774 EXPERIMENT STATION KECOED. 



Last of all, and more than all, it has been the pnrpose to encourage, and if 

 possible induce, more exact methods of study and of practice than have hith- 

 erto characterized this branch of agricultural science. . . . 



" No new theories of evolution are proposed. The chief object has been to 

 distinguish what is known from what is merely traditional ; to give as much as 

 possible, within the limits of available space, of the best established facts 

 bearing upon this subject; to call attention to approved methods of study, and 

 to indicate lines of research most likely to furnish valuable information in the 

 not distant future." 



The volume also contains an ai)]iendix on statistical methods by H. L. Rietz. 



Cattle of the Bombay Presidency, F. Joslen (Dcpt. Lund Rcc. aiul Ayr. 

 Bombay, Bui. 26, pp. 69, pU. 65). — An extended study of the cattle industry 

 in the different districts of the Bombay Presidency. A feature of the work 

 is the large number of illustrations of individual specimens of Indian cattle 

 of ditferent breeds with details of weight and measurements. Available feed 

 supply, methods of feeding, milk yield, and related questions are considered. 



The author notes among other things that whohe cotton seeds with fibers and 

 cotton adhering are fed. " They, seem to liave little or no ill effects even when 

 cotton seeds are given in fairly large quantities." 



Work oxen in France, P. Diffloth (Cosmos [i'«r/sj, 56 {1907), No. 1183, 

 Ttp. 355-358; Rer. ,ScL l/Vn/.sJ. 5. srr., 8 (1907), l\lo. 16, pp. 50Jf~506) .—The 

 statistics given show that there are approximately 1,333,000 work oxen in 

 France. A study of the efficiency of these animals as compared with work 

 horses indicates that the average ox performs from two-thirds to three-fourths 

 as much labor as the average horse, the exact figures obtained by Kingelmann 

 in such studies varying from 62.5 to 71.7 per cent. The cost of maintenance of 

 a work ox is estimated to vary from 18 to 20 cts. per day where they must be 

 stall fed, and only a few cents where pasturage is abundant. The ox is much 

 less efficient as a roadster than the horse. The cow is much more efficient for 

 this respect than the ox, and it is estimated that 1,."»00,000 cows are so used in 

 Finance. 



Portable hog houses, J. (J. Fuller and C. A. Ocock {Wisconsin 8t(i. Bui. 

 153, pp. .18, fii/i<. ,li). — The author describes in detail the construction of A- 

 shaped and shed-shaped portable hog houses and also discusses the construc- 

 tion of large hog houses on the basis of the station eciuipment. In the general 

 discussion of the subject, the advantages of portable houses are i>ointetl out. 



Control in the hog house, E. V. Johansson {Nord. Mcjcri Tidn., 22 {1907), 

 No. 3'/, pp. 399-.'i01). — A plan of control and bookkeeping for swine raising 

 similar to that worked out for dairy tests. 



' The distribution of stallions in Wisconsin, A. S. Alexander {Wisconsin 

 Sla. Bui. 155, pp. 172, figs. I'l). — The operation of the Wisconsin stallion law, 

 amendments which have been enacted since the law was passed, ami special 

 features of State legislation on this subject are discussed and a summary of 

 data (m stallion service legislation in other States presentetl. Detailed lists are 

 given of the number and breed of stallions in different counties in Wisconsin 

 and a directory of stallions licensed in I'JOO. The total number of licenses 

 granted to pure-bred stallions and jacks in 1906 was 1,067 and to grade stal- 

 lions and jacks 1,561, and in 1907 pure breds 219 and grades 413. 



Mule raising in Poitou, Hailer {Mitt. Deut. Landw. GcselL, 22 {1907), No. 

 16, Sup. 10, pp. 53-65, figs. 7). — Statistical and other data are given in this gen- 

 ei'al discussion of the Poitcni nmle industry. 



Poultry experiments. Care and management of the flock, .1. H. Shepi'erd 

 and O. W. Dynes {North Dakota Sta. Bui. 78, pp. ^35-47.'/, figs. 13). — Bree<ls 



