If you want to avoid having to replace your farm's supply of molasses, it's important to do what you can to avoid destroying it. Here are two easy ways to do this.

Prevent contamination by making sure that the tank's outlet is sealed after each use

After taking some molasses out of the molasses tanks on your farm, it is important to double check that the outlets through which you extracted the liquid are shut properly before you move onto your next task. If you leave one of these outlets open, nearby squirrels, rats and mice may climb into the tank to which that outlet is attached. This could result in you having to throw away the entire tank of molasses. The reason for this is as follows: these rodents could easily drown if they fall into the molasses. If this were to happen, their rotting corpses would contaminate the molasses with toxic pathogens that could make this food unsafe for your farm animals to consume.

Even if these rodents do not drown, they could still contaminate the molasses with their urine and excrement. The presence of these excretions in the molasses could also make it inedible.

As such, after extracting molasses from the tanks on your farm, you should take a few extra seconds to make sure to check that the outlet on each tank is securely sealed.

Don't overfill any of your tanks

If you need to store more molasses on your farm than your current collection of tanks can hold, it is vital not to fill these tanks beyond their capacity but to instead invest in additional tanks. Whilst the idea of spending money on extra storage containers for this food might not be very appealing, doing so could actually save you the cost of replacing your molasses and your current set of tanks.

The reason for this is as follows: if you fill your current tanks beyond their capacity, two problems could arise. Firstly, the excess molasses may slowly seep out through the tiny gaps around the inlet and outlet holes.

Secondly, if you make this mistake regularly, the excess quantity of molasses may press against the inner walls of the tanks to such an extent that cracks begin to form in these areas. If this should happen, the molasses could then drip out through these cracks. In this situation, you would be forced to buy both replacement molasses and new tanks.

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