670 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Composition of Indian feeding' stuffs, M. (Jkk.siioff (liiil. Kolon. Miifi. Haar- 

 lem, JHOi), Xo. !i.l. \p. ..^671, folio). — Analyses of whcnt. outs. rye. lupines, and 

 other feeding stuffs of the Dutch East Indies are reporttvl. 



Desiccation of potatoes, T. H. Norton {Daily Cons, and Trade Ji/jls. [V. S.], 

 1910, No. 3716, pp. 1-3). — An account is given of a new process used in Ger- 

 many for drying potatoes and making them into a meal to be used for a feed- 

 ing stuff. The plant reciuired for the treatment of lO.OOn tons of t)otatoe8 dur- 

 ing a sea.son of about 8 months cost from iflS.fMX) to $lD.nnn. The total cost of 

 preiuu'ing unpressed i)otato meal by this method is nl)out 50 cts. per long ton 

 of tubers, and the additional cost for pressing into cakes is 12 cts. per ton. 

 About 3.8 tons of raw potatoes yield 1 ton of the desiccated product. 



Concerning feeding' rice, W. R. Dodson (Tai. Planter, //// (1910). \o. 6, p. 

 92). — A discussion of the value of rice as a feeding stuff. The author esti- 

 mates that 1 lb. of rice without the hulls is worth about as much as H lbs. of 

 corn. Under favoraI)le conditions it is thought tliat rice ought to return 

 j.l)out $2 a barrel when fed to steers. 



Silos and silage (Dept. Agr. N. /S'. Wales, Farme7:s' Bnl. 6'. pp. 7.9, pl.'i. 3, 

 fifjs. 76). — A bulletin of practical information on the construction of tub, 

 hillside, and pit silos and on the cultivation and harvesting of ensilage crops 

 adapted to Australian conditions. Directions are also given for making stack 

 silage. 



Commercial feeding stuffs, E. H. Jenkins and J. P. Street (Connecticut 

 State Sta. Rpt. 1909-10, pt. 3, pp. 281-322). — This report contains an interpre- 

 tation of the state feeding stuffs law and rei)orts analyses of over 200 samples 

 of feeds which include cotton-seed and linseed meals, wheat, maize, rye, barley, 

 and buckwheat by-products, distillers' and brewers' grains, and many pro- 

 jirietary and condimental feeds. 



Report of commercial feed stuffs, J. E. Halligan (Louisiana Stas. Feed 

 Stuffs Rpt. 1908-9, pp. 198). — Analyses are reported of 10,()72 samples of cot- 

 ton-seed meal, cotton-seed feed, wheat and rice by-products, corn chop, hominy 

 feeds, brewers' grains, alfalfa meal, and molasses and other mixed feeds. 



The inspection and analysis of commercial feeding stuffs (Mississippi Sta. 

 Bui. 125, pp. 3-27). — Analyses are reported of about oOO samples of corn chop, 

 wheat and rice by-products, red dog flour, and molasses and other mixed feeds. 



[Feeding stuffs analyses], T." E. Keitt (South Carolina Sta. Rpt. 1909, pp. 

 2'i, 25). — Analyses are reported of cotton-seed meal, wheat bran, mixed bran, 

 corn meal, and corn silage. 



Feeding stuffs inspection: Concerning commercial feeding stuffs, J. L. 

 Hills, C. H. Jones, and P. A. Benedict (Vermont Sta. Bui. llfli, pp. S-JfS). — 

 This bulletin discusses in a general way the composition of feeds and the formu- 

 lation of grain rations. Analyses are also reported of cotton-seed, linseed, and 

 alfalfa meals, red dog flour, cotton-seed, gluten, corn, oat, flax and molasses 

 feeds, distillers' and brewers' grains, and proprietary and mixed feeds. 



" Certain feeds while meeting guaranties are deemed to be ill-advised 

 purchases for the reasons stated : 



" Molasses feeds as a class ; because of the likelihood that living weed seeds 

 are used ; because of the inferior nature of the absorbents used ; because at 

 ruling prices the digestible nutrients are relatively costly. 



"Flax feeds; because of the presence of weed seeds, either ground or un- 

 ground ; because of unknown feeding values; and because poisonous seeds may 

 occur therein. 



"Cotton-seed feeds; because it is unnecessary to import cotton-seed hulls 

 which have a low food value. 



