Abstract
THE importance of investigating and developing indigenous plants from the tropics to supplement the world’s supply of carbohydrate feedstuffs for poultry has been emphasized by Rosenberg (1953). He reported that low-grade sugar mixed with bagasse pith in the ratio of 10:1, by weight, showed promise as a substitute for the cereal grains, although efficiency of feed conversion into eggs tended to decrease as the concentration of this new feedstuff was increased from 35.5 to 57.5 percent of total ration.Two other byproducts of the sugar industry are also commonly available; they are B-grade molasses and refinery B-molasses. The former was selected for biological assay because it can be made available from sugar mills in tremendous supply, approximately 7 percent of total cane juice. It is cheaper than low-grade sugar and easier to combine with bagasse pith. Refinery B-molasses was also tested because it is produced by sugar refineries located in …
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