Relative values of molasses and corn ?neal. Allowing a ton of 

 molasses to contain 11 00 pounds and a ton of corn meal to contain 

 1470 pounds of digestible organic matter; if the latter retails at 

 $25.00 a ton, the molasses would be worth $18.70 a ton or molasses 

 would have 75 per cent of the value of corn meal as a source of 

 digestible carbohydrates.'" 



MOLASSES FOR DAIRY COWS. 



Object of the Experiment : Molasses compared with corn meal as a 

 partial component of the daily grain ration in its effect: (i) upon 

 the health, weight and physical appearance of the animals ; (2) upon 

 the production of milk and milk ingredients ; (3) upon the chemical 

 composition of the milk ; (4) upon the cash income and outgo, 

 were the principal problems to be investigated. 



Flan of the Experiment : The experiment was conducted upon the 

 reversal plan. Six grade Jersey cows, all fresh in milk during the 

 late summer, were divided into two lots of three each. In the first 

 half of the experiment proper, lasting five weeks, one lot was fed the 

 corn meal ration and the other lot the molasses ration ; the rations 

 were then reversed and after an interval of two weeks, the second 

 half of the experiment was continued for another five weeks. 



'■* The particularly favorable effect which molasses is believed to have upon the general 

 health of the animal is naturally not included in the above calculations; neither does the 

 lack of protein as compared with corn meal nor the extra cost and bother of handling 

 molasses enter into the above estimate of its value. 



