764 



EXPERIMENT STATION EECOKD. 



iug stuits under considerutiou was calculated in the usual way. The average 

 coefficients of digestibility follow: 



l>i(/c.sl ihi/il 1/ (if hiirUil hii-products — l',.riiciiiii<nts iiiUi shccit. 



Barley feed meal 



Barley bran 



Barlev hull feed. 



Dry mat- 

 ter. 



Per ef. 

 90.7 

 76.7 

 67.4 



Per ct. 

 T2.2 

 84.6 

 88.7 



Nitrogen- 

 free ex- 

 tract. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Per ct. 

 37.5 

 87.2 

 97.6 



Per ct. 

 99.3 

 86.0 

 73.1 



20.3 

 31.2 



The Arab horse, S. Borden (Netv York: Doiihlcdaii, Page d- Co., IDOG. pii. 

 XX-\-lOJf, pin. ,iJj). — In his summary and discussion of data regarding Arab 

 horses, the author has considered the early history of these horses, Arab horses 

 outside of Arabia. Arab horses in America, and related <iuestions. 



A report on the horse-breeding industi'y of Wisconsin, A. S. Alexander 

 (Wlscoii.^iii Sta. Bah l.'/l, pi). 162, figs. 39). — The present condition of the horse- 

 breeding industry is discussed as well as the effects and defects of the Wiscon- 

 sin stallion hiw. The State law is quoted, with recommendations for new legis- 

 lation. A directory is included of owners of licensed stallions, and a list of 

 American and foreign stud books, as well as samples of the score cards used in 

 the department of horse breeding at the Wisconsin College of Agriculture. 



I^he State breeding-stock law, in the author's opinion, should be revised and 

 should demand, among other things, the annual or biennial renewal of a license 

 fee, and the adoption of a list of diseases to be considered " hereditary, trans- 

 missible, or communicable" and which would subject a stallion to rejection as 

 unsound. Specific authority shoiild be given for the department of horse breed- 

 ing to refuse license to stallions known to be unsound and to revoke licenses 

 granted to stallions since found to be unsound. There should also be authority 

 to revoke the license of " scrub " stallions of "unknown breeding " and to refuse 

 licenses to such horses in the future. The law should provide for State veter- 

 inary inspectors to inspect public service stallions and require State veterinary 

 inspection of all stallions already granted licenses on the affidavit of the owner. 



The use of artichokes as a feeding stuff for work horses, Magen {Soc. 

 Aliment. Ratlonn. Betail, Compte Rendu 10. Cong., 1906, pp. 87, 88). — Having 

 noted that the peasants in southern France are in the habit of feeding Jerusa- 

 lem artichoke tubers to work horses the author studied the feeding value of 

 this material and obtained satisfactory results with a number of draft animals. 

 In his opinion not over 12 liters of chopped artichokes should be fed. The 

 artichokes were mixed with crushed grain and 10 to 15 liters of chopped hay 

 which absorbs the moisture. 



According to the author, when artichokes were thus substituted for barley 

 or oats for 100 days no unfavorable results were noted. The ration is recom- 

 mended as being very economical, both on account of the small value of the 

 land on which the artichokes are grown and the ease with which the plant may 

 be cultivated. 



An approximate law of fatigue in the speeds of racing animals, A. E. 

 Kennelly {Proe. Amer. Acad. Art.<s and Scl.. '/I (1906), No. 15, pp. 275-331, flgfi. 

 15). — As the author points out, an athlete, whose limit of racing speed is 100 

 yds. in 10 .seconds, that is, who is physically exhausted by such an effort, can 

 not run 200 yds. in 20 seconds. The fastest rate which can be maintained in 

 order to complete the longer run, that is, which will just produce exhaustion at 

 the end of the 200 yds., is obviously lower, and it is this value which the author 

 has sought to determine by a study of various national and international racing 



