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is believed to be excessive for long periods. Kellner" states that 

 fattening swine can take daily without ill effects, 0.5 pound of beet 

 molasses per 100 pounds live weight. 



A number of German experiments are reported^** in which molas- 

 ses and blood or meat meal and molasses were used as substitutes 

 or partial substitutes for corn, barley and rye meals. The gain in 

 live weight, while in some cases not quite equal to that produced by 

 the several cereals, was on the whole satisfactory. J. Klein^** states 

 that one kilo of a mixture of barley and corn meal (fed together 

 with 105 grams of meat meal) produced on the average, as large an 

 increase in live weight as 1.2 1 kilos of molasses (i. e. molasses had 

 85 per cent of the feeding value of these cereals). Klein recom- 

 mends mixing the molasses with palm-nut meal rich in protein. 



Danish experiments conducted by the Fjord method^^ show sub- 

 stantially equal results from the same amount of barley, rye, wheat 

 and corn meals, and from molasses ; also that one part by weight of 

 these several feeds proved equal in feeding value to six parts by weight 

 of skim milk and twelve parts by weight of whey. The fat produced 

 by corn was of inferior quality (soft and oily) but was improved by 

 the other grains and by molasses. 



Maercker''^ states that in the case of pigs, molasses fed in combi- 

 nation with peat (Torfmelasse) gives the best results, the faeces 

 excreted being in excellent mechanical condition and free from the 

 odor of butyric acid. One pound of this feed stuff can be given 

 daily per 100 pounds live weight. Lehman n''** secured poor results 

 when molasses was fed together with sour milk. 



Forristall^" reports quite satisfactory results from the following 

 mixture for growing and fattening pigs : " Fifty pounds of low grade 

 wheat flour were stirred into a barrel full of water and the mixture 

 steamed for an hour or two until it was well thickened ; a gallon of 

 molasses was then added." 



If molasses is used for the nutrition of pigs, it must be 

 mixed with foods reasonably rich in protein. If skim milk is 

 not available, a combination by weight of two parts bran, one 

 part gluten feed, one part corn meal and one part molasses ; or 

 one part tankage, four parts corn meal and one part molasses, 

 ought to prove satisfactory. The writer sees no particular 

 advantage under ordinary conditions for the Northern farmer to 

 employ molasses for pig feeding other than as an appetizer. 



37 See Reference i, Kellner etc. page 252. 



38 See Reference 2, Schmoeger, etc. page 153. 



39 Resume in Ann. Sci. Agron. 2e Serie Tome II, 1904, p. 128-130. 

 ■*° Superintendent of M. A. C. Farm — Verbal statement. 



