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Show MOUSSES FOR DAIRY COWS Used by Farmars In North Mor ThM Evsr Befor. but Not Yt Foand Entirely Satisfactory. (By WALTER n. LEl'TZ.) Mora molasses la belcg led Id tfi north than ever before, but most dairy farmer arc sot yet satis led that It U profitable. la an experiment at tte Hatch eta-tton, eta-tton, Prof. J. D. Llndsey saya: "Mo-losses "Mo-losses contalna about S per rent, of protein and 70 per rent, ot digestible sugar. "Compared with corn meal." aavi Prof. Llndsey, "It equals subsume pound for pound In results obtained In feeding milch cows, but when fe4 to horaea tbey do not aeem to be iult equal to the same weight of core-and core-and oata. "It la estimated that corn meal at $1.20 per hundred pounds, molaswt-ir would be worth about II per hundred pounds. Ita quoted price In liostou Is 12 rents per gallon by the burre-l and 8 6 per gallon In 10 barrel lots. , "A gallon weighs about 12 pounda, so that at present relutlve prices the molaasea would be a little thtaper feed than corn meal. "A good point with the molasses l that it is agreeable to stoc k and make them always ready to eat such sub stances as cut corn stubble, malt sprouts, distillery feeds, etc., when mixed with the molasses. "A serious objection is that mo lasses is nut very convenient ntuff to bundle arid attracts flies In summer. "As a mixture with high grade protein pro-tein foods, I tuggest one third dlntil-lery dlntil-lery grains, one-sixth cotton se nical, one-half molasses, or onethlrt malt sprouts, one-third glutou-meal and one-third molasses. "For working horses, nine pounds ol provender and one quart of moluiwa, or twelve pounds of provender and three pints of molasses, or fur bard working horses substitute one hall Kund dry blood or one pound cot too seed oil or linseed rooal In place of ao equal quantity of provender. |
