioca 

 meal. It is mixed with cane sugar molasses, giving a 

 brownish coloured meal, and is made at the Tapioca 



