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important not to give salt during the feeding, as the residuum 

 molasses contains sufficient for all emergencies. About 25 

 grams of precipitated chalk and 25 grams of phosphate of lime 

 are added to the ration each day. 



Recently it has been proposed to make a mixture of 40 parts Varied molasses 

 corn-meal cake and 60 parts molasses. This special oil cake is combinations, 

 very rich in protein, and naturally constitutes a valuable nutri- 

 ent. It has since been proposed to mix 75 parts molasses and 

 25 parts peat. In France this molasses combination costs 

 about $1.60 per 100 kilos (about 73 cents per 100 Ibs). 



Three popular combinations are as follows: (1) 2 parts 

 molasses; \ part wheat bran; 1^ parts flour. (2) 2 parts 

 molasses; 3 parts malt sprouts. (3) 2 parts molasses; 3 parts 

 rice flour. 



As regards the last mixture, it is interesting to call attention 

 to the fact that according to Briera, rice flour is not suitable for 

 the preparation of a molasses forage. For horses he recom- 

 mends especially two parts molasses, three parts oat waste; for 

 swine, two parts molasses and two parts lentil waste. 



Weiske manufactures a forage containing J molasses, J wheat 

 bran, fish powder. Under these circumstances he obtained a 

 forage rich in nitrogenous substances and possessing a heavy 

 percentage of calcic phosphate. 



As a synopsis of the action of all the forages named, one need 

 only pass in review the experiments of Gerland with molasses 

 forages, which had the following compositions: 



MOLASSES FORAGES (GERLAXD). 



Molasses, 50 p. Molasses, 50 p. Molasses, 50 p. Molasses. 80 p. Molasses, 40 p. 



Palm oil cake, 50 p. Bran, 50 p. Distiller's rnash,50 p. Peat, 20 p. Corn sprouts.40 p. 



The experiments were preceded for fifteen days by a prepara- 

 tory feeding, so as to accustom the animals, little by little, to 

 the standard combination upon which they were to live during 

 the period of the experiment. The experiment proper lasted 

 ten days. The sheep were fed three times a day. They re- 

 ceived first an intensive forage, then a ligneous forage with the 

 remains of the intensive forage. In the morning water was 



