ANIMAL PEODUCTION. 



775 



rated and pastured on rape. On January 1 they were divided up as to breeds 

 and fed until April 1 all they would eat of a mixture of 100 lbs. shelled corn, 

 100 lbs. oats, and 25 lbs. oil meal, with prairie hay. They were then shipped to 

 Chicago and sold on their merits. The dressed weight percentage of each lot 

 for the last 3 years of the experiment averaged as follows: Cotswold grades 

 52.4; Hampshire 53.4; Oxford 52.9; Southdown 53.1; Shropshire 53.2; and 

 Rambouillet 54.2. 



The lambs were sheared 2 weeks before marketing and the clip was shipped 

 to Chicago, graded, and sold on its merits. The average yield in pounds of wool 

 by breeds per head for the 6 years was for the Cotswold grades 7.9, Hampshire 

 6.7, Oxford 6.8, Southdown 5.6, Shropshire 6.4, and Rambouillet 7. 



The number of lambs fed, the daily gains, amount of concentrates per pound 

 gain, and value of wool per head are given in the following table : 



Results in hrccding sheep for toool and mutton. 



Descriptive notes are given of each of the breeds represented. The death of 

 10 ewes during the winter of 1910 was attributed by the A-eterinarian of the 

 station to lack of exercise and the long period of dry feeding. Notes by E. L. 

 Moore of the station on the symptoms, treatment, and precautions to be used 

 against tapeworms in sheep have been noted from another source (E. S. E-., 

 15, p. 87). 



The native breeds of swine in Croatia and Slavonia, Ulmanskt {Wiener 

 Lnndw. Ztg., 61 (1911), Xo. 52, pp. 596, 597, figs. 3). — A description of the char- 

 acteristics of the 3 principal native types of swine, (1) the Siska, (2) the 

 Syrmie-Mangalica, and (3) the Turopolje. A brief account of the methods of 

 swine breeding in Croatia and Slavonia is also given. 



Cotton-seed meal feeding experiments with, mules and horses, R. S. Cuetis 

 (North Carolina ySta. Bui. 215, pp. 153-169). — The object of these experiments 

 was to determine the possibility of using cotton-seed meal successfully in rations 

 for work animals, the form and combination in which it may best be fed, and 

 the harmful effects, if any, resulting from its use. The concentrated feeds used 

 were corn on the ear, shelled, and in the form of corn-and-cob meal, cotton-seed 

 meal, and wheat bran. The roughage was mainly corn stover though at times 

 oat hay, pea-vine hay, and mixed hay were fed. In calculating the financial 

 statements the following prices per ton were used : Ear corn $20, shelled corn 

 $25, corn-and-cob meal $20, cotton-seed meal $30, wheat bran $30. 



In a preliminary test cotton-seed meal was fed as a supplementary feed to 

 ear corn in quantities up to 1^ lbs. daily to mules. The animals relished the 

 cotton-seed meal only fairly well and its use in this manner is not recommended. 



Five mules were fed shelled corn and cotton-seed meal for 6 months. The 

 amount of cotton-seed meal consumed per mule during this period varied from 

 111.6 to 295.7 lbs. One mule was fed shelled corn only as a check. The mules 

 performed as nearly the same amount of work daily as practicable. In each 



