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cents per pound. " The bulky nature of the protena bad a distending effect on 

 the pigs" stomachs and induced a rapid and healthy growth." 



A test was also made to determine to what extent silage can replace grain iia 

 the winter feeding of dairy cows, but final conclusions were not drawn. " It 

 has already been found, however, that the flow of milk is lessened as the amount 

 of grain is reduced and is not fully restored as the amount of silage is increased. 

 The exact data i*egarding cost of rations, quality of milk, and condition and 

 healthfulness of the animals are not ready for publication." 



Brief statements are made regarding the station poultry plant and sheep 

 l)reeding tests which it is planned to undertake. 



The feeding value of spelt [emmer] in beef and pork production, J. W. 

 WiLsox and H. G. Skkxner {iSotitJi Dakota Sta. Bid. 100, pp. 11H-12S, fig. 1). — 

 Three lots of 4 steers each and 1 lot of .3 steers were used in a test covering 

 170 days, undertaken to compare shelled corn, whole and ground emmer, or, 

 as it is called here, spelt, and shelled corn and spelt 1 : 1, prairie hay being 

 fed in addition to the grain in every case. The average daily gain per head 

 ranged from l..j4 lbs. on the ground spelt to 2.38 lbs. on shelled corn; The 

 shelled-corn lot required the smallest amount of grain per pound of gain, 

 8.48 lbs., and made gains at the least cost, 7.4 cts. per pound. The largest 

 amount of grain per pound, of gain, 10.60 lbs., was noted with the lot fed whole 

 spelt. Gain was most expensive on ground spelt, costing 9.3 cts. per pound. 



." This test shows that a pound of corn is equal to 1.25 lbs. of spelt for steer 

 feeding. It also shows that where the corn and spelt were mixed half and 

 half by weight the relation is alwut the same, witff a small increase in gain in 

 favor of the mixture." 



From data obtained in earlier experiments with corn and the results noted 

 in a 44-day supplementary period with pigs on whole and ground spelt, and on 

 spelt and corn the authors estimated the total gains made by the 2 lots of 2 

 pigs while following each lot of steers. These values ranged from 56 lbs. m 

 the case of ground spelt to 188 lbs. in the case of corn. The smallest amount 

 of extra grain, 129 lbs., was fed to the last-mentioned lot and the largest 

 quantity, 941 lbs., to the first-mentioned lot. " These results show that there 

 is very little feed for swine when following steers fed on ground spelt." 



Spelt with the husks and the husks alone were analyzed. The authors call 

 attention to the fact that the husk contains the greater part of the crude fiber 

 and that when ground the grain separates from the husk. 



The fattening of calves for veal, J. Portee {Jour. Bd. Agr. [London], 13 

 (1907), Xo. 12. PI). 727-731). — On the basis of personal experience, the various 

 questions connected with the profitable fattening of calves on whole milk are 

 considered. In an instance cited, a calf fed whole milk for 4 weeks made a 

 total gain of 70 lbs. A calf thus fed should, according to the author, receive 

 not over 16 lbs. of milk per day at the end of the first week and this should be 

 increased to not over 30 lbs. per day at the end of the fourth week of feeding. 



" Probably a month is as long as it is advisable to feed calves on whole milk 

 on a dairy farm, or until they have reached about 160 lbs. live weight or 96 lbs. 

 of veal. This weight may be attained in a month, provided the calves are 

 fatted as (juickly as possible ; but one can not expect to do it unless the calves 

 are fed three times a day. An effort should also be made to have the calves 

 fat at the time veal commands a high price; otherwise the returns from 

 vealing calves on whole milk may not be at all satisfactory." 



Cost of wintering yearlings, F. W. Tayloe (New Hampshire Sta. Bui. 129, 

 p. 2.'i8). — The cost of wintering for 5.5 months 4 lots of 2 heifers each on a 

 ration of bran and corn meal alone and supplemented by linseed meal, gluteu 

 feed, and cotton-seed meal, ranged from $19.28 on the linseed-meal ration to 



