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important crops for the purpose. Alfalfa hay has also been found very valu- 

 able for i)igs as part of a winter ration, particularly with brood sows before 

 farrowing. " Where it is fed during the winter only a small grain ration is 

 necessary to keep the sows in good flesh and in healthy condition. Sows thus 

 fed also farrow good litters of strong healthy pigs." The system of feeding pigs 

 on pasturage was found to vary decidedly. " Hogs that have plenty of range 

 and exercise are not nearly as susceptible to disease as those confined in a 

 small pen. A hog that goes out after his feed will be well grown and thrifty, 

 accustomed to the elements and not liable to be injured by a sudden change of 

 weather. It is difficult to put a good finish on hogs while running in a large 

 pasture. If they are allowed to run on good pasture until three weeks or a 

 month before sending to market, and are then shut up and given all the corn 

 they want, with i)lenty of i)ure water, they will make very rapid gains." 



Dried potatoes a good feed for horses, E. Parow {Ztschr. Spiritusindus., 

 30 {1901), No. 37, p. 399). — A summary of data from which the conclusion is 

 drawn that dried potatoes are a very satisfactory feed for horses. 



The g'oat, J. Crepin (La Clievi^. Paris, 1906, pp. XVI +339, pis. 11,, fig. 1).— 

 The history and methods of goat i-aising, their value as farm animals, breeds, 

 and related questions are discussed in this handbook. 



The goat industry in western Washington, D. A. Brodie (Washington Sta. 

 Bui. 78, pp. 23, jjl. 1, figs. 4). — Feeding, care, , and management of Angora goats, 

 uses of the fleece and skins, value of the flesh as food, the use of Angora goat 

 milk, and related questions are considered with special reference to the Angora 

 goat industry in Washington, where these animals have been raised to some 

 extent for many years. At the present time in western Washington the most 

 important use is to clear lands. 



" The number of goats required to keep the leaves and buds eaten off suffi- 

 ciently to kill the brush depends on the nature and thickness of the brush. 

 Judging from the appearance of the station pasture after one year's grazing, it 

 is believed that in another year the brush will be nearly all killed. In this case 

 there was one goat to each IJ acres. The general opinion in the Willamette 

 Valley is that on the average it requires two goats to the acre to kill the 

 brush." 



The pasture is not only cleared by the goats but is materially improved by 

 the goat manure. 



"In our climate it is advisable to feed some hay and grain during the severest 

 ])art of the winter, in order to keep them in good condition. A little hay in or 

 near the shed to be used on stormy days will be found very beneficial. When 

 conditions are such that they can not go out to browse they can be kept nicely 

 on any of the common fodders." 



Camels for transport (Natal Agr. Jour, and Min. Rec, 10 (1907), No. 6, pp. 

 593-604). — A discussion of the suitability of camels for Natal. Data are quoted 

 showing the satisfactory results obtained with these animals in German South- 

 west Africa and Rhodesia. Information is given regarding the feeding, care, 

 and management of camels and related topics. 



Farm, poultry (North Carolina Sta. Bui. 195, pp. 35. figs. 26).— Construction 

 of poultry houses and poultry yards, breeds of fowls, selection of breeding 

 stock, feeds and feeding, and related questions are considered in a general dis- 

 cussion of poultry raising, and a report is made of the station experiments in 

 liedigree work for egg production, the value of green feed, and the comparative 

 keeping quality of fertile and infertile eggs. 



In keeping records of eggs with a view to securing breeds of superior egg 

 production, it is stated that trap nests have given very satisfactory results. 



