372 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD, 



annuiil report, coiiliiiniiii? infoniinlioii \vhi<-li iiiclu(l(>s a review of the live stock 

 market In 190J), meat prices at home and abroad, the foreign trade in animals 

 and animal products, federal meat inspection, and data as to the number of 

 live stocli registered in the United States, certified pedigree record associations, 

 national and state stock breeders' associations, legal standards for dairy prod- 

 ucts, contagious diseases of animals in foreign countries, and a list of state 

 live stock sanitary officers. 



Information for importers of animals for breeding purposes, G. A. Bell 

 (C7. S. Dcpt. Agr., Bur. Anim. Indus. Circ. 177, 2W- 3). — This contains details of 

 the procedure and requirements under the law and the regulations providing 

 for the importation of animals free of duty for breeding purposes, including 

 the text of that portion of the tariff act of August 5, 1909, relating thereto. 



Minutes of evidence taken before the departmental committee on agricul- 

 ture and live stock, Scotland {Edinhnrgli: Govt., IDll, pp. 133). — This re- 

 ports the evidence obtained by a committee of inquiry appointed by the secre- 

 tary of Scotland to inquire and report upon what has been done in the past for 

 the improvement of live stock and agriculture in the congested areas, and to 

 find out what remedies, if any, can be applied to improve the live stock condi- 

 tions. 



British breeds of live stock (London: Govt., 1910, pp. 137, pis. 45). — The 

 characteristics of all breeds of live stock, including poultry, common to the 

 British Isles are described. A list of breeding societies, with average prices 

 and places of sale of animals of each breed, is appended. 



Cattle raising in Russia, P. A. Pakhomov (Ezheg. Dept. Zeml. [Russia'\, 

 SO (1909), pp. 426-458, pis. 4)- — The present state of cattle raising in Russia 

 is considered from an economic jKtint of view. Measures for improving the 

 stock and methods of feeding and management are discussed. 



Feeding experiments with, cattle and sheep, 1907-1910, D. A. Gilchrist 

 (County Northumh., Ed. Com., Bui. 15, pp. 33). — This is a summary of feeding 

 tests which have been previously noted from various sources. 



Improvement of hill pasture as determined by the effect on stock, J. 

 Hendrick (Trans. Highland and Agr. Sac. Scot., 5. ser., 23 (1911), pp. 190-216). — 

 This is the third and final report of a series of experiments on improving poor 

 hill pasture by the application of manures and by feeding cake to cattle and 

 sheep, which were begun in 1901 and continued for 10 years. The 4 experiments 

 in the west of Scotland were discontinued at the end of the seventh season. 

 The three localities, Sunderland Hall, Boon, and Naemoor, in the east of Scot- 

 land, differed from one another markedly in soil and situation, but gave results 

 which agree in the main points. In certain respects the results were dissimilar 

 to those reported by Somerville (E. S. R., 25, p. 75), but this was to be expected 

 as the soils and conditions are dissimilar. 



The main result with these experiments is to support the view that the 

 chemical constituent most needed by such poor pastures is phosphate in a basic 

 form combined with an excess of lime, but the extraordinary results obtained 

 with slag at Cockle Park were not obtained. 



"The lime-phosphatic manures — (a) basic slag and (b) superphosphate ap- 

 plied along with lime — have in every case effected a marked and long-continued 

 improvement on the poor pastures to which they were applied. Basic slag ap- 

 plied alone has on the whole given the best return of all the manures. Potash 

 used along with basic slag has not generally paid its way. Even in the case of 

 basic slag, on an average 3 or 4 years elapsed before sufiicient result was ob- 

 tained to pay for the slag. . . . Though a dressing of superphosphate and lime 

 effected a considerable improvement, it did not pay so well as basic slag. The 

 original cost of the dressing was greater, and on the average the return obtained 



