ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 467 



A monograph of albinism in man, K. Pearson, E. Nettleship, and C. H. 

 UsHEE (DraiJcrs' Co. Research Mem., Biometric Scr., 8 (1913), pp. 7/7+265-524, 

 pis. 33, figs. 3; 9 (.1913), pp. VI+136-{-XXin, pis. 59; rev. in Nature lLo7idon], 

 92 (1914), No. 2313, pp. 717, 718).— In this review attention is paid to the need 

 of moi'e clearly classifying the various kinds and degrees of albinism. The 

 original article " gives a full account of the clinical and microscopic characters 

 of various liinds of albinism in the voidest sense of the word, both in man and 

 animals; discusses their occurrence and geographical distribution; and in- 

 cludes, in part IV, nearly 700 fully described pedigrees, some of them ex- 

 tending to 100 or more individuals." 



Studies of Guam range plants, J. B. Thompson (Onam Sta. Rpt. 1913, pp. 

 15-17). — Tbis is an account of the principal grasses, sedges, and miscellaneous 

 plants of Guam that are useful for pasture and feeding purposes. 



Analyses of feeding stuffs, P. H. Wessels et al. {Rhode Island Sta. Insp. 

 Bid., 191 Jf, May, pp. 2-16). — ^Analyses are reported of the following feeding 

 stuffs: ISIeat and bone scrap, cotton-seed meal and feed, linseed meal, gluten 

 feed, malt sprouts, brewers' grains, wheat middlings, bran, hominy chop, corn 

 meal, and various mixed and proprietary feeds. 



[Feeding stuffs], W. D. Saunders (Quart. Rpt. Dairy and Food Comr. Va., 



1913, Scpt.-Nov., pp. 48-54)- — Analyses are reported of dried beet pulp, rye 

 middlings, oats, linseed meal, cracked corn, cotton-seed meal, wbeat middlings, 

 shipstuif, bran, shorts, gluten feed, and various mixed and proprietary feeds. 



Chemical analyses of licensed feeding stuffs, 1914, F. W. Woll and W. H. 

 Strowd (Wisconsin Sta. Circ. ^7 (1914), PP- 3-89). — Analyses are reported of 

 tbe following feeding stuffs : Linseed meal, cotton-seed meal, gluten feed, bominy 

 feed, distillers' grains, wheat bran, middlings, red dog flour, germ middlings, 

 rye, barley, and buckwbeat feeds, rice meal, rice bran, dried brewers' grains, 

 malt sprouts, alfalfa meal, molasses feeds, and various mixed and proprietary 

 feeds. 



There is included the text of tbe Wisconsin feeding stuffs law, definitions, etc. 



Commercial feeding stuffs and fertilizers licensed for sale in Wisconsin, 



1914, W. H. Strowd (Wisconsin Sta. Circ. 46 (1914), PP- 3-21).— This circular 

 gives a list of commercial feeding stuffs and fertilizers licensed for sale in 

 Wisconsin, 1914, together with definitions of the important feeding stuffs and 

 general instructions to manufacturers and dealers. 



Analyses of feeding stuffs (Jahresbcr. Landw. Kammer Stettin, Prov. Pom- 

 mem, 1912, pp. 37-42). — Analyses are reported of cotton-seed meal, peanut cake, 

 sesame cake, palm kernel cake, cacao meal, rape-seed meal, linseed meal, sun- 

 flower-seed cake, soy-bean meal, germ-oil meal, rye bran, wheat bran, barley 

 bran, oat meal, rice meal, molasses feeds, and fish meal. 



Feeding principles, W. A'oltz (Ztschr. Sjriritusindus., 37 (1914), No. 10, pp. 

 147, 148, 151). — In this article the author describes the methods of steaming 

 and ensiling potatoes and potato refuse as well as beets, green corn, and lucern. 

 The composition and digestibility of these materials as determined by several 

 investigators are given. A method of preserving beet leaves, potatoes, etc., b.v 

 the use of a lactic acid starter is also described, in which the material is placed 

 in trenches, inoculated with Bacillus delhrilcki and the trench covered with 

 boards and soil. 



Animal production, M. Hoffmann and von Ollech (Jahresder. Landw., 27 

 (1912), pp. 272-465). — Recent German publications of investigations on this 

 subject are classified and reviewed. 



[Animal husbandry] (Rpt. Dept. Agr. N. 8. Wales, 1913, pp. 9, 47-53).— 

 This embodies statistics on live stock importations to New Zealand and a report 

 of the sheep and wool industry, including the establishment of stud flocks, the 



