68 BEEF PRODUCTION 



The bulletin referred to states that the most common 

 method of feeding molasses is to carry it out in buckets 

 and mix with the feed in the bunks. In the tests at 

 the station the molasses was mixed with an equal 

 volume of water and poured over the mixed grains and 

 hulls, the whole then being thoroughly stirred. A 

 common practice is to take a spraying outfit, the barrel 

 being filled with an equal volume of water and molasses, 

 and drive through the feed lot, spraying on the mixed 

 feed in the bunks such an amount of the mixture as is 

 to be fed. According to statements made by the Massa- 

 chusetts Station, the residuum molasses from Porto 

 Rico is being offered for sale in New England at 13 cents 

 a gallon of 12 pounds. The molasses contains 24 to 28 

 per cent of water, 3 per cent of nitrogenous matter, 

 and 7 to 8 per cent ash, the remainder being sugar and 

 allied substances. "It will probably be shown to con- 

 tain some 1200 pounds of digestible organic matter in 

 a ton, against 1500 pounds in a ton of cornmeal. On 

 this basis alone it would have, pound for pound, 80 

 per cent of the nutritive value of corn. Its value will 

 probably be enhanced over this figure, because of its 

 other desirable qualities." 



A good appetizer is made of ground alfalfa hay 

 mixed with molasses. Mr. T. B. Hord, Central City, 

 Nebraska, claims that such a mixture fed at the rate of 

 two pounds per day increased the consumption of corn 

 from three to six pounds per day per steer. 



ROUGHAGE IN CATTLE FEEDING 



ALFALFA AND CLOVER HAY COMPARED WITH 

 OTHER ROUGHAGE 



It is generally known that alfalfa and clover hay are 

 superior roughages for cattle. The writer is inclined to 

 believe that the extent of this superiority is not as 

 generally appreciated as it should be, else more alfalfa 

 and clover and less timothy and other grasses would be 

 grown for feeding purposes. The writer has been 



