74 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



"If skim milk is iiol ;U buiul, the licst sulisliUite for it seems to be third- 

 grade dried skim milk powder. The average gains made in this experiment 

 were not so large as with the skim milk, but were good. A calf fed on this 

 food should reach a weight of 250 to 200 lbs. at 5 months of age, making an 

 average gain of 1.25 lbs. per day at a cost of less than 0.5 cts. per pound. 



"A tablespoonful of soluble blood m<>al mixed with each feed served to keep 

 the bowels of the calves in l:»etter condition, and since it is conii)arative].v inex- 

 pensive a wider use of it might be prolital)le." 



Indian cattle in Jamaica, B. S. (Jossprr (Bui. Dcpt. Agr. Jamaica, n. scr., 1 

 (1909), Xo. 2, pp. 102-1 1. i, pis. Jf). — The Mysore, (Jugerat, Gir, and Hissar breeds 

 of cattle imported from India are described. All 4 l)reeds appear to be well 

 adapted to the island conditions. The Mysore is an excellent draft animal and 

 is used in place of mules to transport bananas to shipping places. The Gir 

 breed is a good dairy breed, but the Hissar appears to be the most useful of all 

 the humped breeds of Indian cattle which so far have been imported, as it is a 

 general purpose animal. 



Second annual report of the American Bison Society, 1908-9 (Ann. Rpt. 

 Amer. Bison Noc, 2 ( 1'.I08~D), pp. 85, pi. I, figs. 21). — This report includes an ac- 

 count of measures which have been taken to preserve the American bison, and 

 contains descriptions of some of the herds of pure-bred bison and bison crosses 

 with cattle. 



Farm management with sheep, F. W. Wilson {Arizona Sta. Bui. 60, pp. 

 J{^2-451, figs. 3). — This contains information for the practical man on the pas- 

 turing, feeding, and general management of sheep. 



Hog raising' in the South, S. A. Knapp ( U. 8. Dept. Agr., Office »S'ec. Circ. 30, 

 pp. 8, fig. 1). — This circular was written to show how hog raising in the South 

 may be made one of the most profitable lines of animal husbandry, and sum- 

 marizes data for the most part previously noted (E. S. R., 14, p. 480; 19, p. 

 1170; 20, p. 509). 



" The best way to make hog raising profitable in the South is to graze the 

 hogs upon pasture preiiared especially for them, supplementing the green food 

 by the addition of a small grain ration. Upon this i)lan hogs can be raised at 

 an average cost of 1* to 8 cts. a pound, depending mainly upon the management 

 of the sows and pigs and upon an economic plan of fattening." 



Details are given of a cropping plan for economical pork itroductiou. Because 

 of the instability of the weather at killing time large losses would be pre- 

 vented if every market town in the South had an abattoir, sheds for holding 

 hogs, a refrigerating plant, and rooms for curing hams, shoulders, and bacon. 



Raising' hogs in Colorado, H. M. Cottrell (Colorado Sta. Bui. I'/G. pp. 3-32, 

 figs. 7, ilg)ii. I). — This is a popular summary of information on hog raising 

 under Colorado conditions. 



The feeds sjiecially recommended are barley, field peas, alfalfa i>asture. and 

 milo maize. " Barley, under irrigation, costs less an acre to raise than corn in 

 the Mississippi Valley States, and will produce more pork. From 500 to 1.000 

 lbs. of gain can be put on hogs during the season from an acre of alfalfa 

 pasture. It costs, including the rent of the land, from $3 to $0 an acre to raise 

 field peas, and feeders estimate that an acre of good peas, when pastured off, 

 will put 400 lbs. of gain on hogs." 



The plants recommended for hog pasture are alfalfa, dwarf Essex rape, rye, 

 winter wheat, sorghum, and sweet clover. Methods of feeding and manage- 

 ment and finishing for market are described. 



" One hundred thousand hogs are needed each month in Denver territory to 

 supply the demand for pork and pork products. 



