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including snail clover {Medicago turhinata), Modiola decumbens, alfil- 

 cria {Erodium cicutarium), sacbaline {Polygonum sachaUnense), alfalfa, 

 Australian saltbusli {Atriplex semibaccatum), wheat bay, barley Lay, 

 wild yellow clover, Bokhara clover, Australian saltbusli liay, wheat, 

 wheat bran, wheat raiddling-s and screenings, rice bran, cocoanut oil- 

 cake meal, cotton-seed meal, and sugar-beet pulp. 



The food value of fruits for live stock is discussed at some length, 

 and analyses of a number of fruits are quoted. Fruits are deficient in 

 protein, and the author advises using them to supply the fattening 

 elements of food, and to make up the deficiency of nitrogenous matter 

 by the use of substances like cotton-seed meal or cocoanut meal. A 

 table is given showing the comparative value of fruits and a number 

 of other feediug stuffs. 



"When there is no market for the fruit there is sometimes uothing left to be done 

 Tjut to feed it to stock. Under any circumstance, when stone fruit is used as fodder 

 for hogs, it is to be feared that when the animals crack large quantities of jiits 

 poisoning may occur from the oil of bitter almonds and the prussic acid present 

 in the kernels. Precaution in this direction is unnecessary for cattle and horses, 

 as they do not crack the pits. The stones or pits can be iised to great advantage as 

 fuel."' 



Farm grains for fattening lambs, J. A. Craig ( Wisconsin Sta. 

 Bpt.l895,p2}. 46-48). — The value of corn, corn and oats, corn and peas, 

 and corn, peas, and oats as the grain portions of a fattening ration was 

 tested with 20 Shropshire lambs, divided into 4 lots of 5 each. The 

 lambs were selected from about 2,000, as representing the average lambs 

 used for feeding purposes in Wisconsin. They were 9 weeks old at the 

 beginning of the test, which lasted 8 weeks. Lot 1 was fed corn meal; 

 lot 2 corn and oats; lot 3 corn and peas; and lot 4 com, peas, and oats, 

 and all received hay. The total gain of lot 1 was 104.5 lbs. ; of lot 2, 

 85.5 lbs.; of lot 3, 126 lbs.; aud of lot 4, 120.5 lbs. With hay at 18 

 per ton, and corn at 40 cts., oats at 30 cts., and peas at 60 cts. per 

 bushel, the cost of 100 lbs. of gain of lot 1 was $4, of lot 2 $4.95, of 

 lot 3 $4.21, and of lot 4 $4.54. 



"A comparision of all the results indicates that for profitable feed- 

 iug corn is certainly most conducive to gain, but, considering all things, 

 the safety of the sheep and the profit as well, the mixture of corn and 

 peas is superior to any mixture tried in this experiment." 



Corn meal, bran, and oats for lambs before and after weaning, 

 J. A. Craig ( Wisconsin Sta. Bpt. 1895, pp. 40-45, Jig. i).— The value of 

 corn meal, oats, and bran as a food for lambs before and after weauiug 

 was tested with 18 grade Dorset lambs, divided into 3 equal lots. 

 The lambs were about 2 mouths old at the beginning of the test, 

 which continued 8 weeks. Lot 1 was fed corn meal, lot 2 whole 

 oats, and lot 3 bran. During the day they were allowed to run in a 

 pasture, with 9 ewes, but were fed in a small inclosure. After weaning 

 the feeding was continued on the same rations fed ad libitum. The 



