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Sixth report on concentrated feeding- stuffs and cotton-seed meal, C. D. 

 Harris, L. L. Brinki.ey, and J. M. Picket. (Bui. N. C. Dcpt. Agr., 29 {1908), No. 

 11, pp. 3-Jf5). — This biillt'tln reports the analyses of 4!)7 samples of feedmg 

 stuffs, which include wheat bran, middlings, rice feeds, molasses feeds, beet pulp, 

 hominy feeds, cotton-seed meal, and many mixed feeds. 



Commercial feed stuffs, T. L. Calvert (Off. Rpt. Sec. Ohio Bd. Agr. on 

 Com. Feed Stuffs, J90S, pp. 3-31). — This report contains the text of the amended 

 feeding stuffs law of Ohio and reports analyses of 14(> samples of feeding stuffs, 

 a large number of which are proprietary mixed feeds. 



Animal husbandry in Denmark, 1908, A. Appel (MwlkeriUd., 22 (1909), 

 No. 4, PP- 67-82). — An account of the general conditions of the industry dui-ing 

 the year. 



The Columbian cattle, C. O. Gregory {R.iii-(i1 Ncio Yorker, 6S (1909), No. 

 3082, p. 182, fig. 1 ) . — This is a brief account of a new breed of dairy cattle which 

 originated in New York from native stock and has characteristic white markings 

 on the back and abdomen. 



The origin of the Dexter-Kerry breed of cattle, J. Wilson (Set. Proc. Roy. 

 Dublin Soc, n. scr., 12 (1909), No. 1, pp. 17, pis. 7/).— The substance of this 

 article has been previously noted (E. S. R., 20, p. 778). 



Sheep husbandry (Yerslag. en Meded. Dir. Landb. Dcpt. Landb., Nijv. en 

 Hcndcl, 1908, No. 3. pp. 70, pis. 19, dgms. Ji, map 1). — This is a report by the 

 director of agriculture on the sheep and wool industry of Holland. 



[Sheep breeding and feeding], F. W. Wilson (Arizona Sta. Rpt. 1908, pp. 

 3.'i7-350). — The Tunis-native cross produces a good fleece, though rather coarse, 

 of long staple and with few long hairs and is an improvement over the Tunis 

 sire in quantity and quality. It is heavier than the native tieece produced under 

 the same conditions. The length of staple is intermediate between the Tunis 

 and native. The average weight of the fleece from 6 animals was 10.5 lbs., as 

 compared with 9.58 lbs. for 6 native animals. 



" There is more yolk in the fleece than was expected, but this fact may be 

 attributed to the abundance of feed and the peculiar climatic conditions of our 

 southern irrigated valleys. . . . The first cross of Tunis on the native ewes pro- 

 duces a hardy, active, early maturing lamb that stands the warm weather well 

 and produces a profitable quantity of wool. Out of more than 70 Tunis-native 

 lambs only 2 have been of the same type as the dam. This cross shows uni- 

 formity in conformation, in characteristics of the fleece, and in weight." 



The average weights of the Tunis-native ci'osses at birth, G months, and at the 

 end of a year are slightly higher than those of the native. 



The value of ripe olives was tested as a supplementary feed to alfalfa. Two 

 wethers fed on alfalfa alone made an average gain of 3.6G lbs. in 1 month, as 

 compared with an average gain of 16 lbs. with 2 wethers that received olives as 

 a supplementary ration. " Since sheep do not injure mature trees while feeding 

 on the waste olives, it would seem from the above experiment that they might 

 act as excellent scavengers in olive orchards, utilizing feed that is ordinarily 

 wasted." 



Beport of the wool specialist, J. A. Hill (Wyoming Sta. Rpt. 1908, pi>. 

 55-67). — The investigations on wool have dealt with the shrinkage of wool in 

 scouring and the relation of the breaking strain to the diameter of the wool 

 fiber. Tl\e wool scouring results show a wide difference of shrinlcage in the 

 wools of Wyoming. In 1907 the shrinkage ranged from 55.9 to 77.9 per cent. 



I'reliminary to a study on the effect of dips on the tensile strength of wool a 

 study was made on the strength of the fiber. The mean breaking strain of 1.000 

 separate fibers of a wool which seemed to l>e of average strength was 11.014 gm., 

 but there was such wide variation that no reliable conclusions could be drawn 



