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ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Treatise on zootechny.— I, General zootechny, 1'. Dechambre (Traitc de 

 Zootechnic. — /, Zootechnie G^neralc. Paris, 1911, 2. ed., rev., pp. XI+i27, 

 figs. 7). — A new and revised edition of a treatise of general interest to animal 

 liusbandmen. The principal topics treated are growth, reproduction, production 

 of meat milk, and wool, variation, heredity, and the improvement of animals by- 

 breeding. 



Zootechnical associations in Italy and foreig'n countries (Ann. Agr. \ftn1ii\, 

 1911, No. 267, PI). CXXII+.',21).— The organization of live-stock associations in 

 Italy is described in detail. The principal associations of other countries are 

 briefly described. 



[Analyses of feeding' stuffs], R. B. Rose and E. P. Greene (Fhi. Quart. Bui. 

 Dcpt. Agr., 22 {1912), No. 1, pp. 72-9// ) .—Analyses are reported of wheat, 

 cotton-seed meal, molasses feeds. East Coast grass, ground clover, royal palm 

 seed, wheat bran, wheat middlings, ship stuff, gluten feed, alfalfa meal, rice 

 flour, and proprietary mixed feeds. 



Molasses and molasses feeds, J. E. IIalligan (Ainer. //«//, Flour, and Feed 

 Jour., 20 (1912), No. 5, pp. 17-20). — A summary of information on the value of 

 molasses feeds for live stock, including an account of the chemical nature of 

 the materials used and a compilation of analyses of molasses and molasses 

 feeds. 



The lime and phosphorus content and nutritive value of hay and straw, 

 H. Neubauer and G. Hilukowitz (Landw. Ztschr. Rlieinprovinz, 13 (1912), No. 

 8, pp. Ill, 112). — Percentages of lime and phosphorus in meadow hay, alfalfa, 

 oat straw, wheat straw, rye straw, and barley straw are reported. 



On the question whether dextrose arises from, cellulose in digestion, G. 

 LusK (Amer. Jour. Physiol., 27 (1911), No. 5, pp. J,67, //6S).— In both the dog 

 and cat the ingestion of cellulose did not increase the sugar content of urine 

 when the animals were phlorhizinized. 



The chemical and physiological examination of the liver of oxen, A. 

 Daniel-Brunet and C. Rolland (Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. [Paris], 153 (1911), 

 No. 19, pp. 900-902; aJ)S. in Jour. Chcm. Hoc. [London], 100 (1911), No. 590, II, 

 p. 1111). — "The livers of the animals gave water 689 to 755.2; ash free from 

 carbon, 16.2 to 20.49 ; glycogen. 28.8 to 83.4 ; carbamid. 0.615 to 0.683 ; PzQ^, 2.9 

 to 3.48; chlorids (as NaCl), 1.95 to 2.86. The figures represent parts per 1.000 

 of fresh substance. . . . The bile of oxen gave the following analytical results, 

 stated to be more complete than any hitherto published. The weights are in 

 grams per kilogram of fresh material. The amount of bile from one animal 

 varied from 395 to 630 cc. It had D" 1.024 to 1.027, and gave an extract, dried 

 in a vacuum, of 90.3 to 90.5; dried at 100°, 88.5 to 92.5; at 110°, 86.8 to 89.6. 

 Ash, 12.5 to 14.3; chlorids (as NaCl), 2.38 to 2.68; P,0,, 1.31 to 1.58; Fe, 0.016 

 to O.OIS. Nitrogen, 2.3 to 2.5; fat, 27.8 to 28.8; bile salts (sodium glycocholate 

 and taurocholate), 15.3 to 15.8; nucleoprotein, 1.15 to 2.25; lipoids, 1.1 to 2.13. 

 The latter contained cholesterol, 0.41 to 0.813. with lecithin and neutral soaps 

 0.69 to 1.317." 



Cattle feeding and soil improvement (Breeder's Gaz.. 61 (1912), No. 9, pp. 

 519, 520, figs. «;).— An editorial on the mixed farming methods practiced in Pike 

 County, 111., where exclusive grain growing has been abandoned for a system of 

 mixed farming and steer raising. The yield of wheat, corn, and clover has 

 increased enormously since the change. 



The Tuxer (Duxer) breed of cattle, TTlmansky (Wiener Landw. Ztg., 62 

 (1912), Nos. IJt, pp. 157-159; 15, pp. 177, 178, figs. 2).— The measurements and 

 characteristics of this breed of cattle are given. 



