564 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



The diet of niercliaiit marines, J. P. I^anglois (Rev. Soc. 8ci. Hyg. Aliment., 

 S (1906), Xo. 3, pp. 536-569). — Data reganliug the feedlDg of sailors iu differ- 

 ent countries are summarized and discussed and suggestions for modification 

 and improvement are offered. 



The feeding- of the French merchant marines, Tartarin (Rev. Soe. 8ci. 

 Hyg. Aliment., 3 (1906). Xo. 3, tip. 570-573). — Existing conditions are briefly 

 explained, some typical menus given, and methods of improvement suggested. 



Good housekeeping' in the wilderness, Florence S. Gleeson (Outlook, 86 

 (1907), Xo. .'/. pp. 195-202, figs. 15). — Camp cookery and related questions are 

 discussed and recipes for preparing a number of camp dishes are given. 



Officials charged with the enforcement of food laws in the United States 

 and Canada, W. D. Bigelow (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Chem. Circ. 16. rev. ed., 

 pp. 32). — The information contained in this circular has been revised to July 

 1, 1907. 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Information regarding the new feed law, J. W. Carson and G. S. Fraps 

 (Texas Sta. Bui. 95, pp. 2Jf). — This bulletin sets forth and explains the provi- 

 sions of the law regulating the sale of feeding stuffs in Texas and gives the 

 composition of a number of feeding stuffs on the Texas market, some of which 

 have been reported in previous bulletins. These materials include wheat bran, 

 wheat shorts, wheat chops, corn chops, corn bran, corn-and-cob meal, cotton- 

 seed meal, rice bran, rice meal, rice polish, Kafir corn chops, ground Kafir corn, 

 Kafir corn meal, Kafir corn heads, choi)ped Kafir corn heads, mllo maize meal, 

 milo maize chops, -niilo maize heads chopped, mllo maize fodder, Kafir corn 

 fodder, alfalfa, sorghum fodder, meng bean, cowpeas, star grass, hay of differ- 

 ent sorts, tall(iw weed, palmetto seed, and a commercial feed. 



The law, which is similar to that passed by a number of other States, pro- 

 vides for the examination and proper tagging of all concentrated feeds except 

 whole or unground grains or seeds, and punishes violations by fine or impris- 

 onment or both. The gi'anting and canceling of registration and the collection 

 of samples for analysis are invested by law in the director of the State experi- 

 ment station, and the tax of 10 cts. per ton of concentrated feeding stuffs is 

 to be used for expenses incurred in the enforcement of the law. 



Inspection of feeding- stuffs (Xeiv York State Sta. Bui. 291, pp. 323-369).— 

 Under the provisions of the State feeding stuff law 388 samples were analyzed 

 of cotton-seed meal, linseed meal, gluten feed, corn bran, dried distillers' 

 grains, malt sprouts, dried brewers' grains, hominy feeds, compounded or com- 

 mercial mixed feeds, meat meal and other similar animal products, poultry feeds, 

 sugar-beet wastes, barley by-pi-oducts, oat by-products, alfalfa meal, pea meal, 

 clover meal, spiced clover, boat sweepings, cereal breakfast food by-products, 

 rye grains, and gluten. "About 31 per cent of the brands inspected ai'e feeds 

 carrying a relatively high proportion of protein and which, in most cases, bear 

 names that are Indicative of their character. The hominy feeds and animal 

 products are also materials having a fairly definite composition and concerning 

 the nutritive value of which an approximate estimate may be made. On the 

 other hand about 44 per cent of the feeds examined is made up of brands com- 

 pounded from a variety of materials that bear names in many eases savoring 

 of quackery. These brands, in a majority of cases, are simply a means of sell- 

 ing at grain prices inferior by-products that could not be floated on the market 

 unless disguised in some way. The extensive sale of such mixtures is not cred- 

 itable either to the intelligence or the business judgment of the purchasing 

 public. It is no exaggeration to state that at the present time the conditions 



