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Table CLIV. — Suqae-Beet Molasses for Fattening 

 Well-Grown Shotes 



The pigs given the beet molasses ration gained 22 per 

 cent faster than those fed the same ration without the 

 molasses, and almost as fast as those fed shorts alone. 

 For producing a unit of gain, approximately 127 pounds of 

 beet molasses had the value of 100 pounds of shorts. In 

 the ration containing the sugar-beets, 396 pounds of beets 

 proved equivalent to 100 pounds of shorts, while 609 

 pounds of the wet beet pulp was equal to 100 pounds of 

 shorts. 



Beet molasses as fed by Clinton ^ at the Cornell Station 

 was not very palatable and had a tendency to cause 

 scours. 



roots: tubers 



As a class, roots and tubers contain from 70 to more 

 than 90 per cent of water. Because of this they are too 

 bulky for fattening pigs except when fed in relatively 



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