72 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



sht'i'i) weighing 49 kg. on a daily ration of (JfHt gni. of hay and 300 gni. of blood 

 broad were dry matter TH.a, nitrogen 00.3, etlier extract 01, and nitrogea-free 

 extract S(;.r> per cent. 



The re.'^piratory exchange in the lungs was estimated by measurements, a 

 detailed report of which is to be published. The resi)iratory quotient obtained 

 was 0.922. According to the computations of the author there was a daily 

 gain of 13.0 gm. protein and 1!).0 gni. fat. 



Heredity, thought, and transcendental memory from the standpoint of 

 the physicist, G. Eichhorn ( Irrrrhinifj, (icddchtiii.s mid Transzrndnitdic Erin- 

 iKiuiKjcn riiiii Siainli)uiiktr f/cs- I'lnjsilccrK. muttgart, 1!)0D, pp. X + 116; rev. 

 in yature [London], 81 (190!)), Xo. 2082, p. 361; Arvli. IJntu:irkl. Mrrh. Orf/an.. 

 27 (1909), Xo. 2, pp. 310-312). — An attemi)t to reconcile the explanation of the 

 jiroperties of organisms manifested as inheritance, thought, and memory with 

 other properties of matter by means of the electron theory. 



On the alleged influence of lecithin upon the determination of sex in 

 rabbits, H. C. Punnett (Proc. Cambridge Phil. Hoc.. 15 (1909), Xo. 2, pp. 92. 

 .'^9).— The author has repeated the experiments of Russo (E. S. R., 21, p. 200). 

 with negative results. In a series of treated does the proportion of males to 

 females was 24 : 23, and in a series of untreated does 54 : 49. 



On the influence of different nutrients on the number of blood corpuscles 

 in herbivorous animals with simple stomachs, J. Ju.st (Zcntbl. PiiysioL. 23 

 (1909), Xo. 12, pp. 319-391). — No appreciable increase of either white or red 

 corpuscles was observed in rabbits during the digestion of sugar, fat, peptone, 

 egg albumen, legumin, or water. These results agree with those previously 

 found in other in\estigatioiis on ruminants. 



On the influence of different feeds on the movement of the gizzard in hens, 

 Mangold and Felldin (Zcntbl. Physiol, 23 (1909), Xo. 9, pp. 302. 303).— This 

 is an abstract of a paper read before the German Physiological Society at 

 (ireifswald. Contractions of the gizzard muscles were more frequent with 

 hard than with soft feeds. The length of the peristole with a feed of potatoes 

 ranged from 20 to 30 seconds, mixed feeds 22 to 2.5 seconds, wheat 18 to 22 

 seconds, and barley 15 to 18 seconds. 



The influence of age on the body temperature of geese and ducks, Loer 

 {Arch. Physiol. [PJiiiger], 128 il909), Xo. 10-12, pp. of)-') -.5 59) .—From 3 to 7 

 months of age the average body temperature of geese was 40.85° C. : from 

 to 12 months, 40.05°; from 2 to 5 years, 40.7 to 40.8°; and at 20 years, 41°. 

 In ducks the average body temperature was as follows: From 1 to 3 months, 

 41.54° ; 3 to 5 months, 41.83° ; months, 42.11° ; 7 to 9 months, 42.15° ; 1 year, 

 41.45° ; 2 years, 41.40° ; and 3 years, 42.45°. 



Loss of live weight in animals during transportation, Herter (Dcut. 

 Landw. Prcssc, 36 (1900), Xo. 78, pp. 829, 830). — This contains data on the 

 loss in weight sustained by animals when sent to market by wagon, railroad, or 

 on foot. 



The animal husbandry of the colony of Eritrea, E. Marchi (Agr. Colon. 

 [Italy], 3 (1909), Xos. 2, pp. 11-111, figs. 33; 3, pp. 1J,9-183. figs. 9; J,, pp. 229- 

 268, figs. 10). — This is a statistical and general account of the animal hus- 

 Ij^ndry, which is the chief occupation of the inhabitants of this Italian colony. 

 According to the census of 1905 the number of live stock in the colony was, 

 camels 40.853, horses, asses and mules 29,789, cattle 250.891. and sheep and 

 goats 730.1.32. 



[Stock breeding in Japan], (\ Shimooka (In Agriciilliirc in .Inpnn. Tokyo: 

 (lort., 1908, pp. 32.'i-338). — Cattle were kept in Japan in prehistoric times and the 

 slaughter of cattle for food and for sacrifice was common until the introduction 

 of Buddhism. The use of milk and butter was kuuwu, but the chief object for 



