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PART IV 



CANE FEEDING MOLASSES vs. PROPRIETARY MOLASSES 



FEED AS SUPPLEMENTS TO RATIONS 



FOR FATTENING CATTLE 



In the winter of 1914-15 a trial was inaugurated to test the 

 value of molasses and molasses feed as supplements to rations for 

 fattening cattle. The basis for a belief that any benefit could be 

 derived from the use of such feed was that the palatability of the 

 ration is one of the best indexes of its value. If these feeds con- 

 taining molasses could be used to improve the appetites of cattle, 

 their usefulness might attain great prominence in the cattle feeding 

 business. The following rations were fed: 



Lot 4. Shelled corn, cottonseed meal 2.5 pounds daily per 

 looo pounds live weight, corn silage, clover hay. 



Lot 5. Shelled corn, cottonseed meal 2.5 pounds daily per 

 1000 pounds live weight, molasses (cane), corn silage, clover hay. 



Lot 6. Shelled corn, proprietary molasses feed, corn silage, 

 and clover hay. 



This is an exact duplication of a trial conducted the previous 

 winter. The only difference between the rations in Lot 5 and Lot 4 

 was the fact that practically three pounds of corn in the ration were 

 replaced by three pounds of feeding molasses. In Lot 6 the cotton- 

 seed meal was replaced by proprietary molasses feed in which mo- 

 lasses formed approximately 50 per cent, of the mixture. 



DAILY RATION. The influence of these different rations on 

 the appetites of the cattle is shown in Table XIII. 



