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kilos live weight, no distinction being made between stall-fed 

 and working animals. One }*ear 645 steers were fattened dur- 

 ing a period of 90 days. The forage was finely chopped and 

 then sprinkled with molasses to be subsequently heated under 

 pressure of two to three atmospheres. The steers received their 

 rations in six meals per diem, the fodder being sprinkled with 

 molasses each time, and after an interval of a few days they 

 declined eating until the molasses was added. The steers kept 

 in an excellent condition when fed with straw, cereal middlings 

 and molasses. The ration for horses was 1.5 kilos to 2 kilos 

 per diem. In this form swine received one kilo to 1.5 of 

 molasses per diem, no allowance being taken of their live 

 Weight. 



It is interesting to call attention to the fact that during the Peanut shell 

 first experiments at Toury of horse feeding with peat-molasses, molasses com- 

 the ration contained 883 grams of digestible albuminoids, which Wnatkm- 

 meant 9.8 per cent, of the total nutrients. Experience has 

 shown that in this ration 498 grams of digestible albuminoids 

 are sufficient to meet the requirements of the average emer- 

 gency. This amount of protein means about 7 per cent, of the 

 total nutritive substances. From this practical experience the 

 astonishing result has been obtained, that the protein may be 

 diminished 385 grams, or 40 per cent, without in any way 

 changing the practical working power of the animal fed. From 

 a common-sense standpoint, it is evident that it is desirable for 

 the horses fed to receive not only an apparently useful element, 

 such as sugar, but also nitrogenous substances in a reasonable 

 proportion, which, all facts considered, would represent a ration 

 suited to the farm-horse in general; for feeding when considered 

 from a general standpoint always means the consideration of 

 many factors, among which not the least important is the ne- 

 glect or care of the animal's keeper. 



M. Lambert, and others, claim to have found in peanut 

 shells the essentials for the emergency. The composition of 

 these is as follows: Water, 7.28 per cent.; ash, 3.39 per cent,; 

 digestible nitrogenous, 1.40 per cent. ; indigestible nitrogenous, 

 4.25 per cent.; amides, 2.57 per cent.; fatty substances, 6.17 

 percent.; pentosane, 37.58 percent.; cellulose, 4.75 per cent. ; 

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