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wheat is sold on the market at prices depending upon its quality 

 and the modes of cleaning it, etc. During the process of clean- 

 ing the inferior wheat is separated with other impurities, and is 

 sold separately; and while its market price is much lower than 

 the high grade wheat, it actually competes with wheat and has 

 a tendency to lower the price of the superior article. If these 

 low-grade wheats were combined with molasses they would help 

 the farmer in many ways. The price of good wheat would rise 

 and the inferior wheat would be advantageously utilized both 

 for horses and cows. Experiments show that 3 Ibs. of the in- 

 ferior wheat can take the place of 4.5 ibs. of oats in the ration 

 of a horse, and when brought down to a money basis this means 

 an economy of several cents per diem. The new molasses com- 

 bination with the flour of the wheat in question has the follow- 

 ing composition: Water 5.5, nitrogenous substances 11.8, fatty 

 substances 1.27, sugar 30.05. glucose and dextrin 11.53, starch 

 22.53, cellulose 19.8, and mineral substances 5.09. These per- 

 centages speak for themselves and show the advantages they 

 would offer if used as a fodder. 



Certain authorities have made comparisons between the action Corn germs and 

 of corn germs and molasses and that of corn combined with molasses c m- 

 colza oil meal and wheat middlings so that the total nutritive * 

 substances were the same for both. To growing sheep there 

 were fed 7.5 kilos of this germ-molasses product, and 6.3 kilos 

 of corn. The results obtained were favorable to molasses. 

 Schultz obtained with milch cows the same results as could be 

 realized with forage beets and oat bran. These last combina- 

 tions are most excellent, as every one knows, for the production 

 of milk, and may be replaced by the corn-germ molasses pro- 

 duct in cases where beets cannot be had. Albert fed to bulls 4 

 kilos per 1,000 kilos live weight. This was ultimately increased 

 to 6 kilos. The results obtained were in every way satisfactory. 



Dyk compares wheat bran molasses with corn germs, 1 J kilos Wheat bran 

 being combined with f k^lo of colza oil meal. In the experi- molasses com- 

 ments made the totals of these two forages were substituted for pared Hith 

 the same weight of bran-molasses; in other cases, gradually 

 commencing by J, -i-, and f , all the forages were finally substi- 

 tuted for bran-molasses. There was obtained an increase of 83 

 per cent, in the quantity of milk per diem. 



