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Show MOLASSES DIET FOR HORSES. H liver Twenty Vmr Cnt. Chmpur TliAn tlm Dull anil liar Hjilfin, H Tho trucking horses used by a big M sugar refining firm lu Hrooklyn, N. Y-, H are such tine, big, sleek-looking mil- B mals that Ihelr passage through tho ."B streets' attracts attention, nnd-jhorse- Uiir men generally hellcvo that tho cosfof ' keeping them In such condition must H be considerably (.hove tho average. H This Is not tho case, however, for H In the stable of the firm an experiment H of mixing molasses with the feed has M been made, and the plan hos been M found to be not only extremely ccoiiom. M leal, but also of exceptional value In M producing nourishment. It costs only - lhtrt)-fnur cents n day to feed theso 'H fine horses, which rouge from 1700 to H 1S00 pounds lu weight. This, accord- H lug to expel Is, Is from twenty to H I went) seven per cent, cheaper than H the old 8) stem of maintaining tho H stock em oats and hay entirely. "J This Is what the sugar refinery horses H eat In the morning they get a quart H anil a half of Indian eornmeol, n quart H of wheat bran, seven pounds or cut H buy mill n quart ami a half of sugar H house s)rnp, which remains after nil H possible cr)8lollleutlou of sugar has H taken place. H At noon cadi horse gets four or five H quarts of oats nnd the ul';!it ration Is H the saint' as that In the morning, ex- H iipt that five pounds of loose hay Is H placed In the stall In addition. H ihe h)glcule value of the molnssrs M feed formula Is proved bv nn expert- B mi tit vvhli h was malleoli two rundown jH horses that had been kept upon or- H dliiai) uilloiis. Their weights wrro H vm mid lU." pounds when they wero H put cm the molasses s)stem, nnd both H soon show eel Improvement lu weight H mill lien I Hi At the end of six weeks H the smaller hud gained "00 pounds, nnd H the- eillui was 181 pounds heavier. H New Wnk Sun. H |