ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 871 



[Analyses of feeding stuffs] (Ber. Agr. Cheni. Kontroll u. Vers. t?tat. 

 Pflanzcnkmnk. Prov. Suchsen, 1910, pp. 22-38, Jf5-58). — Analyses are reported 

 of cotton-seed meal, peanut meal, coconut meal, linseed meal, poppy-seed meal, 

 palm-nut meal, rape-seed meal, sesame-oil meal, sunflower meal, rice meal, rye 

 bran, wheat bran, distillery slop, brewers' grains, malt germ, homco, maize 

 product, molasses feeds, blood meal, fish meal, meat meal, peanut bran, fodder 

 beets, potato tops, potato flakes, potato chips, millet bran, millet polish meal, 

 dried beet leaves, seed beet straw, soy-bean meal, mixed feeds, barley, oats, 

 lupines, rj^e, wheat, hay, and by-products from the manufacture of starch. 

 Botanical analyses were made of many of these feeding stuffs in order to 

 determine the admixture of weeds and other foreign substances. 



Analyses of feeding stuffs, H. Immendorff {Ber. Landw. Vers. Stat. Univ. 

 Jena, 1910, pp. 11-lJf). — Analyses are reported of cotton-seed meal, peanut-cake 

 meal, palm nut-cake meal, linseed meal, rice meal, dried brewers' grains, and 

 sesame cake. 



Preservation of beet pulp by the lactic ferment, L. Malpeaux (Betterave, 

 20 (I!) 10), yo. .516, pp. 3'i0-.3'ij; ahs. in .four. Sac. Cheiii. IiuIks., 30 (1911). 

 No. 15, pp. 971, 972). — When beet cossettes were inoculated with " lacto-pulp " 

 it was found that there was but little difference in the composition from the 

 uninoculated, there being only a slight loss in the amoimt of dry substance. 

 The cellulose, carbohydrate, nitrogen, and ash content all decreased. The dis- 

 ngi'eeable odor sometimes given off by beet silage was suppressed by inoculation. 

 Whou fed to lambs the preserved pulp gave satisfactory results. 



Digestion experiments with bananas, M. Zagorodsky (Tropenpflanzer, 

 BcHicfte, 12 (1911), No. J/, pp. 327-3Jtl). — A report of digestion experiments 

 conducted by Honcamp with 2 sheep, in which the basal ration consisted of 

 clover hay and soy-bean meal. 



The average coefficients of digestion were as follows : With banana meal, 

 organic substance 75.9, dry matter 76.3, fat 100, and nitrogen-free extract 84.7 ; 

 with banana peel meal, organic substance GG.9, dry matter 68.8, protein 34.1, 

 fiber 22.1, fat 40.5, and nitrogen-free extract SO.l. Analyses are also given. 



Report of work at Kodiak live stock and breeding station, M, D. Snod- 

 GRAss (Alaska iitas. Rpt. 1910, pp. 63-65, pi. 1). — An account of progress made 

 at the station in a study of the conditions affecting the rearing of live stock in 

 Alaska along the lines noted in previous years. 



The station herd of cattle at the time of the report consisted of 59 head of 

 pure-bred Galloways and 10 cross,-bred Galloway-Natives. During the year 40 

 head of Alaska-born grade ewes were purchased. They are a mixture of Cots- 

 wold, Shropshire, and other black-faced sheep, coming originally from the range 

 sheep of the Northwest States and have proved well adapted to the climate. 

 They are larger and longer wooled than is usually found on the ranges, and a 

 more hardy sheep. The ewes sheared from 5 to 12 lbs. of wool per head, an 

 average of 7.4 lbs. per head. The wool was of good quality and much cleaner 

 than that from the ranges in the States, being practically free from sand and 

 dirt. The sheep range for 11 months of the year and require very little feeding 

 and shelter, except during the heaviest snowstorms. 



Notes on hay making and the putting up of silage are also given. 



The present and future of stock raising in Algeria, R. Mares (Bui. Agr. 

 AlgMe et Tunisie, 17 (1911), No. 5, pp. 101-116; ahs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. 

 \Rome], Bui. Bur. Agr. Intel and Plant Diseases, 2 (1911), No. J,, pp. 902, 

 903). — ^A general and statistical account. The breeds of live stock are briefly 

 described. 



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