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Results of the examination of stock feeds, B. L. Purcell (Awn. Rpt. Dairy 

 and Food Comr. Va., 3 {1910-11), pp. 126-146). — Analyses are reported of bran, 

 ship stuff, hominy feed, corn-oil meal, corn meal, cracked corn, gluten feed, 

 cotton-seetl meal, oil meal, rye middlings, rye feed, shorts, wheat middlings, red 

 dog flour, and mixed feeds. 



Kansas feeding stuffs law, E. H. Webstee (Kansas St a. Circ. 18, pp. 7). — 

 This contains the text of the Kansas feeding stuffs law as revised in 1911, and 

 an explanation of the law and the changes made in it. 



The world's greatest meat market (Breeder's Gaz., 61 (1312), No. 12, pp. 

 705, 706, fiff.s. 2).— This article describes the methods of marketing at the 

 Smithtiold market, London, and discusses the dressed meat trade of Great 

 Britain. 



"Approximately a fifth of the meat sold at Smithfleld is domestic product." 

 " Occasionally a little American mutton dribbles into Smithfleld, but like 

 American beef it promptly loses its identity." " Pork is displayed in enormous 

 quantities in Smithfleld, but it is mainly a showing of pigs, Danish and Holland 

 contributions predominating." " Despite the growing paucity of American 

 product displayed at Smitlifleld, the big Chicago slaughterers are conspicuously 

 in the trade. One he.irs much of American control, but the proportion of the 

 market business transactwl by others is overwhelmingly large." 



Miscellaneous information concerning the live-stock industry, J. Roberts 

 (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Anim. Indus. Kpt. 1010, pp. 409-52^). — This information 

 includes a reviev^^ of the live-stock market in 1910, meat prices at home and 

 abroad, foreign trade in animals and animal products, legal standards for 

 dairy produce, contagious diseases of animals in foreign countries, and a list of 

 state live-stock sanitary officials. 



The live-stock industry of Honduras, W. Thompson and J. E. Downing 

 (U. 8. Dcpt. Agr., Bur. Anim. Indus. Rpt. 1910, pp. 285-29.'), pis. J,, flg. 1).—X 

 popular account of information obtainetl by representatives of this Department, 

 who made a tour of Honduras in order to obtain information to enable the 

 Department to determine whether or not the importation of cattle from Hon- 

 duras could be permitted under the law which prohibits the importation of live 

 stock which are diseased, or have been exposed to infectious diseases within 

 60 days before the exportation. 



The country is considered a good stock country as a whole, but the stock 

 kept is poor and the methods are primitive. Three-fourths of the cattle in the 

 country are raised in the departments of Choluteca and Olancho. Although 

 some improved breeds have been imported, the greater part of the cattle are 

 descendants of original stock imported from Spain and resemble the old Texas 

 cattle. Bananas have been found to be a cheap and satisfactory food for 

 fattening. The chief drawbacks are the lack of established markets in the 

 provinces, the tick, and transportation facilities. 



It was concluded that as southern fever and the x?attle tick are prevalent 

 throughout Honduras the importation of cattle to the United States could not 

 be permitted. 



Live-stock breeding in Uruguay, O. Guth (Rev. Asoc. Rural Uruguay, 40 

 (1911). No. 9, pp. 668-679; abs. in Intemat. Inst. Agr. [Borne], Bui. Bur. Agr. 

 Intel, and Plant Diseases, 3 (1912), No. 1, pp. 206, 207).— A general account of 

 the cattle and sheep industry. 



Circuit breeding (Anier. Breeders Mag., 3 (1912), No. 1, pp. 57-62).— Ajo. 

 editorial which discusses the method of organizing breeding circuits, and the 

 results which have been obtained where they have been formed. 



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