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Sheep feeding. W. T. McDonald and J. S. Malone {Oklahoma Sta. Bui. 78, 

 pp. 57-6'.'/). — Using 4 lots of 10 lambs each, alfalfa hay and cowpea hay with 

 corn meal, and corn stover and alfalfa hay with corn meal and cotton-seed meal 

 3:1, and prairie hay with the last mentioned grain mixture were studied, the 

 feeding jieriod covering 20 weeks. 



The total gains per lot ranged from 303 lbs. on the prairie hay ration to 521 

 lbs. on cowpea hay and corn meal. The greatest range in dry matter eaten per 

 pou id of gain was also noticed with these two lots, being 7.35 lbs. with the last 

 mentioned lot and S.33 lbs. with the first mentioned lot. The gain was most 

 theaply made on the cowpea hay ration, costing 5.43 cts. per pound, and was 

 most expensive on the prairie hay ration, costing 6.41 cts. per pound. The 

 shrinkage in shipping was greatest with the lot fed alfalfa hay and corn meal, 

 being 0.3 per cent, and was least with the lots fed the cowpea hay and prairie 

 hay rations, being 7.0 per cent in each case. 



The tentative conclusions which the authors draw follow: 



"Alfalfa hay or cowpea hay with corn makes an excellent ration for fattening 

 lambs from the standpoint of rapidity of gains, economy of gains, and quality 

 of the finished product. 



" Even when corn stover was given a value of $4 per ton, a ration consisting 

 of equal parts of alfalfa hay and corn stover for roughness and three parts 

 corn meal and one part cotton-seed meal, was almost as economical as a ration 

 consisting of alfalfa hay and corn meal, 



" Though smaller and more expensive gains were made on prairie hay, corn 

 meal, and cotton-seed meal, the quality of tlte finished carcasses was equal to 

 that of those from the lambs fed the other rations. 



" In order to secure the minimum amount of shrinkage in shipping, lambs 

 should be fed prairie or Bermuda hay for the roughness for a couple of days 

 before shipping." 



The Angora goat and mohair industry, W. R. Robinson (Queensland Afjr. 

 Jour., 19 {1901), No. .), pp. 20.'f-20S). — Various questions concei-ned with the 

 feeding, care, and management of Angora goats under local conditions, the 

 prices paid for Australian mohair, the quality of Angora mutto:i, and similar 

 tojtics are considei'ed. 



The stable handbook, T. F. Dale {London and yew York, lOOli, pp. 

 XIV+90, pis. 32, figs. 9). — The feeding, care, and management of hoi-ses are 

 discussed with special reference to English conditions. 



Barley as a feed for horses, M. Rasquin {Jour. Soc. Agr. Brabant et 

 Hainaut, 52 {1901), No. 26, pp. 689-691).— On the basis of data obtained in 

 feeding barley to street-car horses in Brussels and other information, the author 

 concludes that l)arley may be used as a satisfactory substitute for oats in horse 

 feeding. 



Market classes and grades of horses and mules, R. C. Obrecht {Illinois 

 Sta. Bui. 122, pp. 93-186, figs. 11).— An intelligent estimate of the value of 

 horses and mules necessitates an understanding of market requirements and of 

 classes and grades, subjects which the author discusses in detail. The principal 

 factors which determine market value of horfes and mules, as he points out, 

 are soundness, conformation, quality, condition, action, age, color, education, 

 and general api)earance. 



" Horses or mules of a general type are grouped into classes, for convenience 

 and a definite understanding; and in most instances the names of the classes 

 are suggestive of the use to which they are put. The classes of horses are 

 divided into subclasses which embody those of a similar type but slightly dif- 



