ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 771 



" The mctlioxyl group is present in all of these fodders, but it is not abun- 

 dant and is digested to only a small extent, as indicated by our results, and 

 whether it plays any part in determining the value of the fodder or not is not 

 apparent." 



Colorado fodders, W. P. Heaoden (Colorado ^ta. Bui. 125, pp. 12). — A sum- 

 mary and discussion of the results reported in the bulletin noted above. 



Commercial feeding' stuffs in Pennsylvania in 1906, F. D. Fuller (Penn. 

 Dcpt. A(/r. Hill. i.T.T. pp. '/?). — Under the provisions of the State pure-food law- 

 analyses were made of a number of samples of cotton-seed meal, old and new 

 process linseed meal, flaxseed meal, distillers' grains, brewers' grains, malt 

 sprouts, hominy feed and similar goods, low-grade flour, wheat middlings, bran 

 middlings, wheat bran, wheat bran with admixtures, oat feeds, mixed and 

 proprietary feeds, animal by-products, buckwheat bran, buckwheat middlings, 

 rye middlings, crushed oats, dried-beet pulp, and screenings. 



"Nine samples of cotton-seed meal were analyzed, 4 of which were deficient 

 in protein and only 5 could be called 'choice.' Marked deficiencies occurred in 

 the samples of distillers' grains, oat feeds, and certain dairy feeds containing 

 molasses. Several of the manufacturers of proprietary feeds have materially 

 reduced their guaranties on certain products and there is a better agreement 

 between guaranty and analysis. 



"Most of the articles offered for sale are properly branded and the disposition 

 of the dealers of the State as well as large milling concerns in the West is to 

 conform to the requirements of the statute. 



" Substitution of oat hulls for whole oats is still practiced by several i)arties 

 and the compounding of mixed feed from wheat bran and ground corn cob is 

 carried on by a few firms, but were it not for the feeding-stuffs law the adul- 

 teration of commercial feeding stuffs would be the rule rather than the excep- 

 tion. 



"As long as the farmer can raise plenty of corn, hay, and oats he can not 

 afford to purchase any material containing less than 14 per cent of protein." 



Cotton-seed meal, J. P>. Lindsey and P. H. SiMith (Mas.wchusctfs Sta. Circ. 

 1, pp. 8). — Analyses are reported of 75 samples of cotton-seed meal collected in 

 Massachusetts during the past 3 months. " Sixty-five were guarantied to con- 

 tain 41 or more per cent protein, and of these 49, or 75 per cent, fell below the 

 guaranty. Of this number, 20 were one-half to 2 per cent below, 12 were 2 to 

 4 per cent below, D were 4 to (J per cent below, and the remainder more than 6 

 per cent below the guaranty." Three samples, which were markedly below the 

 guaranty, were, in the authors' oi)inion. fraudulent. 



"Because of heavy rainfalls last autunm large quantities of t-otton seed were 

 considerably damaged, and as a result much of the cotton-seed meal that has 

 l)een offered during the present season has been of off grade, both in color and 

 texture and in chemical composition." 



In the authors' o[)inion, some brokers have endeavored to supply goods of 

 good quality in spite of unfavorable climatic conditions, while other brokers 

 and jobbers have not done so. The need for reliable information and for 

 sounder business methods is insisted upon. 



The pentosans of Soja hispida, (i. P>obghesani (.S7rt^. i^pei: Agr. Ital.. .'lO 

 (1907), No. 2, pp. 118-120).— Tha furfurol, pentose, and pentosan content of 

 several sorts of soy beans was determined. The pentosan content ranged from 

 2.86 to .".Sd JUT cent and in green soy beans was 8.0 per cent. 



Concerning- the nutritive value of wheat straw treated with caustic soda 

 under pressure, K. Altmannsbergek (Brr. Physiol. Lah. u. Vers. Anst. Lamhv. 

 Inst. Halle, 1007, No. 18, pp. 1 -/,!), straw was treated with sodium hydroxid 

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