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Molasses as a Substitute for Corn in Beef Finishing Rations

Georgia Experiment Station

Abstract

The experiments reported here were carried on in Moultrie, Georgia, starting January 14, 1931, in cooperation with the Animal Husbandry Division of the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry and with the help of Swift and Company of Moultrie. Grade steers about 12 to 15 months of age were used. They were of Hereford, Shorthorn, and Angus breeding and were divided so as to make three comparable groups of ten animals each. The animals had all been either dehorned or tipped and were quiet and easily handled. Previous feeding had been on cottonseed meal and hulls.

Each lot was amply provided with roof shelter, feeding trough, and automatically filled water trough. Each group of animals received cottonseed meal (41 per cent protein) at the rate of 2.5 pounds per head daily and cottonseed hulls at the rate of 6 pounds per head daily. A mineral mixture, composed of equal parts by weight of salt, marble dust and steamed bone meal, was available in all lots at all times.