FOODS ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 615 



whifb cost 2(5 cts. per day, Avaa in any way preferable to that of the teacher's family, 

 wliicli cost 18 cts. per day. On the contrary, the latter was the more rational and 

 snbstantial. ... 



"The dietary of the teacher's family constitutes an exceptionally good example 

 of intelligent and economical management, secxiriug at the same time excellent 

 living. The tinner's dietary was in no way an exception, but is probably quite 

 typical of the manner of living of the great majority of wage earners of the better 

 class." 



Composition and digestibility of linseed meal, H. Snyder {Min- 

 nesota Sta. Bui. 47, pp. 20-30, fiij. 1). — Two digestion experiments were 

 made with 2 pigs weighing about 170 lbs. each. The ration consisted 

 of 1.;^ lbs. linseed meal (old process) and 9 lbs. of raw potatoes per day. 

 The digestibility of the i»otatoes had been determined in a previous 

 experiment. The linseed meal was mixed with a little water, and the 

 sliced potatoes added. The pigs did not relish such large quantities of 

 linseed meal, and in order to make them eat the ration 4 oz. of shorts 

 per day was added. The average coefficients of digestibility were as 

 follows: Total dry matter 77.5 per cent, ash 10, crude protein 8G, fat SO, 

 crude fiber 12, and nitrogen-free extract 85. Linseed meal is foun<l to be 

 slightly less digestible than corn meal and as digestible as wheat, barley, 

 shorts, or bran. 



Linseed meal and the old and new process of manufacture are dis- 

 cussed at some length. The value of the manure produced by the 

 animals in the above experiment is noticed elsewhere (p. 575). 



Comparat ire feeding lvalue of linseed meal (pp. 25-.')0). — In a table the 

 author states the digestible nutrients and heat units which can be pur- 

 chased for $1 when grain and milled products are at various i:)rices. 

 The feeding value of linseed meal and other feeds is briefly discussed 

 as well as the effects of linseed meal upon the quality of butter and its 

 use in a ration for dairy cows. 



The food value of corn scorched by hot -winds, (1. L. Holter 

 (Oldahoma Sta. Bui. 20, pp. 0-1')). — The corn was from a field which 

 suffered from hot winds. The blades curled up and the corn ceased to 

 grow. A short time afterwards there were abundant rains, but the corn 

 never recovered. T-he yield of ears of scorched corn was about one- 

 tenth, and the fodder produced not more than two-thirds of an average 

 crop. 



" The corn under consideration was not so badly scorched that it was 

 made unpalatable. It had the appearance of ripened corn ready to be 

 cut. The fodder was fully as succulent as corn fodder is when it becomes 

 fully matured, and certainly was an improvement, as far as appear- 

 ances go, over fodder that has been badly frosted." 



