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circumstances. Foremost among the latter is the rapid disappearance of alcohol 

 from the alimentary canal. . . . This point has been very carefully and thoroughly 

 tested by numerous experiments on healthy dogs with gastric fistula?, using proteid 

 teat meals, with the result that certainly in the stomach of dogs digestiou is not 

 retarded in any pronounced degree under the influence of alcohol or alcoholic fluids. 

 Of hastened digestion the results obtained gave little or no suggestion, and we must 

 therefore conclude that the two diverse factors above referred to more or less coun- 

 terbalance each other, so that gastric digestion in the broadest sense of the term is 

 not markedly varied under the influence of alcohol or alcoholic fluids. . . . In view 

 of the rapid disappearance of alcohol from the intestinal tract it is plain that alco- 

 holic fluids can not have much, if any, direct influence upon the secretion of either 

 pancreatic or intestinal juice." 



Note on the digestion of starch in the stomach, W. G. A. Robertsox {Proc. 

 Boy. Soc. E&inburg, 21 {1895-1897), pp. 96-104). — A number of experiments were made 

 with diseased and healthy men on the digestibility of starch by ptyalin, the diges- 

 tion of starch in the stomach, and the combined effect on starch of gastric and 

 salivary digestion. 



Does the Stutzer method of artificial digestion furnish reliable data for 

 deductions concerning the digestibility of protein? A. Saxotski {Zap. Novo- 

 Alexandri Inst. Selsk. Khoz. i Lyesor, 10 {1897), Xo. 2, pp. 1-1?).— The author criticises 

 Stutzer's method of artificial digestion and believes too sweeping deductions should 

 not be drawn. 



On the value of asparagin in feeding herbivora, O. Kellxer ( Verhandl. Gesell. 

 Vent. Naturf. u. Aerzte Braunschweig, 6S {1897), pp. 110-112). — A brief report of experi- 

 ments previously noted (E. S. R., 9, p. 1079). 



The poisons developed in foods during fermentation or putrefaction, with 

 two illustrative cases, F. T. Aschmax {Pennsylvania Dept. Ayr. Bpt. 1897, I, pp. 

 727-7S6). — A general discussion of the subject. 



On a Soudanese grass, Dybouski {Compt. Bend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 126 {1898), Xo. 10, 

 pp. 771, 772). — The author gives the composition of the seed of Paspalum longiflorum 

 and compares it with other well-known cereals (E. S. R., 10, p. 79). This grain is 

 used to a considerable extent for food. 



Beets and the feeding of dairy cows; value of forage beets and dried and 

 ensiled cossettes, L. Gkaxdeau {Jour. Ayr. Prat., 62 {1898), Xo. 10, p. 345). 



On the origin of polled cattle, E. O. Arexaxder {Ber. Andra Xord. Laudtbr. 

 Kongr., Stockholm, 1397, I, pp. 468, 469; II, App. 13, pp. 13, map 1). 



On the influence of the temperature of the stable on the productive capacity 

 of farm animals, E. O. Arexaxder {Landtmannen, 9 {1898), Xos. 11, pp. 171-173 ; 12, 

 189-191). 



Fattening lambs, F. B. Mumford {Michigan Sta. Bpt. 1896, pp. 267-285).— A 

 reprint of Bulletin 128 of the station (E. S. R., 7, p. 887). 



Lupines for pigs, HOENUNG {Dint. Landw. Presse, 25 {1898), Xo. 36, p. 394). — A 

 brief account, condensed from Mittheilungen der Vercinigung deutscher Schweinziichter, 

 is given of feeding lupines to pigs. The test reported, which was of 107 days dura- 

 tion, was made with 2 pigs. They were fed daily 1.5 lbs. peas, 1 lb. beans, 1 lb. 

 barley, 1 lb. coarse Avheat bran, 3 lbs. potatoes (poor cpuality), 0.5 lb. lupines, 0.125 lb. 

 peanut meal and molasses, 0.25 lb. molasses with a little milk and buttermilk. The 

 pigs weighed at the beginning 332 lbs. and gained 85.5 lbs. per pig at a coat of 

 9.5 eta. per pound. 



The feeding and watering of horses, D. Hutcheox {Jour. Jamaica Ayr. Soc, 2 

 {1S9S), Xo. 5, p. 172). — A general article. 



Advantages and disadvantages of modern methods of poultry culture, S. 

 Ct'shman {Ayr. Massachusetts, 1S97, pp. 95-115). — A paper presented at the public 

 winter meeting of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture at Taunton, in 1897, 

 with a discussion. 



