The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-15
Questions of the Feed Lot
Professor HorboSt W. @umfo1d
Mnois College ,f AoyieaitUTs
Short Talks on Feeding
"OF lAAr value Is molnsses as

HOF lAAr value Is molnsses as
" food7"
Molasses Is strictly n carbonaceous food
belonging in the same class corn and siml-
lar feeds II has come TO be regarded ~ a
valuable feed for fattcning cattle. especially
In tho sugar producing regions OF the coun-
try whero II is obtained cheaDly as by
product from the manufacture OF sugar In
the manufacture OF sugar 1t is Impossible To
get all the sugar to crystalline out OF the cane
OF beet juice and this sugar. together with
other organic matter contained mainly In the
form OF proteids gives the refuse molasses
its value a stock food. The protein, how,
ever Is in a very small proportion as COM
pared with the sugar or carbohydrates This
refuse Is obtanablc In tho sugar belt for from
G to 10 cents gallon of about twelve pounds.
For fattening cattle molasscs has as much
or more value as an appetizer an actual
food. When spTinHed over grain or hay II
causes a larger consumption OF feed and not
only this. but feeders claim that II Is an aid
to digestion. Although at present there i5
not much data at hand on the subject. this
claim seems to be substanuated by expert
mental evidence An experiment conducted
by the Texas station In 1903 shows that when
molasses at tho rate of two-hfths OF gallon
per steer per day was added TO ration OF
cottonsoed meal and cottonseed hulls the cat
tic not only mado n greater daily gain per
head but the gains were made cheaper.
\ bullo'n on the subject has been pub
IIshed by Professors John a Craig and +. r.
Marshall OF the Texas station. which gives
the results of feeding molasses to 2-year- old
steers being finished for market. The aver
age grain ration consisted of fourteen pounds
OF cottonseed meal and corn chop. one part OF
the former to two parts of the latter. and the
average roughagc consumed was twelve and
onc-holf pounds OF cottonsecd hulls per day.
To this was added molasseS at the rate OF
little over three quarts per steer per day.
Tho cattle thus fed made average daily
gain of LII pounds. against 1.27 pounds with
a similar lot similarly fed. but without the
molassea. The cost per pound gain was 1905
cents with the lot receiving moasSes. against
II cents with the lot receiving no molcsSes.
The 10 rate of gain and high cost per pound
Is due TO tho fact that the steers had been
long fed and wero nearly fat when tho ex-
pertinent began.
Tho tIletin referred to states that the
most common method Of feeding moasses Is
to carry 1t out in buckets and mix with tho
feed In tho hunks. In the tests at the station
the molasses was mixed With an equal VOL
ume of water and poured over the mixed
grains and hulls. tho whole then being thor
oughly stirred. common practice IS to take
n spraying outfit. the barrel being nlled with
on equal volume of water and molaSscs, and
drive through the feed lot. spraying on tho
mixed feed in the hunks such an amount OF
tho mixture as Is to be fed According 10
statements made by the Massachusetts sta
ton the resduum molasscs from Porto Rico
IS being offered for sale In New England at
13 cents gallon OF twelve pounds. The mo-
lasses contains "a to % per cent OF water
per cent OF nitrogonous matter and Ito
per cent ash. the remainder being sugar and
allied substances
n good appetizer is made of ground alfalfa
hay mixed with molasses T p Hord Cen
trail City. Neb.. claims that such mixture
fed at tho rate OF two pounds per day In
creased the consumption from three to six
pounds per day per steer.