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sugar ration. Much remains to be done in this special direc- 

 tion, but what has been accomplished is certainly a hint as to 

 future possibilities. 



Schonberg has noticed the excellent results that may be de- 

 rived from sugar feeding, and which were based upon a very 

 simple experiment of giving only 30 grams of supplementary 

 sugar to a gang of workmen; this alone was sufficient to prolong 

 their efforts for several hours without any perceptible fatigue. 



Such being the case, it stands to reason that the breeder has Advantages to 

 every advantage in introducing a reasonable amount of sugar the breeder. 

 into the daily rations of the animals under his care, when the 

 opportunity presents itself. 



It is interesting to note that investigations relative to the in- 

 fluence of sugar upon muscular energy have become extremely 

 popular during the last few years. It is not long since that the 

 theory obtained that nitrogenous substances were always respon- 

 sible for muscular activity. Hence the animals, from whom 

 considerable work was demanded, were fed upon very narrow 

 rations. 



Sugar for cattle feeding commenced in the fifties in Continental 

 Europe, but as we have before pointed out, the utilization of 

 sugar for this purpose goes back to the early part of the last 

 century, and," notwithstanding constant agitation arguing in f^g O f sugar 

 favor of its importance, it is only within comparatively recent to cattle in the 

 years that the practice has made any important progress. ear| y P art of 

 Strange as it may seem, as early as 1800 the British market w ? as last 

 almost glutted with sugar and it was during the years that fol- 

 lowed, that several interesting pamphlets were written upon 

 sugar in cattle feeding. The arguments then advanced are true 

 at the present time, and there is now a threatened overproduc- 

 tion. The sugar consumption was very small a hundred years 

 ago, hence the several sugar islands could more than meet the 

 demand. The situation in 1901 has changed; sugar has be- 

 come almost a household necessity, and the beet sugar and cane 

 sugar, in their efforts to meet the demand, have thrown upon 

 the market a volume of this commodity, which has resulted in 

 a constant fall in price, giving a just cause of alarm to all inter- 

 ested. Efforts are being made in Continental Europe to popu- 



