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look for the difficulty that has rendered it objectionable for this 

 special purpose. On the other hand instances may be given in 

 Austria of feeding over 2,000 pigs for a year with blood- 

 molasses, and an enormous number of their young were 

 nourished during this interval. 



Results published relating to blood-molasses combination all 

 show that excellent effects may be expected from its use. It 

 may safely be said that chickens, geese, ducks, oxen, etc. , Feeding to 

 will relish it. In the case of steers the quality of the meat is animals in 

 materially improved. 



Ramm and Mintrop have fed 6 to 8 kilos of this product per 

 diem without the slightest complications. The general secre- 

 tions were favorable, showing that the assimilation in every re- 

 spect had been satisfactory. 



There are many German authorities to show that these com- Feeding to 

 binations have given excellent results in cases where certain horses, 

 muscular force is needed, such as for horses; and in most 

 instances there have been considerable money savings, owing 

 to the substitution of this product for oats and corn. 



Without doubt this combination has a future, and some fac- Extension given 

 tories that are actually in existence in Continental Europe which to blood-molasses 

 utilize this beet-sugar molasses in combination with blood can- 

 not meet the demand for the product. The cost of this com- 

 bination cannot be determined with great accuracy, for the 

 simple reason that it depends upon so many factors. Under all 

 circumstances one should consider the market value of the con- 

 centrates used and make allowances for the facility of obtaining 

 it in the quantities needed. 



When molasses is to be used the fact must not be overlooked 

 that allowance must be made for its money cost. In order to Money value, 

 establish the price that one can reasonably pay for a forage- 

 molasses combination, one allows for the sugar percentage upon 

 the accepted basis of 50 per cent, of sugar in the residuum. 

 The price of the mixture may be then calculated without 

 trouble. The ration should contain sufficient fatty and albu- 

 minoid substances in order to make up for what is lacking in 

 the molasses, for in this there will always be found the requisite 

 non-nitrogenous substances. 



