ANIMAL PRODUCTION". 75 



and limed moorland meadows. The average daily gains ranged between 1.93 

 and 2.47 kg. ]ier lieetnro (1.7 to 2.2 Ih.^. i)or acre). 



Utilization of skim, milk as feed for calves. — Summary of experiments 

 carried out on 60 calves, A. Pikocchi {Ann. 1st. Agr. [Milan], 11 (1912-13), 

 pp. 9-19, figs. 3; Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, and Plant 

 Diseases, 4 {1913), No. 8, pp. 1157-1164, pi. 1, fig. 1).—As the result of feeding 

 trials with 60 calves it is concluded that skim milk mixed with oleomargarine 

 and starch treated with diastasolin (a saccharifying substance extracted from 

 malt) or with levulin ( a distillery product having the power of transforming 

 starch into dextrin) may be advantageously employed as feed for calves 

 destined for the butcher. 



The jerked beef industry in Argentina, J. E. Richelet {Bol. Min. Agr. 

 [Buenos Aires], IJj. {1912), No. 9, pp. 986-1029; abs. iti Internat. Inst. Agr. 

 [Rome], Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, -J {1913), No. i, pp. 643-645). — 

 It is stated that in 1911 12,975 tons of jerked or salted meat were exportetl from 

 Argentina. While the industry has been injured by the rise of the cold 

 stored meat trade it is thought that there is yet a considerable field for it, 

 especially in Brazil, where a large portion of the beef consumed consists of the 

 jerked product. The method of preparing jerked beef consists in passing the 

 flesh from the quarters, neck,, and ribs through one or more vats of brine. It 

 is then stacked with salt in heaps about 10 ft. high. The stacks are undone 

 every day, the meat is hung in the sun for 7 or 8 hours, and the stacks are re- 

 made in reverse order. The process lasts from 12 days to a month according 

 to the weather. 



Primitive breeds of sheep and their crosses {Pastoral Rev., 24 {1914), No. 1, 

 pp. 49, 50, figs. 3). — An account of the crossing of black ewes of Welsh origin, 

 Exmoor-bred Cheviots, and Scotch black-faced ewes with a ram from the island 

 of Soay. It is the purpose of these experiments to furnish information on 

 the problems of the inheritance of color and born reversion, and on the influence 

 of environment on the wool, constitution, and fertility of sheep generally. Illus- 

 trations are given' of a Manx ram, a representative of a breed that exists in 

 small numbers in the Isle of Man and described as the smallest of breeds ; of 

 the Hebridean sheep, originally introduced from Norway; and the Piebald 

 sheep, a breed which has been lost in antiquity. 



Breeds of sheep for the farm, F. R. Makshaix {U. 8. Dept. Agr., Farmers' 

 Bui. 576 {1914), pp. 16, figs. 10). — This discusses the breed characteristics and 

 utility value of the various breeds of middle-wooled and long-wooled sheep. 



Mutton, T. G. Pateeson {Univ. Minn., Dept. Agr. Ext. Bui. 45, pp. 16, figs. 

 27). — This is a popular bulletin treating of the dressing and preparation of 

 mutton for market and table purposes. 



The Angora goat, L. L. Heller (U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers'" Bill. 573 {1914), 

 pp. 16, figs. 6). — ^This treats of the advantages, origin, distribution, breed char- 

 acteristics, utility value, feed, care, and management of Angora goats, and the 

 value and use of mohair. A score card for Angora goats is included. 



The utilization of skim milk and potatoes by feeding to pigs, Hansen 

 {Mitt. Ver. Deut. Schweineziichter, 20 {1913), No. 13, pp. 264-268; abs. in 

 Internat. Inst. Agr. [Ro^ne], Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 4 {1913), 

 No. 8, pp. 1264, 1265). — German pig-feeding methods are discussed, in which 

 10-week-old pigs are given a feed composed of barley, meat, and fish meal, equal 

 parts. At the age of from 20 to 24 weeks they reach a weight of 237 to 242 

 lbs., having made a daily gain of about 1.32 lbs. The feeding of skim milk 

 and potatoes to hogs is shown to be a profitable method for pork production. 



Advertising stallions and jacks under the Indiana stallion enrollment 

 law, D. O. Thompson {Indiana Sta. Circ. 43 {1914), PP- 8).— This circular 



