MOLASSES ON THE FARM.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 72, 20 March 1912, Page 3

MOLASSES ON THE FARM.

the winter keep problem. Possibly a good many people may have heard of the Scotchman who, ho alleged, fattened his sow on sawdust and treacle. With a knowledge of the wonderful fattening and sustaining powers of molasses the achievement is probably not impossible. A small occupier in Berkshire is a great believer in molasses. He does not resort to sawdust, however, in his daily menu, for his stock, but blends molasses and chaff, with the help of hot water, and his stock do very well on it in the winter. Hot water is preferable to cold, as the mixing is much more satisfactory with the former. One who has had recourse to the mixture maintains that it is extraordinary how large a measure of the least appetising straw chaff may bo reduced to a 'palatable state for stock by mixing with this syrup fluid, and with what a relish stock will cat it, and maintain their condition on it, too. Linseed oil has also l>een tried, but the stock do not take to it as they do to treacle, which, with the chaff, comprises a by no means innutritions ration, and in a

degree solves tho feeding problem during the months when grass is scarce and the growth of herbage is practically at a standstill.