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according to the amount of nutrients lacking in the 
pulp. ¢ 
Dairy cows are favorably influenced by small quanti- 
ties of molasses. Each cow can use to advantage from 
two and a half to three pounds a day. When other 
laxative feeds are not present in the ration, it is especially 
good as a tonic and results in an increased yield of milk. 
Sheep make good gains on molasses, fermented pulp, 
and alfalfa hay. In some sections, molasses is used to 
fatten old ewes and less valuable sheep, the only ad- 
ditional feed being the hay or straw with which it is 
mixed. Molasses beet pulp and dried beet pulp are 
about equal to corn and cause the same gains. It is not, 
however, extensively used in this way. 
In some parts of America, molasses has met with con- 
siderable favor for feeding horses. When used in quan- 
tities not to exceed two quarts — 5.6 pounds — daily, it 
has been found possible to substitute it for grain pound 
for pound. Because of its laxative effect, most horse- 
men prefer not to feed more than one to one and one-half 
quartsa day. Horses at hard work, receiving this quan- 
tity of molasses mixed with twenty pounds of alfalfa or 
clover hay, and receiving six to seven pounds of rolled 
barley a day, kept in better condition than horses with 
a full grain ration. It is advisable to begin feeding 
horses with only one-fourth to one-half quart of molasses 
a day until they become used to it. 
Hogs have been fed successfully as much as one pound 
of molasses a day while on pasture without causing di- 
gestive troubles. Feeding in larger quantities (2.4 pounds 
or more) for fattening quickly has sometimes proved 
