MONEY VALUE OF MOLASSES. 253 



VARYING MOLASSES RATIONS FOR DIFFERENT ANIMALS. 



Animals fed. 



Working oxen per 1000 kilos live weight. . 

 Growing steers per 1000 kilos live weight. . 



Milch cows per 1000 Ibs. live weight 



Milch cows, during gestation, per 1000 ) 

 Ibs. live weight j 



Growing sheep per 1000 Ibs. live weight. . . 



Lambs per 1000 Ibs. live weight 



Full grown heavy sheep 



Horses 



Briem. 



3 to 4 kilos. 



Schende (Germany) sugar 

 factory. 



H c i ii^o ' (Commence with 2 Ibs. then 

 4 to 6 kilos. J / 



2V Ibs 



3 >/ to 4 Ibs. 

 Commence W1 ' tn 2 



% Ibs. 



gib* 



/Commence with 

 I 



Ib. then 



f Commence with 2 Ibs. then 

 1 4 Ibs. 



For swine commence with % kilo per 1000 kilos live weight and gradually increase to 

 1 kilo. 



The selection of feeds to be given at the same time with 

 molasses should be made with care, always allowing for the 

 special properties of each of them, to say nothing of their market 

 prices. 



Making allowance for their price upon the market and their 

 nutrients, they may be classified as follows: molasses and palm 

 oil cake, wheat bran and molasses, distillers' waste and 

 molasses, peat and molasses, corn sprouts and molasses, cos- 

 settes and molasses, and finally, but far down in the scale, is 

 sugar from the first strike of the pan. 



It is for the breeder to determine from experience what com- 

 bination is best suited to his animals. Opinions differ very 

 much as to the manner of absorbing the molasses and the in- 

 gredients that are to be used for this purpose. 



If the question is considered on a mathematical basis, taking Money value of 

 existing prices of fodders and their unit value based upon the molasses, 

 valuable nutritive elements they contain, it is shown that in 

 France molasses would have to sell at $14.40 per ton, to actually 

 cost more than rice flour, and even then it would be possible 

 for the residuum to compare favorably, dollar for dollar, with 

 wheat and rye brans. Prof. Grandeau says, even admitting 

 both costs to be the same, that molosses has within itself a 

 superiority for feeding purposes, as the non-nitrogenous ele- 

 ments, as previously explained, are superior, owing to the high 

 percentage of sugar entering into their composition. It is for 



