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The Utilization of Blackstrap Molasses with Corn and Oats in Fattening Steer Calves

Oklahoma A. and M. College

Abstract

1. A comparison of Lot 1 with Lot 4 indicates that a ration of half ground oats and half molasses was practically equal to corn in producing gains on steer calves. Furthermore, it required only 39 pounds more of the cheaper concentrates and 25 pounds more hay to produce 100 pounds gain on this lot than in Lot 1, where corn was fed.
   
2. A comparison of Lots 2 and 4, differing only in the fact that the ground corn of Lot 2 was replaced with an equal amount of ground oats in Lot 4, shows an advantage in both rate and economy of gain, as well as in selling price, for the half oats and half molasses combination.
   
3. A comparison of Lots 2 and 3 with Lot 1 shows that the replacing of either half or three-fourths of the corn in a corn, cottonseed cake and prairie hay ration with blackstrap molasses resulted in lower daily gains, an increase in the feed required to produce 100 pounds of gain and a reduction in the finish produced on the steers, and hence lowered the selling price.
   
4. A comparison of Lot 3, where 74 percent, and Lot 2, where 53 percent of the corn was replaced with molasses, shows almost identical daily gains. This indicates that a ration containing 74 percent molasses was equally as efficient from the standpoint of rate and economy of gain as a ration containing only 53 percent molasses.