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Composition and Digestibility of Molassine Meal. 



Composi- 

 tion 

 (Pounds in 



100). 



Percent- 

 age 

 digestible. 



Pounds 



digestible 



in 100. 



Pounda 

 digestible 

 in 1 Ton. 



Protein, . 

 Fiber, 



Extract matter, 

 Fat, . 

 Total, 



9 32 



6.75 

 57 51 



.47 



41 7 



71.9 



77.80 



827 00 



45 24 



904 86 



1 Not determined on account of the unsatisfactory coefficients obtained. Its omission, how- 

 ever, makes little difference in the totals. 



The Molassine meal, with 18.43 per cent, of water, is shown to contain 

 905 pounds of digestible organic matter in 1 ton, as against 1,377 pounds 

 in a ton of corn meal with this same amount of water, and against 1,524 

 pounds in kiln dried corn meal with 11 per cent, of water. In the former 

 case the Molassine meal would have 66 per cent, of the nutritive value of 

 corn meal, or in the latter case 59 per cent. Viewed solely from the stand- 

 point of nutrition it can safely be said that the material is noticeably 

 inferior to corn or to the other cereals. 



(3) Feeding Experiment with Dairy Cows, 1913. 



This experiment, was undertaken for the purpose of comparing the rela- 

 tive value and feeding effect of Molassine meal as compared with corn 

 meal; i.e., to note if the animals would eat the Molassine meal readily, and 

 also to observe its effect upon the general condition of the animal and 

 upon the amount of milk produced. 



Six cows were fed by the reversal method in periods of tlii-ee weeks' 

 duration. Hay, wheat bran and cottonseed meal constituted the basal 

 ration, to wliich were added definite amounts of either Molassine or corn 

 meal. 



