io2 Molasses and Sugar Foods for Live Stock, [may, 
Dairy cows have been fed 3 lb. and more daily per 1,000 lb. 
live weight without ill effect, although in some feeding 
experiments with molasses it has been found that the milk 
increased in quantity at the expense of quality. The butter 
from cows receiving molasses is not influenced detrimentally. 
For horses, a moderate use of molasses has been recom- 
mended, not only on account of its feeding value, but also 
because in stables where it was used the attacks of colic were 
much less frequent. Large horse-owners have been known, 
however, to object to molasses because of its effect in causing 
the animal to urinate excessively. Molasses in some form 
or other has also been fed to sheep and pigs, with, on 
the whole, satisfactory results. The conclusions, in fact, to 
be drawn from the use of feeding treacle are that in moderate 
quantities it is a good food, and may be particularly useful 
where it is necessary to feed much straw or inferior hay. A 
pound or so of treacle diluted with warm water and poured 
over chopped straw or hay will induce the animal to clean 
up its ration very completely. The flesh of animals fed exces- 
sively upon molasses is not of the best quality, and animals 
soon lose condition again, although they may fatten rapidly. 
When beet molasses came into general use it was held to 
be a dangerous food for young or pregnant animals, parti- 
cularly the latter, as it tended to cause them to abort. In the 
same way molasses was decried as an article of diet for male 
breeding animals, as it was thought to cause sterility, parti- 
cularly in the case of bulls. Probably there was foundation 
for these beliefs, for it has been observed in other connections 
that when male animals are receiving considerable quantities 
of sugar the reproductive functions are diminished. 
When molasses or feeding treacle is used, tl ie best way 
to give it to stock is to mix the quantity requ :r ec with warm 
water and pour it over the dry food, and then stir the whole 
well. It is found, however, and this cannot be denied, that 
treacle is not a nice material to handle, for it flows slowly 
from a cask, and its stickiness is a distinct drawback. Also, 
good quality treacle is often pilfered by the attendants, 
although this can easily be prevented by mixing with it a 
little coal-dust. The objections to which reference has 
just been made have resulted in some absorbent substance 
