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the farmer of each locality, either in California, Nebraska or 

 elsewhere, to determine just how it may be to his pecuniary ad- 

 vantage to carry the residuum from factory to the farm. 

 Classification of Molasses may be used for feeding purposes in several differ- 

 molasses feeds. en manners: (A) In its raw state; (B) Combined w r ith dried 

 or pressed cossettes; (C) Combined with some absorbent such 

 as peat, bran, etc.; (D) Combined with blood, (E) In various 

 combinations baked in an oven, and (F) Bread molasses. 

 Diluted and com- Molasses may be fed to cattle in two forms: either in a liquid 

 bined molasses g t a te or mixed with a feed. They both have certain advantages 

 n9 ' as well as disadvantages, and it is for the farmer to determine 

 his preference. Molasses may be diluted in water and fed as a 

 drink; or it may be sprinkled over a forage such as chopped 

 straw. Molasses is not readily dissolved in cold water, and 

 therefore solution is effected mainly in hot water. For dilution, 

 warm water may be used, either with or without steam, and 

 after being carefully measured, it is emptied into the feeding 

 trough. 



It has been proposed, in order to avoid the use of warm 

 water, that the molasses be placed in a small bag, and that this 

 be suspended at night in the trough from which the animals 

 drink. The molasses will gradually pass through the bag and 

 will slowly ooze out in thin streams, which readily dilute at the 

 bottom of the receptacle containing the water, it being sufficient 

 to stir the liquid slightly in the morning in order to obtain a 

 homogeneous solution. One may also dissolve molasses in dis- 

 tillers' mash in cases where this special residuum is used in 

 cattle feeding. 



The diluting of molasses is considered excellent, for the 

 simple reason that the animals being fed become gradually 

 accustomed to this new regimen. But while diluted molasses 

 feeding may be economical, it is upon general principles a mis- 

 take, and has many inconveniences. Its transportation is both 

 difficult and unpleasant. The mixing of same with feeds is 

 also no easy operation, and a trough in which it is poured can 

 be subsequently over-charged with micro-organisms of various 

 kinds that ultimately cause sickness. 



Without doubt molasses residuum as it leaves the sugar 



