FOODS ANIMAL PRODUCTION". 479 



having considerable exercise, made greater gains than lot 3, and during 

 the whole test made greater gains than lot 1. Not taking into account 

 the value of the pasture, lot 3 made the most economical gains. 



In the author's opinion the results of the experiment give little idea 

 of the value of clover for pigs, since the clover was too far advanced to 

 be satisfactory. 



A record was kept of the gains made and food consumed per pound 

 of gain by the different breeds in lot 1. All the pigs were sold and 

 slaughtered and records kept of the slaughter test. The author does 

 not think the data sufficient to draw conclusions relative to the different 

 breeds. 



Dietary hygiene for soldiers, Db Fournes (Jour. Hyg., 22 (1897), No. 1089, pp. 

 $68-365). — The author discusses :i number of foods supplied to soldiers. 



Domestic science in the agricultural colleges (Amer. Kitchen Mag., 7 (1S97), 

 No. 6, pp. 218-223, figs. 9). 



Fodder analyses, C. L. Penny (Delaware Sta. Rpt. 1896, p. 159). — Analyses are 

 given of buckwheat bran, buckwheat hulls, buckwheat flour, buckwheat meal, 

 buckwheat feed, oxeye daisy, and flea bane. 



Composition of beans, lentils, and peas, Balland (Compi. Bend. .had. Sci. Paris-, 

 125 (1897), Xo. ..'. pp. 119-121). — The author reports analyses of beans, lentils, aud 

 peas. 



Composition and feeding value of malt sprouts (Dent, landw. i resse, 24 (1897), 

 No. 58, p. 531). — Quotation from an article by Remy in YVochenschr. Brauerei, 1897, 

 July 16. 



Composition of potatoes, Balland {Jour. Hyg.,22(1897), No. 1100, p. 498).— The 

 author reports the maximum, minimum, aud average composition of potatoes, basing 

 the figures on a large number of analyses of different varieties. 



The potato as food, H. Coudon and L. Bussard (Compt. Bend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 

 125 (1897), No. 1, pp. 43-46). — A condensation of an article published in An. Sci. 

 Agron., 1897, I, No. 2, p. 250 (E. S. R., 9, p. 226). 



The use of beet leaves for fodder, TANCRE (Finding's landw. Ztg., 46 (1897), No. 

 7, pp. 515-520). — -The author discusses the use of beet leaves for fodder before the 

 beets are harvested and the effects of this practice on the crop. The feeding value 

 of heet leaves is compared with the feeding value of grass and the value of field and 

 sugar beet leaves for manure and silage is pointed out. 



Experiments in feeding beet leaves, N. Zcntz (Landivirt, 32 (1896), No. 74 ; ah*. 

 in Biedermann's Centbl. Ayr. Client., 26 (1897), No. 8, pp. 538, 534).— The author dis- 

 cusses the question of feeding beet leaves, quoting the results of recent experiments. 



Composition and digestibility of linseed meal, H. Snyder (Minnesota Sta. Rpt. 

 1896, pp. 20-23, fig. 1). — Reprinted from Bulletin 47 of the station (E. S. R., 8, p. 615). 



The composition of hay as affected by maturity, A. E. Shuttleworth (Ontario 

 Agr. Col. and Expt. Farm Bpt. 1896. pp. 3 '2-34). —The author gives the composition of 

 clover and timothy hay cut at different dates and cured with and without exposure 

 to the rain. 



The results show -'clearly a decrease in the percentage of water, and therefore 

 in the succulency of the material, as maturity advances. Crude protein, like 

 water, decreases considerably with maturity ; but fiber, unlike water and protein, 

 increases. . . . 



"A comparison of the percentage composition of the water-free substance of the 

 clover and timothy exposed to rain with that of the respective cuttings not exposed 

 to rain, shows that rain acts chiefly on the nitrogen-free extracts and the amids, 

 which to some extent are washed out. The explanation of this effect of rain and 

 heavy dews on cured hay is that sugar (a constituent of the nitrogen-free extract) . 

 and amids are soluble in water." 



