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barley, oat, rice, and soy-bean meals ; peanut, sesame, turnip, linseed, palm-nut, 

 and coconut cakes; wheat and rye brans; dried distillery slop; brewers' 

 grains; malt sprouts; molasses feeds; beet chips; maize; beans; fodder beets; 

 apple pomace; meat, fish, and blood meals; cattle salt; and feeding lime. 



The valuation of oats for feeding and their judg'ing by chemical and 

 physical analyses, P. Bauer (Abs. in Chem. Ztg., 3't (1910), No. 128, p. UU).— 

 An examination of numerous samples of cats showed the following ranges : 

 Crude fat from 3 to 9 per cent, protein from 8 to 16 per cent, and glumes or 

 hulls from 20 to 35 per cent. The glumes contained from 1.5 to 2 per cent of 

 protein, from 2.2 to 2.4 per cent of ash, and 2 per cent less water than the oat 

 flour. It is stated that cereals with a high protein content are not palatable 

 and have a tendency to produce a pathological condition. Consequently, the 

 author recommends as the best oats for feeding those low in protein, well 

 ripened, and with a high germinating power. 



The chemical composition of Hungarian wheat bran, I. Weiseb {KiserJet. 

 Kiklcm., I't {1911). No. 4, pp. 581-5SS). — Analyses of bran from 40 varieties 

 of Hungarian wheat gave the following averages: Fine bran, water 13, protein 

 15.3, fat 4.5, fiber 9.45, nitrogen-free extract 51.77, and ash 5.98 per cent; 

 coarse bran, water 13, protein 15.5, fat 3.6, fiber 8.91, nitrogen-free extract 52.21, 

 and ash 6.78 per cent. 



The feeding value of niger cake, Hansen {Mitt. Deut. Landiv. Gesell., 26 

 {1911), Nos. 29, pp. 396-399; 30, pp. Jfl2-41h' 31, pp. Jf25, 7/26*).— An analysis 

 of niger cake, which is the residue after pressing the oil from the seeds of 

 Guizotia oleifera, is reported as follows: Dry matter 89.24, crude protein 31, 

 pure protein 30.25, fat 3.15, nitrogen-free extract 29.83, fiber 14.65, and ash 

 10.61 per cent, of which there is digestible protein 24.8, fat 2.52, and carbo- 

 hydrates and fiber 27.52 per cent. 



The cake was contrasted with sunflower cake in feeding tests with milch 

 cows and fattening wethers. The average yield of milk from 10 cows during 

 the sunflower cake period was 18.51 kg. per head and day, containing 2.78 per 

 cent of fat. In the niger cake period the corresponding figures were 18.23 kg. 

 of milk and 2.7 per cent of fat. The basal ration consisted of fodder beets, 

 clover, oat straw, peanut cake, and palm-nut molasses. In the test with sheep 

 the average daily gain per head and day with the sunflower cake ration was 

 0.172 kg., and with the niger cake ration 0.174 kg., the basal ration being in 

 this case hay, fodder beets, and palm-nut molasses. 



From these tests it would appear that the niger cake is about equal in 

 feeding value to the sunflower cake, although containing somewhat less pro- 

 tein and fat. It is recommended by the author as an economical feed when 

 it costs 10 marks per 100 kg. if fed to cows and sheep at the rate of about 

 i kg. per head and day per 100 kg. live weight. 



Studies on the domesticated animals of the Mediterranean islands, C. 

 Keller {Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Gesell, 46 {1911), pt. 2, pp. 105-187, 

 pis. S, figs. 20). — ^An anatomical study of the domesticated animals on Samos, 

 Crete, Cyclades, Sicily, Sardinia, and Baleares islands, together with a discus- 

 sion of the origin of the domesticated animals of Europe. 



On the races and breeds of cattle, M. Neumann {Sticdien ilber die geschicht- 

 liche Entivickelung der Einteilung dcr Kinder in Rassen und Vorschldge zu 

 einer synoptischen Uebersicht der Rinderrassen Europas. Inaug. Diss., Univ. 

 Bern, 1910, pp. 48). — A new classification of European breeds of cattle is pre- 

 sented, though it is based largely on the classifications of other authors. 



Annual report of the general manager of the Naivasha stock farm for 

 the year 1909-10, J. K. Hill (Dept. Agr. Brit. East Africa Ann. Rpt. 1909-10, 

 pp. 111-116). — A report of the success attendant upon the importation of Eng- 



