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composted 6 weeks prior to planting-, Avas applied. On 4 other plats 

 the same mixture was applied without composting. Each plat con- 

 tained 3 rows 209 feet long. The tabulated yields indicate that " there 

 is nothing" gained by previously mixing and fermenting barnyard 

 manure, cotton seed (crushed), and superi)hosphate in the propor- 

 tion given, in comparison with applying- the same ingredients directly 

 and separately to the soil." 



A TALK FOR FARMERS, K. J. Eedding (pp. 112-115). — Popular 

 remarks on the use of fertilizers and on light vs. heavy manuring. 



Small fruits, Gr. Speth (pp. 115-128, tigs. 21). — General directions 

 for the culture of strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries, with brief 

 descriptions of varieties suitable for Georgia and brief statements 

 regariling- the diseases of small fruits. 



Maryland Station, Bulletin No. 8, March, 1890 (pp. 16). 



Feeding old milch cows for beef, A. I. Hayward, B. S. (pp. 

 3-11). — To compare the cost of fattening- old and young cows for beef, a 

 trial was made with tMO cows 9 to 10 years old or over — one Jersey 

 and one Ayrshire, and two others 5 to G years, both Jerseys. The 

 trial lasted from January 30 to April 3, 9 weeks. The food for all 

 consisted of corn meal or corn-and-cob meal, wheat middlings, oil 

 meal, and Hungarian hay or corn stover, the rations being adjusted to 

 suit the appetite of each cow. The old cows were weighed each week 

 and the young cows daily. The amounts of food and water consumed 

 and the gains in live weight are tabulated for each animal. 



As these cows, with one exception, were at their best in the eighth period or week, 

 it seems fairest to consider the results of the first 8 weeks of the trial. By cal- 

 culating the cost of food consumed during this period, at the local market rates o^ 

 the several articles, it is found that for lot 1 [old cows] it cost $20.65 to produce a 

 gain of 105 pounds of beef, or almost 20 cents a pound; for lot 2 [young cows] it 

 cost $21.95 to produce 209 pounds, or about 10^ cents a pound. At ruling jirices for 

 beef Itoth lots were fed at a loss, although the loss was twice as great for the older 

 cows and may be called disastrous in this case. 



The difficulty of accurately determining the gain in live weight of the 

 animals from single weighings taken weekly is well illustrated bj^ this 

 exiieriment, and the errors likely to result from depending on single 

 weekly weighings are calculated and stated in a table. 



FeedinGt heifers on silage only, H. E. Alvord, C. E. (pp. 12- 

 14). — An account is given of a trial lasting from January 30 to April 3, 

 in which two pure-bred Ayrshire heifers, both with calf, were fed 

 exclusively on silage made from a mixture of corn, sorghum, and sqja 

 beans. Tliis silage had a nutritive ratio of 1:10.3. It was fed ad lib- 

 itum (about 40 j)ounds per animal daily). The food eaten and the liuc- 

 tuatious in live weight are tabulated. 



"The silage described was in this ca.se a good and sufficient food for 

 2-year-old heifers during the winter, just before first calving and at 



