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disappeared. Two kilos of this forage took the place of 2 kilos 

 of oats, with a considerable money saving to all interested. 

 The molasses-brewers' grain combination also produced excel- 

 lent effects upon young cattle, pigs, etc. 



The Poppelsdorf (Germany) experiments demonstrate beyond 

 doubt that these molasses combinations constitute an excellent 

 fodder for milch cows. Combinations made up of powdered 

 oil meal and brewer's grains undergo many alterations. The 

 excessive acidity may in a measure be overcome by adding a 

 certain amount of lime, leaving 20 per cent, moisture for the 

 combination. In damp climates it is almost impossible to 

 keep the product in question for any length of time; but when 

 it is to be consumed at once, these transformations have but a 

 secondary importance. 



Palm oil and In the Hollrung experiments the forage contained 50 per 

 molasses com- cen ^ residuum molasses and 50 per cent, so-called palm-nut 



meal. The composition of the product was as follows: Nitrog- 

 enous substances, 11.4 per cent.; raw fatty substances, 3.18 per 

 cent.; non-nitrogenous substances, 44.03 per cent.; cellulose, 

 17.53 per cent.; ash, 6.3 per cent.; water, 17 per cent. The 

 daily ration was 2.8 Ibs. for milch cows, 4.5 Ibs. for oxen, 2.2 

 Ibs. for horses, and J- Ib. for sheep. These experiments were very 

 successful. It was shown that the intestinal canal was kept 

 thoroughly clean, and in no instance was there recorded a case 

 of colic. The palm meal molasses combination has now be- 

 come a very important industry in Bohemia, and there is an 

 establishment that makes nothing else. Voigt's experiments 

 were with compounds of palm and coco oil meal and molasses, 

 which were fed to 16 omnibus horses, their regular rations 

 being 19 Ibs. corn, 9 Ibs. hay, 9 Ibs. straw, 2.2 Ibs. chopped 

 straw. The corn in the ration was reduced to 14.3 Ibs., and 

 instead of the 4.7 Ibs. there was used an oil meal molasses mix- 

 ture. The results were so satisfactory that the preparation was 

 fed to 850 horses. 



It is important to note that the use of oil meal or substances 

 of any kind that have undergone the slightest organic alteration 

 is a great mistake when a healthy ration is the main object in 

 view, and herein is the difficulty in all these compounds with 



