DEPARTMENT OF PUNT AND ANIMAL CHEMISTRr. 



Molasses and Molasses Feeds for Farm Slock. 



J. B. LiNDSEY, E. B. Holland and P. H. Smith. 



PART I. MOLASSES. 



CONTENTS. 



Introduction. 



Composition of Molasses. 



Effect of Molasses on Digestibility. 



Digestion Coefficients of Molasses. 



Molasses for Dairy Cows. 



Molasses for Horses. 



Molasses for Piss. 



INTRODUCTION, 



Residuum molasses from the sugar beet factories is used in 

 Europe as a food for all kinds of farm stock. It is fed either diluted 

 with water as a drink, or mixed by the feeder with a variety of sub- 

 stances, such as cut hay, finely ground straw, brewers' dried grains, 

 malt sprouts, wheat bran, cocoanut cake, dried beet pulp and dried 

 potato residue. Many manufactured foods are also offered, among 

 which may be mentioned the dried mixture of straw and molasses 

 made according to the formula of Lambert-Toury, and known as 

 pail-mel\ Tor/ Melasse, composed of dried peat and molasses ; KH- 

 max Melasse, consisting of ground twigs, ground horse-chestnuts and 

 molasses ; Blut-Melasse, containing small quantities of dried or fresh 

 blood mixed with barley, peanut, oat and rice hulls. Many of the 

 above products have a relatively low digestibility, and the price is 

 frequently out of proportion to their nutritive value*. 



' Kellner, Die Ernahrung der Landw. N'iitzthiere, pages 349-356. 



