472 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



tlioiigli no ill effects may be observed from giving animals wine or distillery slop, 

 yet after a time clironic alcoholic poisoning may result. 



Pea silage feeding- of lambs in Wisconsin {Breeder's Gaz., 55 {1909), No. 22, 

 pp. 1267, 126S, figs. 5 ) . — This is an account of satisfactory gains made by feeding 

 lambs i)ea silage made from cannery waste. 



The case for the g^oat, J. W. Robertson-Scott {London, 190S, pp. X+162, pis. 

 74). — This is a popular treatise on goat keeping. Considerable space is devoted 

 to the advantages of goat keeping for the small holder in England. An appendix 

 consists of replies from 24 experts to a list of questions concerning the proper 

 management of goats. 



Feeding fermented cotton-seed meal to hogs, R. S. Curtis {North Carolina 

 Sta. Bill. 200, pp. 5-16, figs. 4).- — This experiment was conducted to determine the 

 amount of fermented cotton-seed meal which can with safety and economy be 

 fed to hogs. Other feeds used in connection with the cotton seed were fermented 

 shelled corn and linseed meal. Four lots of G pigs each were selected for the ex- 

 periment, which lasted 6 months. The pigs were of mixed blood and averaged 

 about TO lbs. in weight. 



During the first period lot 1, fed fermented shelled corn, consumed on an aver- 

 age 2.31 lbs. per head per day, and made an average daily gain per head of 0.18 

 lbs. at a cost of 18 cts. per pound. Lot 2, fed fermented shelled corn and cotton- 

 seed meal 7 :1, consumed daily 3.06 lbs. per head, and made an average daily gain 

 per head of 0.46 lb. at a cost of 9.33 cts. per pound. Lot 3, fed fermented shelled 

 corn and cotton-seed meal 4 :1, consumed 3.22 lbs. of grain per head per day, and 

 made an average daily gain of 0.63 lb. at a cost of 7.14 cts. per pound. Lot 4, fed 

 fermented shelled corn and linseed meal 4 : 1, consumed on an average 3.22 lbs. of 

 grain per head per day, and made an average daily gain of 0.6 lb. at a cost of 

 7.86 cts. per pound. 



At the end of 6 months the rations of these lots were reversed and 1 pig in each 

 lot was discarded. Lot 1, fed fermented corn and linseed meal 4 : 1, consumed 

 1.81 lbs. per head per day, and made an average daily gain per head of 0.21 lb. at 

 a cost of 12.3 cts. per pound. Lot 2, fed the corn and cotton-seed meal 4 :1, con- 

 sumed daily 2.59 lbs. per head, and gained an average of 0.24 lb, at a cost of 15 

 cts. per pound. Lot 3, fed the corn and cotton-seed meal 7 : 1, consumed daily 

 2.98 lbs. per head, and gained an average of 0.25 lb. at a cost of 16.7 cts. per 

 pound. Lot 4, fed the corn alone, consumed 2.87 lbs. per head per day, and made 

 a gain averaging 0.36 lb. at a cost of 11.07 cts. per pound. 



" Fermented cottou-seed meal can be fed in small quantities for limited 

 periods, with very gratifying results. These experiments indicate that 75 to 

 90 days would be the limit of satisfactory feeding. This would depend, how- 

 ever, on the age and condition of the hogs, the supplementary feeds and the 

 proportion of cotton-seed meal fed. 



" Farmers would, according to the results of this experiment, be safe in feed- 

 ing fermented cotton-seed meal to 75-lb. shoats in quantities ranging from one- 

 sixth to one-fifth the total ration, by weight, for a period of 75 to 90 days. 



" The practical application of these results would not be to feed imder the 

 conditions here described, but rather to feed the corn and cotton-seed meal 

 in connection with grazing crops, which can be produced so abundantly by 

 Southern farmers. This experiment was carried on under adverse conditions 

 to render safe conclusions possible." 



Further experiments with dried potatoes, W. Schneidewind {Illus. Landw. 

 Ztg., 29 {1909), No. JfS, pp. Jt2 1-1,23). —l\\ the first experiment reported 32 swine 

 6 months old were divided into 4 groups. The experiment lasted 84 days. 

 With potato flakes the average daily gain per head was 0.68 kg., at a cost of 

 0.64 marks i>er kilogram (about 6.7 cts. j^er pound) ; with potato chips 0.71 kg., 



