176 EXPERIMENT STATION HECOBD, 



Fattening turkeys (Landw. Umschau, 1910, No. U, p. 1087; abs. in Internat. 

 hist. Agr. [Romc'\, Bui. Bur. Agr. Intel. <md Plant Diseases, 1910, No. 2, p. 

 S19). — Methods of fattening turkeys in Germany are described, as comprising, 

 " in the morning, barley meal, slightly cooked wheat bran, maize which has 

 been soaked in water, and boile<l i)otatoes; at midday and in the evening, wheat 

 and oats. Oats are considered excellent food. The birds are allowed free 

 pasturage." 



DAIRY FARMING— DAIRYING. 



Dairying, G. Fascetti (Caseificio. Milan, 1910, pp, 543; ahs. in Internat. 

 Inst. Agr. [Rome], Bui. Bur. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 1910, Nov., p. 

 126). — A general treatise on the dairy industry in Italy. 



Trial of soy-bean cake, J. Mackintosh and W. Goodwin {Jour. Southeast. 

 Agr. Col. Wye, 1909, No. 18, pp. 225-230). — Soy-bean cake was found to be a 

 palatable food for milch cows, and when fed to the extent of 3 pounds per 

 head per day in connection with other foods it had no noticeable effect on the 

 quantity or quality of the milk produced or on the flavor, color, or consistency 

 of the butter. 



The liome of the large red dairy breed of north Schleswig, R. Geobgs 

 (Dcut. Landw. Tierzucht. 15 {1911), No. 12, pp. 137-1.>,2, figs. 8).— A general 

 and statistical article, which treats of this breed and methods of breeding, feed- 

 ing and management, and gives data on milk production. 



The cross breeding of dairy sheep, G. Saint-Hilaire {FStil. Dir. Agr., Conu 

 et Colon. [Tunis], I'f {1910), No. 55, pp. 170, 171; abs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. 

 [Rome], Bui. Bur. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 1910, Nov., p. 123). — An ac- 

 count of the dairy sheep in Tunis. 



The Sardinian sheep is the most popular breed, but a year after exportation 

 the milk flow decreases, and they are no longer i-emunerative. By crossing with 

 the Barbary sheep a breed is obtained which maintains a better flow of milk 

 and which is superior to the imported sheep in the yield of wool and meat, the 

 cross producing 2 kg. of wool per year, and from 18 to 20 kg. of meat. 



The action of infundibulin upon the mammary secretion, I. Ott and J. C. 

 Scott {Proa. 8oc. Expt. Biol, and Med., 8 {1910), No. 2, pp. 48, ^9).— In the 

 case of a goat infundibulin (the active principle of the posterior part of the 

 hypophysis), when injected into the vein of the ear, rapidly and greatly in- 

 creased the secretion of milk in the early nursing period. 



The galactagogue action of the thymus and corpus luteum, I. Ott and J. C. 

 ScoTT {Proc. Soc. Expt. Biol and Med., 8 {1910), No. 2, p. //9 ) .—"In, experi- 

 ments upon the goat with the glands containing internal secretions, we have 

 found the cori^us luteum, pineal body and thymus increased the quantity of 

 milk fourfold in 5 minutes. The ovary minus corpus luteum had no effect. 

 Infundibulin is still the most powerful galactagogue, increasing the secretion 

 of milk one-hundredfold. The amount of butter fat was about the same in the 

 augmented secretion by thymus, corpus luteum, and infundibulin, but occa- 

 sionally it was increased." 



Investigations on the colostral milk of the cow, the goat, and the sheep, 

 E. Weber (Milclvw. Zentbh, 6 {1910), Nos. 10, pp. .'f33-J,-',9 ; 11, pp. J, 81- ',92 ; 12, 

 pp. 543-563). — The literature on the sub.lect is reviewed, and the author pre- 

 sents a large amount of data obtained from his own investigations on the phys- 

 ical and chemical properties of colostrum. 



A bibliography of 164 titles is appended. 



Studies on sheep's milk, A. Burr and F. M. Berberich {Milch. Ztg., 39 

 {1910), No. 52, pp. 613-617; 40 {1911), Nos. 10, pp. 95-97; 11, pp. 105-107; 12, 



