76 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



explaius the provisions as to advertising stallions and jacks under the Indiana 

 stallion enrollment law. 



Diversified poultry farming, A. L. Clark {New Jersey Stas. Circ. 32, pp. 

 3-16). — This circular discusses the production of winter eggs, broilers, roasting 

 chickens, capons, day-old chicks, eggs for hatching, fall pullets, and breeding 

 stock, including methods of management. 



A new method for the industrial preservation of eggs, M. de Keghel (Rev. 

 Chim. Indus.. 24 (1913), No. 277, pp. 12-18; abs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], 

 Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 4 {1913), No. 4, p. 618). — A coating 

 material for the preservation of eggs is compounded according to the following 

 formula : Peanut oil 14 gm., palm oil 20, coconut oil 16, prepared lard 47, sper- 

 maceti 2, trioxymethylene 1, and powdered thymol 0.05 gm. Before the eggs 

 are coated they should be sterilized with a 0.2 per cent solution of fluorid of 

 silver. 



It is stated that eggs preserved in this way had the same appearance and 

 taste after IS months as fresh eggs. The cost price of the coating material is 

 estimated at 6d. (12 cts.) per 100 eggs, and the total preserving cost at Is. 8d. 

 per 100 eggs. 



Importation of eggs from China, J. E. Olmstead {Cong. Rec., 51 {1914), 

 No. 49, p. 3538). — It is stated that there have recently arrived in the markets of 

 the coast cities large shipments of eggs imported from China. These eggs are 

 being sold a few cents under the price of American eggs and are used largely 

 by restaurants and bakeries. It is claimed that such importations may work 

 hardship on the American producer, and that the Chinese eggs are produced 

 under conditions that render them unfit for human consumption. 



Pigeon raising, Ai-ice Macleod {New York, 1913, pp. 113, figs. 2). — This 

 treats of the feed, care, and management of pigeons for commercial purposes. 



DAIRY FARMING— DAIRYING. 



Making the dairy pay, N. F. Hull {Neiv York, Chicago, and, Springfield, 

 Mass., 1913, pp. 84, pis. 15, figs. 30). — A popular treatise on dairy management. 



Conformation of cows and milk yield, J. Reimers {Abs. in Mitt. Dent. 

 Lajidto. Oescll., 28 {1913), No. 17, pp. 255-257; Jour. Bd. Agr. [Londan], 20 

 (1914), ^0. 10, pp. 906, 907). — In a study made of 300 Friesian cattle from 2i to 

 3 years old to determine the relation between conformation and milk yield, it 

 was found that " the milk yield increases slightly with increasing length of 

 body until the latter reaches a certain point, after which there appears to be 

 a slight decrease in the yield. Abnormal length of body apparently has the 

 effect of lowering the milk secretion. The milk yield increases with increasing 

 height of crupper, but the increase can by no means be called regular, and a 

 strong connection between the two factors could not be established. Animals 

 with small or with very deep breasts appear to give a smaller yield than ani- 

 mals which are normal in this respect, but the difference was too slight to 

 make the deduction of practical value. 



" There is no regular relationship between milk yield and length of hind 

 quarters, or width between haunches, or breadth of pelvis. Animals with nor- 

 mal breadth of pelvis give more milk than those with larger or small breadth 

 of pelvis, but the difference is not important." No relation could be found be- 

 tween the shape of hind quarters and milk yield. The best milkers had the 

 worst thigh, although there was no regular connection between this and yield. 

 See also a previous note (B. S. R., 27, p. 675). 



Report of the Dickinson County Cow-Testing Association, O. E. Reed 

 {Kansas 8ta. Circ. 35 {1914), pp. 8, figs. 3). — ^This circular reports the results 



