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15 kg. to 25 kg. of rhips pi-r 1.(mm» kg. livo weight. In most cases larf?er auiouuts 

 of flakes can be fed than of the chips. When large quantities of potatoes are 

 fed some other feed containing lime should be added. 



The substitution of dried potatoes for oats and corn in rations for horses, 

 O. Kellxeu kt ai.. { IScr. Luiulw. Rvichxamtc Inncrn [(Icrmany], Xo. 11, pp. 

 1-52).— In a cooperative experiment at 4 stations, involving 156 horses, a por- 

 tion of the grain ration of oats and oats and maize was replaced by potato chips 

 and potato flakes combined with either beans, peanut meal, or sunflower seed 

 cake. There was an agreement in all cases to the effect that one-third of the 

 oats'could be profitablj' exchanged for either the chips or flakes combined with a 

 protein feed without a loss of live weight or of ability to work. Analyses of the 

 feeds are given. 



Wintering farm horses, H. W. Nokton, Jr. (MicJiifjaii Sta. Bui. 25.'i, pp. 53- 

 5<), figs. 3). — This bulletin reports an experiment on the use for 10 weeks of a 

 variety of cheap substitutes for oats and timothy hay. 



Six horses at work received a regular ration of timothy hay and oats at an 

 average cost of 29.6 cts. per day, estimating the feed at current prices. The 

 horses lost on an average 11 lbs. each. Six horses were fed a cheaper ration 

 consisting of shredded cornstalks, oat straw, hay, ear corn, oats, beet pulp, 

 bran, oil cake, and a few carrots, the average cost of which was 17.7 cts. per 

 day, and the horses gained on an average 14 lbs. each. Four horses were also 

 fed the cheaper ration, but as they were at rest part of the time they were not 

 fed so heavily as the other lots. The average cost of maintenance in this trial 

 was 12.9 cts., and the average loss in live weight for each horse 4 lbs. 



The Tripoli Barb {Daily Cons, and Trade Rpts. [U. 8.], 1909, Xo. 3610, pp. 12, 

 13). — Consul W. Coffin at Tripoli city reports that this strain of African horse 

 can be purchased at low prices. 



The chief characteristics of this horse are small, well-formed head, arched 

 neck, shoulders olique but strong, high withers, a fairly short back, good quar- 

 ters, and very clean legs and sound feet. The principal defects are a long, 

 sloping croup, and somewhat too long pasterns. Barbs rarely stand higher than 

 14.2 hands. The principal colors are gray and bay, with a good proportion of 

 chestnuts, roans, and iron grays. The Turkish cavalry and artillery regiments 

 stationed in the Province of Vilayet are almost entirely horsed with Barbs. 

 The do not possess as much spirit or endurance as the Arab, but some horsemen 

 claim that in appearance they are superior. Their speed is probably fully 

 equal to the Arab's. The prices of Barbs at the present time range from about 

 $23 to $150. 



Cost and methods of transporting meat animals, F. An»ri:ws (U. S. Dept. 

 Agr. Yearbook 1908, pp. 221-2^, fig. 1). — This article contains a brief sketch 

 of the history of live stock transportation in the United States, cost and 

 methods of transportation at the present time, and ocean transportation of meat 

 and live stock. At the present time it costs less to transport a given amount 

 of meat than the live animals; hence, there is a tendency to establish new 

 slaughtering centers near the sources of supply. 



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Sorghum v. com meal as a source of carbohydrates for dairy cattle, P. N. 

 P'lint (deorgia >S7r/. Bill. HIS, pp. 19-21). — In these exiicrinients 10 cows on 

 Bermuda pasture were divided into 2 lots. During the first test 1 lot was 

 fed daily C to 7 lbs. each of cotton-seed meal and distillers' grains in the ratio 

 of 5:4, 30 lbs. of green sorghum, and 5 lbs. of oat straw. The other lot was 

 fed 8 to 10 lbs. of equal parts by weight of corn meal, cotton-seed meal, and 



