Manchester Democrat., 1919-12-10
made special effort to produce pm
seed grains.
DANGER IN RAW PORK.

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DANGER IN RAW PORK.
! At this season there is especial dan
ger OF illness following the eating o
pork that is raw or only PARTIAL.
cooked. OF course, most American,
do not knowingly consume uncookei
pork, although It is eaten not infre
quently either as raw or in sausage,
that have been insufficiently cooked
Al hog-killing time particularly there
Iare many homemade meat products
prepared on the farm. and consequent.
" special care should be taken t.
make sure that pork, before it is eat.
en-, is sufficiently cooked.
The disease known as trichinosis
which may result from eating raw OF
imperfectly cooked pork, is caused by
microscopic worms known as trichinae
These parasites in years past have
been found to be present in I out oi
II hogs. and il the presence OF dead
trichinae and trichinanalike bodies is
included in the count, an average OF
l out Of every SO hogs has been found
affected. Unlike many other infec-
tious diseases, the severity of the at
tack ct trichinosis depends upon the
number OF parasites swallowed. Large
quantities Of slightly infected pork
must be eaten in order to produce bad
effects; but. on the other hand. severe
illness may be caused by eating small
amounts Of pork that is heavily In
fected.
FEEDING VALUE OF MOLASSES.
A Farm Bureau member called at
the Office and stated that q salesman
had been in his community soliciting
orders for molasses feed. He inquired
as TO the feeding value Of such feed
for feeding steers. In order that 9TH
er farmers may become posted on
this matter we are quoting results OF
some experiments.
Craig and Marshall Of the Texas
Station who have used much cane
molasses In feeding rations OF steers
state that It has been feeding value
varying from three to thirty cents .
gallon. The more the ration is ball
anced the less feeding value II has.
They state the practice Of Texas feed
ers is to mix the molasSes with an
equal part Of water and the material
Is sprayed ON the feed In q box. Some
feeds restrict the use to one quart
per steer day mixed with the feed.
Personally, 1t is rendered more pala-
table and induces the steers to eat
more OF other feeds.
Lindsay OF the Massachusetts station
states that owing to the high price Of
cane sugar m0lasses no advantage is
to be gained by Northwestern farmers
from the use OF molasses as feed. For
dairy stock. pigs, horses in place OF
corn or other carbohydrates except
as an appetizer and to facilitate the
isposal Of unpalatable feed and rough
age fed in large quantities. With
breeding animals. it leads to sterility,
cSpcCidiiy Will ulAASS.
Molasses when employed in the mix
ture with other commercial feedstnffs
Is often used In Disgusting other mat.
'erial with little or no feeding value
For this reason Experiment Stationr
have been slow in recommending the
purchase Of such feeds except In the
case Of alfalfa niolasses feed. In
which case It is added to give more
balanced ration The results Of other
experiment. stations and feeders indi-
Gates that the feeding value OF good
molasses Is almost equivalent to that
Of corn. However 1t can only be made
to replace corn more than fifty per
cent. With the present value OF molas-