ANIMAL PRODUCTION". 373 



ing the early spring months. . . . Young calves can be finished for the 

 market at a profit on cotton-seed meal, cotton-seed hulls, and peavine hay, but 

 it is more profitable to introduce corn-and-cob meal to take the place of part 

 of the cotton-seed meal. . . . The tests seem to indicate that it is more 

 profitable to feed a hea\^ ration and sell the calves at the end of the winter 

 months, when the prices are normally high, than to hold them until the early 

 summer months." 



Shorthorn herds in Ireland, 1911 (Dept. Agr. and Tech. Instr. Ireland 

 Jour., 12 (1912), No. 2, pp. 232-274, Vis. SO).— A brief account of the pure-bred 

 Shorthorn herds in Ireland. 



Sinus hairs of the ox, D. Tretjakoff (Ztschr. Wiss. Zool., 97 {1911), No. 2, 

 pp. 31ji-4l6, pis. Jf,- abs. in Jour. Roy. Micros. Soc. [London], 1912, No. 1, p. 

 SI). — The author describes the nerve endings in connection with the sinus 

 hairs about the snout, lips, and other parts of the ox. It is thought that the 

 sinus hairs play an important part in the recognition of different kinds of 

 plants. 



Wool, A. F. Bakkeb (Jour. Boy. Agr. Soc. England, 72 (1911), pp. 62-85, figs. 

 11). — This discusses the quality of wool fiber, yarns, and woolen fabrics, influ- 

 ence of breed and environment on variation in wool fiber, relative values of 

 heavy and light fleeced sheep, and allied topics. 



Pig-feeding experiments, J. M. Scott (Florida Sta. Rpt. 1011, pp. XVI- 

 XIX). — In a feeding test involving 5 lots of 5 pigs each, and lasting 60 days, 

 the total gains for each lot were as follows: On velvet beans in the pod, 25 

 lbs. ; velvet beans in the pod and Japanese cane 1 : 1, 4.3 lbs. ; velvet beans in 

 the pod and Japanese cane 2 : 1, —7.7 lbs. ; Japanese cane alone, 61 lbs. ; and 

 velvet beans in the pod and sweet potatoes 1 : 1, 12.3 lbs. 



In a feeding test which lasted 90 days and with 5 pigs in each lot. those 

 given shelled corn made an average gain per head and day of 0.26 lb., at a cost 

 of 8.19 cts. per pound ; shelled corn and culled velvet beans 1 : 1 by weight 

 0.17 lb., at a cost of 9.96 cts. per pound ; shelled corn, culled velvet beans, and 

 shorts 1:1:1, 0.26 lb., at a cost of 8.98 cts. per pound ; and shelled corn and 

 culled velvet beans 1 : 1, and all the gi*een sorghum they would eat, 0.24 lb., 

 at a cost of 7.96 cts. per pound. 



Seventeen pigs 3 months of age, when put on a ration of corn, shorts, milk, 

 and green sorghum, made in 30 days an average daily gain per head of 0.96 lb. 



The pig industry, R. T. Aechee (Jour. Dept. Agr. Victoria, 10 (1912), Nos. 

 2, pp. 73-82; 3, pp. 160-169; 4. PP- 239-255, figs. 27).— This contains informa- 

 tion on breeds of pigs, cooperative bacon factories, the international trade in 

 pork products, and statistical data on the pig industry. 



Studies on conformation, function, and pilosity in horses, W. Keynitz, 

 H. Mageel, and A. East (Ar&. Dent. Oesell. ZUchtungsk., 1911, No. 11, pp. 208, 

 figs. 4)- — This contains 3 articles. The first two, by Krynitz and Magerl. dis- 

 cuss the correlation between form and function of the different types of horses. 

 A large number of measurements are submitted, and both authors think that 

 the adaptability of the horse to slow or fast work can be predicted with a 

 reasonable degree of accuracy by making measurements. The third article, by 

 Rast, is a study of the characters of the hair and hair whorls as an aid in 

 judging horses. 



Bibliographies are appended. 



Feed, care, and management of breeding stallions, brood mares, work 

 horses and young foals, F. C. Minkler (Live Stock Com. N. J. Circ. 2, 1912, 

 pp. 30, pis. 3). — This contains general information of interest to horse breeders, 

 a list of stallions now in service, and a copy of the state stallion law. 



