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which began February 9 and lasted 79 days, was made with 2 lots of 

 fowls, each consisting of 2 Barred Plymouth Rock hens, 10 Light 

 Brahma hens, 5 Light Brahma pullets, aud*2 Wyandotte-Light Brahma 

 pullets. The general conditions were the same as in the preceding test. 

 Both lots were fed whole wheat, whole oats, wheat bran, wheat middlings, 

 Chicago gluten meal, and gronud clover. In addition, lot 1 received cut 

 bone and lot 2 animal meal. The nutritive ratio of the ration for lot 1 

 was 1:4.8, for lot 2, 1:4.9. The results of the test are briefly shown in 

 the following table : 



Animal meal vs. cut bone for egg production. 



Lot 1 (cut bone) 



Lot 2 (animal meal) . 



Food con- 

 sumed. 



Pounds. 

 1!k:s. 5 

 287.0 



Cost of 



food per 



day per 



fowl. 



Cent. 

 0.22 

 .22 





269 

 145 



Pounds. 

 0.94 

 1.80 



Cost of 

 food per 



Gents. 

 1.2 

 2.2 



In the author's opinion the results indicate a decided advantage in 

 favor of bone. No difference was observed in the condition of the 2 lots 

 or in the character or size of the eggs produced. The experiment is 

 being repeated. 



On the utilization of beet molasses, A. G. Ekstrand (E. landt. dkad. Handl. 



Tidskr., 35 (1896), pp. 222-239). — A discussion of the various methods of utilizing 

 the heet molasses in European countries, with special reference to Swedish condi- 

 tions, viz, for sugar extraction, for the manufacture of alcohol, compressed yeast, 

 potash, illuminating gas, and for cattle food, singly or mixed with other feed stuffs, 

 like hran, heet pulp, etc., or with peat dust (sphagnum moss). — F. w. WOLL. 



Concerning wheat and its mill products, G. L. Teller (Arkansas Sta. Ept. 1S96, 

 pp. 61-73).— A reprint from Bulletin 42 of the station (E. S. R., 8, p. 913). 



Composition of the ash of wheat and its mill products, G. L. Teller (Arkansas 

 Sta.Bpt. 1896, pp. 70-72, 75-80). — A reprint from Bulletin 42 of the station (E. S. R., 

 8, p. 914). 



Composition of pie melon, G. L. Holter and J. Fields (Oklahoma Sta. Bui. 25, 

 pp. 5, 6). — The pie melon (stock melon) is described and its composition compared 

 with that of other coarse foods. Analysis of the whole melon, including seeds and 

 rind, shows a water content of 93.03 per cent. The dry matter contains 7.97 per 

 cent protein, 58.90 per cent nitrogen-free extract, 3.77 per cent fat, 22.02 per cent 

 crude fiber, and 7.34 per cent ash. 



Compilation of analyses of fodder articles and dairy products, 1868-1897, 

 E.B.Holland (Massachusetts Hatch Sta. Rpt. 1896, pp. 138-153). — A reprint, with 

 additions, of matter from the Annual Report of the station for 1895 (E. S. R., 8, p. 426). 



Tables of the digestibility of American feed stuffs, J. B. Lindsey (Massachu- 

 setts Hatch Sta. Ept. 1896, pp. 158-169). — A reprint, with additions, of matter from the 

 Annual Report of the station for 1895 (E. S. R., 8, p. 427). 



The action of X-rays on the temperature of animals, L. Lecercle (Compt- 

 Bend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 125 (1897), No. 4, pp. 234, 235).— The hind quarters of rabbits 

 were freed from fur and submitted to the action of X-rays. The skin and rectal 

 temperatures were lowered somewhat by the operation, but rose again to the initial 

 point one-half hour after the close of the experiment. 



Sheep feeding, J. A. Craig ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 49, pp. 24). — In a 

 popular bulletin the author discusses the feeding of breeding ewes, rams, lambs 



