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The Utilization of Molasses and Urea in the Rations of Growing Dairy Cattle

Department of Animal Husbandry, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.

ABSTRACT

Molasses has been used as a livestock feed for at least 60 years, and perhaps longer, in the United States. The proportion used for livestock feeding varies because of wide fluctuations in the cost. Often the cost is so high that only small amounts are included in rations of farm livestock. At other times the price is so low that it is the cheapest available source of carbohydrate. Only limited experimental results are available to indicate the value of molasses when it is fed in large amounts.

Early studies concerning the use of molasses are controversial. Georgeson et al. (10) claimed that molasses had little value for fattening beef cattle, whereas Craig and Marshall (9) obtained an increased rate of gain and observed no ill effects when fattening beef cattle consumed 1 gal. of molasses daily. Grimes (11) found that molasses increased the rate of gain of steers fed Johnson grass and cottonseed meal.

¹ Present address: Animal Husbandry Department, University of Nevada, Reno.

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