366 EXPEKIMENT STATION EECORD. 



The kernel contains a liigli percentage of phosphoric acid, given as 1.25 per 

 cent. 



Fish meal as a feeding stuff, H. H. Morgan (Daihj Cons, and Trade Rpts. 

 [U. S.], n {1914), No. 76, p. 7). — It is stated that fish guano as a supplementary- 

 feed for cattle, hogs, and poultry is coming into more general use in Germany. 

 Fish meal is mixed with hay, chopped straw, turnips, and other fodders. A 

 fish-meal cake is manufactured from herrings which contains from 12 to 25 

 per cent of wheat bran or oat hulls and from 75 to 85 per cent of fresh chopped 

 herrings. 



Extensive importations of fish guano were being made to the United States. 



[New feeding stuffs], H. H. Mann {Ann. Rpt. Dept. Agr. Bombay, 1912-13, 

 pp. 62, 63). — Analyses are given of the seed of the roselle plant {Hibiscus 

 sabdariffa) and of the tubers of the Indian plant kudu tondli {Cephalandria 

 indica), both of which when properly prepared are said to be of value as feed- 

 ing stuffs. Safflower cake is another feeding stuff said to be very rich In 

 nitrogen. 



[Feeding stuffs], R. E. Rose and E. P. Geeene {Fla. Quart. Bui. Dept. Agr., 

 24 {1914), ^0. 1, pp. 66-92). — Analyses are reported of cotton-seed meal, 

 bran, mowrah meal, corn, molasses feed, wheat middlings, shipstuff, hominy 

 meal, linseed meal, and various mixed and proprietary feeds. 



The feeding-stuffs inspection for 1911, 1912, N. J. Bacheldeb {Rpt. Bd. 

 Agr. [N. H.], 32 {1911-12), pp. 229-267) .—Analyses are reported of cotton-seed 

 meal, linseed meal, meat scrap, bone meal, cob meal, buckwheat middlings, 

 dried brewers' grains, malt sprouts, dried beet pulp, gluten feed, hominy feed, 

 wheat bran, middlings, molasses feed, alfalfa meal, and various mixed and 

 proprietary feeds. The text of the state feeding-stuffs law is included. 



Commercial feeds, edited by J. M. Pickel {Bui. N. (J. Dept. Agr., 34 {1913), 

 No. 11, pp. 39). — Analyses are given of the following feeding stuffs: Wheat 

 bran, middlings, shipstuff, corn, coi"n chop, cotton-seed meal, cotton-seed feed, 

 rice meal, rich polish, crushed oats, buckwheat, dried beet pulp, gluten feed, 

 screenings, molasses feed, and various mixed and proprietary feeds. 



There is included a summary of the requirements of the state feed law. 



Concentrated commercial feeding stuffs, compiled by J. W. Sample and 

 A. L. Harrison {Tcnn. Agr., 3 {1914), No. 3, pp. 101-152, pi. 1, fig. i).— Analyses 

 are reported of the following feeding stuffs : Bran, shorts, middlings, hominy 

 feed, molasses feed, cotton-seed meal, and various mixed and proprietary feeds. 

 There is included a digest of the Tennessee feed law, together with feed defini- 

 tions. 



Stock- watering places on western grazing lands, W. C. Barnes {U. 8. 

 Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 592 {1914), VP- ^> flffs. 3). — This publication gives 

 suggestions for the development and improvement of stock-watering places. 

 Items treated are natural watering places, including springs, seeps, and swamps, 

 and artificial watering places, including reservoirs, wells, and water from 

 mining tunnels. The types of troughs and their construction are discussed. 



Animal husbandry department, F. B. Mumford {Missouri Sta. Bui. 117 

 {1914), PP- 4I8-42O). — Five lots, each comprising 6 choice 2-year-old steers, 

 were fed during a 130-day period a ration of alfalfa hay, corn silage, cold 

 pressed cotton-seed cake, and corn in various forms. Lot 1 received broken 

 ear com, lot 2 shelled corn, lot 3 crushed corn and cob, lot 4 corn and cob meal, 

 and lot 5 corn meal. Deducting the value of pork produced it was estimated 

 that the final cost of grain in producing a pound^ of beef under these conditions 

 was 7.14, 6.47, 7.31, 8.41, and 7.85 cts., respectively; and the profits realized 

 were $G.1S, $8.96, $6.21, $4.79, and $6.33, respectively, i>er steer. 



