268 FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, ETC. 



Pigs fed with For pigs no one can doubt the advantages of peat-molasses 

 peat-molasses, combinations, and their droppings show beyond cavil that there 

 has been a complete assimilation of this fodder in their digestive 

 tubes. Strange as it may seem, the unpleasant smell noticeable 

 in all pig-sties is hardly perceptible when these molasses com- 

 binations are fed, showing that no butyric fermentation has 

 occurred in the digestive canal. One may feed without hesita- 

 tion 5 kilos of peat-molasses per 1,000 kilos live weight. 



It is very important to notice that this combination should 

 not be fed to excess. Schwarts mixes one part peat to two parts 

 of molasses, with boiled skimmed milk, and thus obtains a 

 combination that is easily handled. 



Oat flour and The mixture of oat flour or crushed oats has also some im- 

 molasses com- portant advantages, and forms when combined \vith molasses a 

 very valuable forage. The arguments advanced in favor of its 

 introduction are based mainly on the supposed fact that peat is 

 lacking in nutrients and is certainly very indigestible. The 

 manner of feeding the oat flour and molasses renders it readily 

 assimilable and digestible. The manufacture of this product 

 consists in making a hot mixture of oat flour which is allowed 

 to settle and undergo a partial drying, kneading it during the 

 interval. The final product has the aspect of a fine flour and 

 possesses a slightly glue-like texture. An interesting fact 

 pointed out is that the flour-like oat-molasses combination is 

 certainly very much more acceptable to cattle in general than 

 any known peat mixture would be. The combination under 

 consideration contains 23 per cent, fatty substance and protein, 

 and for this reason it is claimed that it is a superior fodder for 

 horses and working oxen. 



Molasses has not the same nutritive value as oats, but the 

 desirable proportion of nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous sub- 

 stances in a ration in which these relations are 1.6, can be 

 reached by the addition of a fodder rich in these substances, 

 such as brewers' grains, for example. 



Wheat molasses In most of the existing combinations peat is used to give the 



combination, molasses compound a dry appearance and thereby to facilitate 



its handling. Some interesting experiments have been recently 



made that promise very favorable results. In most countries 



