MOLASSES FEEDS 79 



Flour Mills in Java, from which place over 12,000 tons 

 a year is sold. 



Composition : Oil, 0-30 per cent. ; protein, i-oo per 

 cent; carbohydrates, 72-35 per cent; fibre, 5-15 per 

 cent. ; ash, 6-9 per cent. 



Soya Treacle Cake. The basis in this case is 

 soya bean after all but 2 per cent, of oil has been 

 expressed, then cane sugar molasses is added. The 

 meal is previously cooked by a special process. 



Composition : Protein, 40 per cent. ; oil, 2 per 

 cent. ; carbohydrates, 32 per cent 



Molascuit. The absorbent for molasses in this case 

 is the pith or finer parts of the sugar cane which remain 

 after the sugar has been extracted. This is blended 

 with the cane sugar molasses. The amount fed is 

 J Ib. to 5 Ibs. according to age and kind of animal, and 

 has approximately the following analysis : 



Protein, 1-88 per cent.; oil, 0-83 per cent; carbo- 

 hydrates, 66-88 per cent ; fibre, 6-76 per. cent. 



Molassine. This, like molascuit, is made by adding 

 cane sugar molasses to an absorbent (sphagnum moss), 

 and has approximately the following composition : 



Protein, 6-30 per cent, (only one-fifth of this consists 

 of albuminoids) ; oil, r per cent. ; carbohydrates, 46 per 

 cent, (three-quarters of this is cane sugar) ; fibre, 6 per 

 cent ; ash, 8 per cent. 



Dried apple pomace is sometimes used as an 

 absorbent for molasses. 



(o) Fodder Crops. 



Clover hay is the richest fodder crop in albuminoids, 

 containing 13 per cent It also contains 2j per cent 

 fat, 37 per cent, carbohydrates, and 25 per cent, fibre ; 



