ANIMAL PRODUCTION. . 869 



not hot. " Pails should ho riiisod aftor each fet'ding, and especial care should 

 he taken to clean tiie kettle or harrel after each c(H»kin.i; and not allow sour or 

 moldy material to collect ahout the food recei)tacle."' 



" Mixed with other j,'rains. cnll heans may he fe<l to sheep. ;ind iart^'e ((uantities 

 are used in this State for this purpose each year; it is reporled lliat they are 

 used as a food for dairy cows; they are also fed to swine. 



"While tliis work w;is undertaken in an effort to furnisli information to a 

 large nnnd)er of in(iuiring residents of this State, it is not desired to advocate 

 tiie extensive use of I)eans as a swine food, especially in the fattening or finish- 

 ing jieriod. Pork from hogs which liave Ikmmi f.-ittened (piite largely on beans 

 is generally soft nnd kicking in (|uaiily. If .i considerahh' i)ortion of the ])ork 

 pi'oduced in the State w<'re of tliis kind it would lower prices and work serious 

 harm to the swine industi\v. 



" It is generally conceded that bean-fed hogs store iip a fat having a lower 

 melting i)oint, and consecpiently a softer fat. than hogs fed upon many other 

 feeds; and that a considerable portion of the element called tjuality in pork is 

 dependent upon tli(> melting point or character of the fat stored up. In the case 

 of mutton finished niion lieans no sucli criticism has iieen made, probably because 

 there is relatively less fat in tlie circass of the sheep, and its character is not 

 so essential to the <iuality of the meat ;is in the case of the pig." 



Fat pigs, K.\s(jt i.\ (.linir. Sue Af/r. Bnihaiit rt Tlaitinut, 5^ (1907), No. 5, 

 lip. llii-lll). — In a discussion of mai-keting pork, brief reference is made to 

 records t)f data regarding losses in weight and similar topics. In general, the 

 author states that th(> dressed carcass constitutes, on an average, 80 per cent 

 of the live weight and th(> internal organs IT) jter cent. 



The normal temperature of the goat, <i. C ( ". Damant {Jour. I'fn/sioL. ,15 

 ( 1!)0G), No. 1-2, I'loc. Phi/.siol. .S'oc, J!J06. p. V).- — As shown by the average of 

 1!)4 measurements of ivctal temperature made with 17 goats, the mean body 

 temperature iu the morning was .39.75° C. and in the evening 40° C. 



First lessons in poultry keeping, J. H. Robinson (Boston: Fnrm-I'ouUrii 

 I'lih. Co.. IDOa. pp. UiO. fi(/s. 2.9, charts 2, dgms. 5). — A second-year course for 

 the home sttidy of poidtry keeping. Some of the subjects included are duck, 

 goose, and turkey raising, kinds, breeds, and varieties of fowls, eggs and egg 

 production, winter egg production, and poultrymen's organizations. 



Report of poultry division, D. I). Hyde {Nciv Zeal. Dept. Agr. Ann. Rpt., 

 1 'i (1906). pp. 121-l'iO. pgs. 6). — Brief statements are made regarding the 

 year's work of the poultry dejiartment, results of egg-laying competition.-', 

 grading and exporting of jwultry and eggs, the construction of trap nests, egg 

 carriers, and related matters. Data are also given regarding the departmental 

 jioultiy st.-itions. In general, "the returns for the year from the 4 poultry- 

 iireeding stations show an increase in the number of birds and a decrease in 

 the number of eggs sold for breeding purposes." 



Which weighs the most, the egg or the chicken which comes from the egg, 

 ('. A. WiiiTi.\(; (Hill. South. Cal. .Icdtl. Sci., ,j (l!)(Pt). No. ,',. jip. .',!). CO ) . — A fertile 

 egg during the process of incubation lost a little over 20 per cent in weight, 

 while a sterile egg receiving the same treatment lost l.^)..l per cent. Another 

 fertile egg weighing r)2.S42 gm. lost durhig incubation 21.G4 per cent in weight. 

 The chick hatched fr(»m the egg weighed 44.2(»1 gm.. or 2!).(m per cent less than 

 the egg before incubation. A fertile egg violently skaken before incubation 

 to destroy the germ lo.-;t 17 per ci-nt dnring incubation. 



Frog farming, W. K. Meeiian (Pcnn. Dcpt. F/.s-fte/Zr-s- Bui. .',. pp. /./).^For 

 some years the Pennsylvania department of fisheries has been studying various 

 i|uestions itertaining to frog raising ;iml the present bulletin sununarizes data 

 on the subject and may be regarded as a progress report. 



