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lected and analyzed. The percentage of ash and moisture was determined and 

 carbohydrates estimated by difference. 



The feeds examined included wheat middlings, bran, low-grade flour, cotton- 

 seed meal, hominy feed, molasses feeds, miscellaneous compounded feeds, al- 

 falfa and clover meals, dried beet pulp, brewers' and distillers' p-ains, gluten 

 feeds, linseed meal, meat and bone feeds, oat feeds, and provenders. 



Feeding stuffs report, 1915, J. W. Kellogg {Perm. Dept. Agr. Bui. 280 

 (1916), pp. 271). — The usual chemical and microscopical examination of samples 

 collected under the act regulating the sale of concentrated commercial feeding 

 stuffs is reported. The analyses include cottonseed meal, linseed meal, coconut 

 oil meal, corn oil meal, ivory nut meal, distillers' dried grains (from corn 

 and rye), yeast dried grains, brewers' dried grains, malt sprouts, corn gluten 

 feed, corn gluten meal, hominy feed, corn bran, corn feed meal, low-grade flour, 

 wheat middlings, wheat bran, rye middlings, oat feed, oat hulls, buckwheat 

 middlings, buckwheat feed, alfalfa meal, dried beet pulp, various mixed and 

 proprietary feeds, animal by-products, and condimental stock and poultry feeds. 



Commercial feeding stuffs, 1916-17, [and] Texas feed law, B. Youngblood 

 (Texas Sta. Bui. 216 (1917), pp. 5-385).— This contains the text of the law 

 regulating the sale of feeding stuffs in Texas and an explanation and discus- 

 sion of its requirements, together with a list of manufacturers and tables of 

 analyses of feeding stuffs examined, including alfalfa meal, blood meal, corn 

 chop, corn gluten feed, ground corn cob, cox'n bran, cottonseed cake, cottonseed 

 meal, cottonseed feed, cold-pressed cotton seed, dried beet pulp, dried brewers' 

 grains, ear corn chop, feterita chop, hominy meal, Kafir corn chop, linseed meal, 

 meat meal, milo maize chop, ground oats, ground oat hulls, peanut meal, peanut 

 cake, whole pressed peanuts, ground peanut hay, ground bone, rice bran, rice 

 polish, ground rice hulls, tankage, wheat bran, wheat shorts, and various mixed 

 and proprietary feeds. 



[Animal husbandry work], O. N. Abnett (Montana Sta. Rpt. 1916, pp. 170- 

 172). — The animal husbandry department has, owing to economic conditions, 

 given special attention to the utilization of cheap feeds. 



Thirty head of high-grade beef cattle were divided into two lots, one wintered 

 on straw alone and the other on straw with the addition of 8.8 lbs. of hay per 

 head daily. The results showed that when cattle start in in good condition in 

 the fall they can be wintered on straw. In this experiment the cattle receiving 

 the hay as part ration were in bettw condition than those receiving straw 

 alone. 



In a trial with fattening two lots of yearling cattle the results were not 

 conclusive, but indicate that it is more profitable to feed less grain and more 

 hay than is the practice in many sections. Feeding Giant Russian sunflowers 

 to dairy cattle for a short period (nine days) indicated that this crop, which 

 gave a yield of 22 tons per acre without irrigation, was equal pound for pound 

 to corn and clover. 



In growing and fattening pigs the results indicated that a light grain ra- 

 tion fed to pigs on forage is a profitable practice. As supplements to barley 

 and wheat, animal products, skim milk and tankage, gave better results than 

 peas and alfalfa, while the peas were slightly more efficient than the alfalfa. 



Report of th.e animal husbandman, C. A. Willson (Tennessee Sta. Rpt. 

 1913, pp. 153-155). — During the year the station had 48 experimental groups of 

 cattle and hogs, among them 328 steers. The rations tested have been mainly 

 cottonseed products and silage. As in previous reports medium rations of cot- 

 tonseed meal have given more economical returns than large rations. Silage 

 was more eflacient than cottonseed hulls. 



