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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The average composition of the biscuits or crackers, rolls, and cakes 

 analyzed is shown in the following table: 



Average composition of miscellaneous products. 



Biscuit or crack- 

 ers (average of 

 48) 



Rolls (average of 

 U) 



Cake and similar 

 goods (average 

 of 61) 



P. c< 

 0.47 



.60 

 .50 



P. ct 



1.57 



f 'atari's. 

 4,755 



Calories. 



4,697 



4, 538 4, 481 



4, 805 4, 729 



The analytical data in the bulletin are discussed in detail, and much 

 American and foreign work on the topics treated is summarized. 



Forage plants and fodders, F. T. Shutt (Canada Expt. Farms Bpt. 

 1897, pp. 146-151). — The composition is reported of awnless brome grass 

 (Bromus inermis) ready for cutting; awnless brome grass hay, cut 

 when the seed was just formed; when the seed was ripe; the straw 

 from awnless brome grass hay and chaff (containing some seeds) 

 from awnless brome grass; storksbill or alfllaria (Erbdium cicutarium), 

 green material and air dried hay; "heavy feed" and buckwheat bran. 

 "Heavy feed" examined under the microscope was found to consist 

 chiefly of ground wheat and oats, the bran forming approximately 25 

 per cent of the whole. Storksbill hay had the following percentage 

 composition : Water 10.32, protein 23.12, ether extract 4.53, carbohy- 

 drates 30.70, crude liber 10.97, and ash 20.30. 



On the absorption of several kinds of fat in the intestinal tract 

 of man, K Kienzl (Oesterr. Clicm. Ztg., 1 (1898), Xo. 6, pp. 198-202). — 

 Experiments were made with a man 30 years old, weighing 78 kg., 

 on the digestibility of butter, rendered butter, lard, oleoniargarin, 

 "margarin schmalz," and "margarin butter." "Margarin schmalz" is 

 described as a mixture of oleomargariu with sesame and peanut oils, 

 and margarin butter as a mixture of oleomargariu, sesame, and pea- 

 nut oil with butter. The experiment was divided into periods of 2 

 days each. The feces were separated with charcoal. The butter and 

 other fats used were analyzed and the fat in the feces determined. 

 The results of the experiment are shown in the table below. In addi- 

 tion to the foods enumerated, soup and some vegetables were also 

 consumed each day. 



