MOLASSES. Molasses contains sugar, water and 

 nearly all the salts of potash and soda that have 

 escaped the action of the animal charcoal : at 42 

 Beaume its average composition is per 100 pounds. 



Sugar .' G7 pounds 



Salts and other foreign subs j anc;--s 12 u 



"Water 21 cc 



WP have seen thai Its prevent a pnrlloir 



of the sugar from n ,ig ; h they could be 



completely driven off, in an economical manner, 

 nearly the whole of the sugar thus taken would be 

 obtained ; but as this cannot be done, the most ad- 

 vantageous use to be made of the molasses is to send 

 it to the distiller, who obtains therefrom alcohol and 

 potash. !0!J pounds of imlass;>s at V?" give 4 gallons 

 of spirit, and 10 pounds of saline matter (salts of 

 potash and soda). On account of the large quantity 

 of salts contained in it. lli!> molasse is until I'm. 

 alimentary pnrp<-' - 



PULP. The pnv p is ;i valuable and easily 



kept food to: 1 ealtle, who eagerly relish it. Its nu- 

 tritive equivalent is 150, that is, 150 pounds of 

 pressed pulp have the same value as 1 00 pounds of 

 hay of good quality. 



It is kept for use as required in juts dug in 

 the earth, or in brick reservoirs, in which it is 

 piled and it is covered so that it is sheltered from 

 rain and frost. When getting old, ii acquires a cer- 

 tain degree of acidity which makes it very agi able 

 to cattle. It is sometimes given alone, but "oftener 

 mixed with chopped straw or hav. 



