PALM OIL AND MOLASSES COMBINATIONS. 



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green molasses and the superiority of liquid molasses. The ob- 

 jection to oil cake and molasses was that its use could not be 

 made general; under certain circumstances its mixing with 

 rations was impossible, hence bran and molasses in equal 

 amounts was found to be better suited for general feeding 

 purposes. 



The palm oil and molasses product may be ground to flour, 

 and combined with 80 to 100 parts in weight of heated molasses, 

 at a temperature of 60 to 100 C. This is mixed upon a 

 cemented platform, using wooden shovels for the purpose. 

 The hotter the molasses the more complete will be its combina- 

 tion with every particle of oil cake, and the ultimate product 

 will be so much improved. At first this combination is more 

 or less fluid, but after a time it assumes a dry aspect, and in 

 reality is sufficiently free from moisture to be placed in sacks 

 and shipped almost the same as flour. A man may prepare 

 from two to two and a half tons of this forage in a day. 



The workshops of Selwig and Lange, at Brunswick, have de- 

 livered to the sugar factory at Schende (Germany) a special 

 and well-arranged mixer, permitting the preparation of 50 tons 

 of this forage per diem. Herewith is the composition, as pre- 

 pared at two factories: 



Two ANALYSES OF PALM OIL AND MOLASSES COMBINATIONS, 



This forage produces the best effects upon the general health 

 of animals to which it is fed. It is not used solely for cows 

 and sheep. Since 1896, an omnibus company, organized in 

 Berlin, has fed 850 horses with this forage. The horses have 



