170 EXPEKIMENT STATION RECORD. 



" The chemical work was supplemented with microscopic study of fixed 

 and fresh samples of the tissue analyzed as ' smooth muscle,' and it was found 

 that 70 per cent to 85 per cent of its volume was smooth muscle fiber; about 

 5 per cent, extraneous connective tissue ; and the remainder, interstitial spaces 

 between the muscle fibers." 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Chemical investigations on m.aizc silage, D. Feruglio and L. Maybe {R. 

 Lab. CJiim. Agr. Udine, Ric. Sper. e Attiv. Spiegata, 3 (1909-10), pp. 63-90).— 

 Analyses of green maize and silage are reported. 



The green forage contained 79.295 per cent of water. The other constituents 

 on a dry-matter basis were as follows; Crude protein 8.419, pure protein 4, 

 ether extract 2.173, invert sugar 14.296, sucrose 2.511, amids 1.96, pentosans 

 20.686, cellulose 28.248, ash 7.05, undetermined obtained by difference 12.88, 

 and acidity 1.777 per cent. 



The silage contained 78.77 i>er cent of water. The other constituents on a 

 dry-matter basis were as follows: Crude protein 8.562. pure protein 2.56, ether 

 extract 5, invert sugar 4.701, sucrose 0.273, amids 1.1, pentosans 19.13. cellu- 

 lose 27.758, ash 6.4, undetermined obtained by difference 20.171, and acidity 

 6.905 per cent. 



Ensilage of fodder, roots, and beet pulp. — Use of lactic ferments, L. Mal- 

 PEAUx and G. Lefort (Jour. Agr. Prat., n. ser., 20 (Wld), Nos. ^2, pp. 488-^90; 

 44, PP- 5Jf9, 550; abs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Bui. Bur. Agr. Intel, 

 and Plant Diseases, 3 (1912), 2Vo. 1, pp. 195-200). — The authors report experi- 

 ments in fermenting beet pulp, distillery pulp, sliced mangolds, beet leaves, 

 and corn silage with the ferment known as lacto-pulp. In the majority of 

 cases there was a loss in nutrient elements, but the food was kept free from 

 putrid ferments and in a sound condition both from the dietetic and hygienic 

 point of view. 



The actual state of our knowledge of silage, D. Feruglio (R. Lab. Chim. 

 Agr. Udine, Ric. Spcr. e Attiv. Spiegata, 3 (1909-10), pp. 5.5-63 ) .--This is a 

 review of recent investigations on this topic. 



On the composition of hay damaged by rain, G. Paturel (Jour. Agr. Prat., 

 n. ser., 23 (1912), No. 11, pp. 52'i-521). — A number of analyses of damaged 

 alfalfa, clover, and common h;iy showed a loss of from 15 to 35 per cent in 

 dry matter. A feeding test also indicated a proi)ortionate loss in nutritive 

 value. 



Chemical analyses of licensed commercial feeding stuffs, 1911, F. W. 

 WoLL (Wisconsin Sta. Circ. Inform. 30, pp. 98). — This is a report of the feeding 

 stuffs control for the year. Analyses are reported of oil meal, cotton-seed 

 meal, cotton-seed cake, gluten feed, dried distillers' grains, hominy feed, wheat 

 bran, standard middlings, flour middlings, red dog flour, germ middlings, mixed 

 mill feed, rye feed, rye bran, wheat, oat, and rye middlings, barley shorts, 

 buckwheat feed, buckwheat hulls, ground corn and oats, corn, oats and barley, 

 dried brewers' grains, malt sprouts, alfalfa meal, mixed feeds, dent corn, sweet 

 corn, corn cobs, ground oat hulls, crushed oats, wheat screenings, pigeon grass 

 seed, flax screenings, salvage barley, salvage grain, cull beans, pea feed, pea 

 hulls, corn silage, green corn, green oats and peas, sorghum refuse silage, 

 alfalfa hay. clover hay. western prairie hay. and brush feed. 



Licensed commercial feeding stuffs, 1912, F. W. Woll (Wisconsin Sta. 

 Cirr. Inform. 3t. pp. 13). — A list of licensed manufacturers of concentrated 

 commercial feeding stuffs for the calendar year ending December 31, 1912. 



