100 EI^EMENTARY TREATISE ON STOCK FEEDS AND FEEDING 



flouring mills, cockle seeds and bran, ground peanut hulls, weed 

 seeds (ground and unground), chaff from pipe factories and 

 similar products together with beet, cane and sorghum mo- 

 lasses are used in these feeds in varying proportions. Some of 

 the molasses feeds contain beet or cane molasses entirely. When 

 beet molasses is used it is generally accompanied with a small 

 amount of cane molasses and occasionally sorghum molasses, 

 to give the feed a pleasant aroma. In most of these feeds, es- 

 pecially those manufactured in the North, beet molasses pre- 

 dominates. The quantity of molasses employed in these feeds 

 varies from lo to 60 per cent. About i per cent, of salt is 

 added to improve the palatability. 



Classes of Molasses Feeds. — Those feeds carrying 25 per cent, 

 or more of molasses are usually classed as wet feeds (provided 

 they are not artificially dried), and those containing less than 

 25 per cent, of molasses are termed dry feeds. There are many 

 feeds that contain more than 25 per cent, of molasses which are 

 subjected to a drying process and these are classed as dry feeds. 



Wet Molasses Feeds are generally sticky and of darker color 

 than^other molasses feeds, due to the large amount of molasses 

 present. 



Anai<yses of Wet Molasses Feeds in Per Cent. 



Protein 



Ether extract (fat) 

 N. free extract ■ . . 



Fiber 



Water 



Ash. 



15-60 



3-82 



45-32 



12.01 



16.6s 

 6.60 



Note the high water content in all of these feeds. The ether 

 extract is low in all but sample No. 5. 



Horse and Dairy Feeds. — There are two general classes of 

 molasses feeds sold to our feeders, namely, horse feeds and 

 dairy feeds. Molasses feeds for other classes of live stock are 

 also manufactured, but these are exceptional. 



The dry molasses dairy feeds found on the American market 

 usually contain from 14 to 18 per cent, protein, 3 to 7 per cent. 



