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montlis; sample III, 5 mouths; samples IV and V, 6 mouths. The 

 results of analysis were as follows : 



Analysis of silage from stack silos. 



— F. W. WOLL. 



Feeding experiments with Rehnstrdm's "horse bread," J. Y. 



NoKDENDAHL {Tidslr. Vet. Med., 14 {189 5), pp. 5i5-X^i 7). —Several feed- 

 ing trials were made with "horse bread" (E. S. E., 7, j). 247) on horses 

 in diiferent regiments of the Swedish army, with favorable results. 

 One pound of the bread is said to possess about the same feeding value 

 as 2 lbs. of oats. Analysis shows its composition to be as follows: 

 Water, 8.16 per cent; ash, 3.45; protein, 17.13; carbohydrates, 66.50, 

 and fat, 4.76. — f. w. woll. 



Report of the State Chemical-Control Station of Norv^ay for 

 1895, F. H. Werenskiold {Christiania : 1896, pp. 51). — The report 

 gives the usual resume of the main work of the chemical-control station 

 during the year. The following results are deemed of more general 

 interest : 



Analyses of Norivegian root crops. — The investigation was begun in 

 1893, the object being to study the average composition of the main 

 Norwegian root crops and the variations to which they are subject. 

 Forty-seven samples were analyzed during 1895. The average data 

 obtained for the different kinds of crops are shown in the following 



table : 



Arcraf/e corn-position and yield of root croj)s, 1S95. 



