ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



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into silo 10 weeks after it was cut ; lot 4, millet hay cut when green and before 

 seed matured ; and lot 5, com fodder from the field. 



In the second experiment 24 yearling steers were divided into 6 lots of 4 each 

 and fed for 120 days com and oil meal 10 : 1, as a basal ration, and in addition 

 the following: Lot 6, silage; lot 7, one-half as much silage as lot 1 and what 

 hay they would eat ; lot 8, sugar beets and hay ; lot 9, mangel wurzel beets and 

 hay ; lot 10, stock beets and hay ; and lot 11, hay. 



The following table gives the comparative gains made in these tests : 



Comparative gains of yearling steers on silage icith and without supplements. 



Experiments on the feeding of cattle, C. B. Jones (Univ. Col. Wales, Agr. 

 Dept. Bui. 1 [1012], pp. 1-12).— In an experiment with 12 Hereford and 8 

 Welsh Black 3-year-old cattle for 16 weeks the average daily gain per head 

 for the lot fed 6 lbs. cotton-seed cake and barley meal daily was 1.55 lbs. 

 against 1.6 lbs. for the lot fed 3i lbs. of the same concentrates daily, the sup- 

 plementary feeds in each case being straw, hay, and 50 lbs. of roots. In another 

 experiment, in which the cattle were fed rations similar to the last-mentioned 

 lot for 16 weeks, those allowed free access to water gained 1.92 lbs. each daily 

 against 0.87 lbs. for those receiving no water except that contained in the feed. 



Loss in weight of fattened cattle, Hebteb and Wilsdorf (Arh. Deut. Landiv. 

 Gescll., 1911, Xo. 182, pp. -'i2 ; ahs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Bui. Bur. 

 Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 3 (1912), No. 4, pp. 970, 971).— This gives the 

 loss in weight of calves, bulls, and cows at different ages when shipped from 

 all parts of Germany to the Berlin cattle show. 



The Bordelaise breed of cattle, G. Laffoegue (Tie Agr. et Rurale, 1912, No. 

 13, pp. 331-334, figs. 4). — The characteristics of this French breed of cattle are 

 illustrated and described. 



The development of Bavarian cattle breeding, C. Keonacheb (Die Ent- 

 wicldung der Baverischen Rindviehzucht. Hannover, 1911, pp. 96, fig. 56; ahs. 

 in Fuhling's Landw. Ztg., 60 (1911), No. 19, p. 680).— A history of cattle breed- 

 ing in Bavaria since the organization of the agricultural union a century ago. 



Sv^ss cattle, J. de Lhakpe (Ann. GemUou-r, 22 (1912). No. 7, pp. 424-Jf35, 

 pis. 3). — The Swiss breeds of cattle are illustrated and described. 



Sheep and wool for the farmers. — I, The cross-breeding of sheep, J. W. 

 Mathews (Dept. Agr. N.S. Wales, Farmers' Bui. 53, 1912, pp. 126, figs. 56).— 

 This bulletin treats of the classiQcation of sheep breeds, principles of breeding, 

 influence of climate upon breed, suitability of the breeds for different localities, 

 wool production, the raising of early lambs, management of sheep, cross-bred 

 V. Merino stock, and the standardization of the cross-breds. 



Sheep breeding in East Eriesland, Gross (Illus. Landio. Ztg., 32 (1912), 

 No. 49, pp. 457-459; abs. in Internal. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Bui. Bur. Agr. Intel. 



