616 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



In the following" table analyses are given of the water-free substance 

 of the whole plant without ears, the blades and husks, the ears, and 

 the stalks of corn scorched by hot winds : 



Composition of corn scorched by hot tvhtds in the summer of 1894. 



For the sake of comparison, the author gives analyses of cornstalks, 

 corn stover, and whole ears from an average crop raised under normal 

 conditions. The calculated dry matter per ton and digestible dry mat- 

 ter i)er ton iu the whole plant of scorched corn, the blades and husks, 

 the whole ears, and the stalks are also given. 



The author concludes that scorched corn has a feeding value, and 

 should always l)e utilized. 



On the influence of the addition of fat and of starch to the 

 ration upon the assimilation of nutrients and upon the meta- 

 bolism and gain of nitrogen in the animal body, A. >Vicke and 

 H. Weiske {Ztschr. jihysiol. Chem., 23 {189G), No. 2, 2n>- ^30-152).— This 

 is a continuation of work previously reported (E. S. E.., 8, p. 321). The 

 author tested the influence of the addition of fat and of starch to a 

 ration containing an abundance of i)rotein and fat. The experiment, 

 which was divided into 3 periods, was made with the same sheep as the 

 previous series. The sheep weighed at the beginning 52 and 41 kg., 

 respectively. During the whole experiment sheep No. 1 was fed a basal 

 ration of 800 gm. of meadow hay and 200 gm. of flaxseed (from which 

 part of the oil had been removed), and sheep No. 2, 650 gm. of meadow 

 hay and 200 gm. of flaxseed. The experiment proper was preceded by 

 a preliminary test of 8 days. 



During the first period, which lasted 8 days, the sheep were fed the 

 basal ration only. In the second period, which lasted 9 days, sheep 

 No. 1 was fed 146.4 gm. of starch per day in addition, and sheep No. 2, 

 50 gm. of olive oil, an isodynamic quantity of fat. During the third 

 period, which lasted 9 days, sheep No. 1 received 60 gm. of olive oil 

 per day in addition to the basal ration. It was the intention to feed 

 sheej) No. 2 an isodynamic quantity of starch during this period, but 

 the authors were not able to complete the experiment. The water 

 drunk Avas recorded each day. 



The food, urine, and feces were analyzed. The results of the expew- 

 ment are expressed in detail in tabular form. The coefficients of 



