1166 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



The general mechanism which transforms glycogen into glucose in 

 muscles and animal tissues, F. Maignon (Coiiti)t. Rend. Acad. ^ci. [Paris], 

 J^S {J907), No. J8, 1)1). 730-732). — According to the author, his experiments 

 show that muscles contain an amylase which transforms glycogen into glucose. 

 The reaction is increased by anything which brings the amylase and glycogen 

 Into more intimate contact. 



A method of recording the loss of weight through the air passages and 

 skin of man, W. P. I^mbard (Ahs. in ZcnIhL Physiol., 21 (1907), No. 15, pp. 

 //8-'/, Ji85). — In a paper presented at the International Congress of Physiology, 

 Heidelberg, 1907, the author describes a balance which registers changes in 

 weigbt with great accuracy at very frequent intervals and which is adapted to 

 experiments with man. The carbon dioxid lost in the breath is very nearly 

 equivalent in weight to the oxygen consumed, and so tlie losses in weight which 

 are observed are due principally, the author points out, to the excretion of 

 water vapor. 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



The composition of some Transvaal fodders, H. Ingle (Transvaal Agr. 

 Jour., 6 (1907), No. 21, pp. 51-65). — Tall fescue and other green fodders, oat 

 hay, Boer manna hay (Sctaria italica), teff hay, alfalfa hay and other legumi- 

 nous hays, beets, mangels, cornstalks, and other feeding stuffs were analyzed, 

 ]n-oximate and ash constituents being determined in the majority of cases. 



The reported data are discussed with special reference to the author's belief 

 that local grown oat hay and corn (mealies) do not supply the required mineral 

 matter for horses and mules (E. S. R., 19, p. 670) and should be supplemented 

 by other feeding stuffs. " Some of these, e. g., lucern, cowpeas, velvet beans, 

 and certain millets can readily be grown here and give very remunerative 

 yields." 



Composition of " joegee beans" (Transvaal Agr. Jour., 6 (1907), No. 21, 

 pp. 67, 68). — The seed were identified as Voandzeia subterranea and proximate 

 and ash constituents were determined. 



Locust beans, G. B. Ravndal (^lio. Consular and Trade Rpts. [U. S.], 1907, 

 No. 327, pp. 252, 253). — A summary of data on the use of carob beans in Cyprus 

 and France for cattle feeding, for making a molasses like sirup, alcohol, etc. 



Rice glutina or gluten: An economical concentrated feed, R. Dumont 

 (Semainc Agr. [Paris], 26 (1907), No. 1382, p. 365).— The value of rice gluten, 

 a by-product in rice milling, is discussed and analyses of this material quoted. 

 The author states that he has found it a satisfactory feeding stuff for poultry, 

 dairy cows, and other farm animals. 



Waste bananas as stock feed (Natal Agr. Jour, and Min. Rec, 10 (1907), 

 No. 9, p. 1022). — A brief note on the successful use as a cattle feed in Trinidad 

 of bananas broken up with a root pulper and mixed with some cocoanut or 

 cotton-seed meal and a little molasses. The mixture, it is said, is used to the 

 best advantage for feeding milch cows, growing stock, and draft oxen, and " all 

 these animals consume it with relish. It is not so suitable for mules or other 

 stock, and if given to pigs or poultry should first be cooked." 



The inspection of feeding stuffs in 1907, F. W. Morse (Neiv Hampshire 

 Sta. Bui. 133, pp. 70-76). — Under the provisions of the State law, a number of 

 samples of cotton-seed meal, linseed meal, distillers' and brewers' grains, gluten 

 feeds, hominy feed, wheat feed, molasses feed, grain mixtures, animal meal, 

 beef scraps, bone meal, and commercial feeds were analyzed. 



With the exception of the cotton-seed meals, which were deficient in protein, 

 " the different classes of cattle foods whiQh were analyzed during the past 



