MOLASSES AS A PIG FOOD

Shannon News, 19 April 1927, Page 4

MOLASSES AS A PIG FOOD

!*V The chief value of molasses as a : i "stock food lies in .the fact that the of molasses to dry, coarse V-.'fodders makes them more palatable "¥ and stimulates the appetite. The \: large amount of soluble salts of 5-potash and lime, and amides, howH'eyor, acts adversely on the digestion jv" and may ' cause scours unless fed in i':- As a pig .food, molasses has a cer-I"-tain value, especially where it is fed J'-as an addition to the ordinary ration f f of milk, maize, or cereal grains. tt 'i '■ is. purely a carbonaceous food, tho'-e----ih""forfl' only a heat Or energy-producing it has absolutely no value a flesh-forming nutrient, as molasses contains no proteins. \'y It must always be fed in limited | s ''quantities, varying from a table"V'spoonful to half-a-pint, according to ;?< the size and development of the pig; quantities than these may be 1%/used when the animals become accustomed, to. the addition of molasses yfetOheir food, Molasses containing S'§'ore,"-than 28 .per cent, of 'water ■EftjjU&nqt f»e sold .as stock food.