Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
Sugar ey-Products as Horse Feed

Sugar By-Products as Horse Feed.
The beet chips, diffusion residue,
and other by-products obtained in the
manufacture of beet sugar. consist of
the sugar beet from which a consid-
cradle portion of the carbohydrates
has been removed, says a bulletin of
the Department of Agriculture. The
total amount of nutritive material
present, however, is fairly large
These products, properly speaking.
are also coarse folders. Molasses,
which consists almost entirely of car
bohydrates (sugars). was used as
early as 1880 as a feed for horses, and
has recently attracted considerable
attention in this connection When
used for this purpose it is usually
sprinkled on dry feed. being first di-
luted with water, or it is mixed with
some material which absorbs it and
renders it easy to handle, such as
peat dust, or with some material rich
in nitrogen, as dried blood. In the
latter case the mixture more nearly
represents concentrated feed than
the molasses alone, or moiasses
mixed with an absorbent material
only. Cane-sugar molasses is also
used as a feeding stuff. 1t differs
from beet molasses in that it contains
glucose in addition to cane sugar, and
has much smaller percentage of
salts.
In this connection the experiments
reporting the successful feeding of
cane molasses to over 400 work
horses at a sugar plantation in the
Fiji Islands are of interest. AS high
as 80 pounds of molasses was fed per
head daily at different times, but the
ration finally adopted consisted of 15
pounds of molasses, 3 pounds of bran,
and pounds of maize. In addition
green sugar cane tops were fed. The
health of the horses remained excel
lent Molasses did not cause diarrhea,
but rather constipation, which was
counteracted by feeding bran. Feed
ing molasses effected a saving of over
$45 per head per annum. However,
it was believed that such a saving
was possible only by reason of large
quantities of waste molasses and
valueless cane tops available on the
spot. In discussing these experiments
the following statements were made:
For working horses the sugar in cane
molasses is a satisfactory substitute
for starchy food, being readily digest
ed and Is pounds can be
given to a 1,27O-pound working horse
with advantage to the health of the
animal and to the efficiency of its
work. 1t produces no undue fatten-
ing, softness, nor injury to the wind.
The high proportion of salts in it has
no Injurious effect. An albuminoid
ratio as low as ILLS has proved high
ly suitable for heavy continuous work
when a sufficient quantity of digest
ible matter is given
Cement Floors and Rheumatism.
From the Farmers Review: We use
a cement floor for our station herd,
and 1 am acquainted with two of the
most up-to-date dairies in this part Of
the country that also use cement
floors, and as far as 1 have been able
to see there has not been a case of
rheumatism in our own herd, and /
have heard no complaint from the pro-
pr1etors of the other dairies.
1t is true, 1 think, that cement will
sometimes cause sore feet, and for
this reason it is necessary that more
bedding be used than would be re
quired on a wood floor. On the other
naild this bedding is not wasted as it
goes into the manure. and wood floor
IS bound to become saturated with
during the hot weather. AS far as
my knowledge goes l would prefer
tie cement floor under every condition
that occurs to me at the present time.
C F. Doane, Dairyman, Maryland
Experiment Station.
From the Farmers Review: l have
had very little experience with cows
standing on cement floors and have
not seen any case of rheumatism re-
sulting from it. / am of the opinion,
however, that cement floors without
plenty of bedding, might cause rheu-
matism. Where bedding is at all
scarce, believe it would be wise TO
place planks on top of the cement
H E. Van Norman, Associate Profes-
sor in Dairying, Purdue University,
Indiana
The original name of the Dutch Belt
eu cattle was "Lakenfield," from
sLaken," a sheet to be wound around
the body of the animal