786 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Pure food and dairy laws of Pennsylvania, L.Wells (Pennsylvania Dept. Agr. 

 Bill. '.', pp. 25). — A summary of the several acts of the Assembly relating to foods 

 ami dairy products, with decisions of the courts in regard to the same. 



Subsistence and messing in European armies, J. R. Williams, 0. de W. Wilcox, 

 C.Eeichmann, and L. C. Scherer ( War Dept. \_U. S.~\, Adjt. Gen. Office, Mil. Infor. 

 Div., 16, I, pp. 91).— A. compilation of information concerning the food in times of 

 peace and war of the armies of Austria. Belgium, England, France, Germany, Hol- 

 land, Italy, and Switzerland. 



Soy beans as food for man, C. F. Laxgworthy ( U. S. Dept. Ayr., Farmers' Bui. 

 58, pp. 20-23). — Soy beans as food for man are discussed with special reference to the 

 food preparations made from them in China and Japan. 



The average composition of American food materials, W. 0. Atwater (Con- 

 necticut Storrs Sta. lipt. 1896, pp. 190-198). — This is a condensation of Bulletin 28 of 

 this Office (E. S. R., 8, p. L26). 



Analyses of fodders and feeding stuffs, W. O. Atwater and F. G. Benedict 

 (Connecticut Storrs Sta. L'pt. 1S9G, pp. .j:3-jS7).— In connection with the work of the 

 station during the year analyses were made of the following feeding stuffs: Timothy 

 (Phleum pratense), orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata), meadowfescue (Festuca elatiur), 

 brume grass (Bromm inermis), red top (Agrostis vulgaris), millet fodder, cowpea fod- 

 der, oat fodder, oat and pea fodder, rowen, sweet corn fodder, soy bean fodder, corn 

 silage, corn stover, clover hay, clover rowen, meadow-grass hay, millet and Hunga- 

 rian hay, oat hay, swamp hay, yellow and white flint corn, oats, corn meal, Buffalo 

 gluteu feed, Chicago gluten feed, linseed meal, wheat bran, and wheat middlings. 



Proportions of digestible nutrients in food materials, W. O. Atwater (Con- 

 necticut Storrs Sta. llpt. 1896, pp. 199-204). — Using the coefficients of digestibility 

 noted (see p. 780) the digestible nutrients in a large number of American food 

 materials were calculated. 



Investigations on metabolism in the human organism, W. O. Atwater, C. D. 

 Woods, and F. G. Benedict (Connecticut Storrs Sta. Rpt. 1S96, pp. S5-116). — This is 

 an account of experiments which were reported iu Bulletin 44 of this Office, and arc; 

 also briefly mentioned in E. S. R., 8, p. 821. 



Proceedings of the first convention of the Society for the Rational Feeding of 

 Farm Animals (Compt. Rend. ler. Congres Soc. Aliment. Hat. Jletail, lSD7,pp. 136). — 

 In addition to a report of the routine business, there are included papers by a num- 

 ber of investigators on animal productiou and feeding of young animals; the feeding 

 of draft animals, dairy cows, and animals for market ; the toxic properties of certain 

 feeding stuffs; methods useful in practical experiments in feeding animals; and the 

 adulteration of feeding stuffs. 



The relation between the rate of growth of the young of different mammalia 

 to the composition of milk, F. Pkoscher (Ztachr. Physiol. Cliem., 24 (1897), No. 3, 

 pp. 285-302). 



Studies on the hornless cattle of North Europe, with special reference to 

 the North Swedish Fjell cattle, together with investigations on the cause of 

 loss of horns, E. O. Arexander (Ber. Pltysiol. Lab. Landw. Inst. Halle, Xo. 13, pp. 43- 

 184, pis. 6, map 1). 



DAIRY FARMING— DAIRYING. 



A study of rations fed to milch cows in Connecticut, W. O. At 



water and C. S. Phelps (Connecticut Storrs Sta. Rpt. 1896\pp. 53-84). — 

 This is a report of the fourth winter's work on this subject (E. S. R., 8, 

 p. 430), together with a summary of the results previously obtained. 



Two herds of 11 and 13 cows, respectively, were tested for 12 days 

 with reference to the food eaten and the milk and fat produced, and 

 then in a transition period of 9 days a change was made to a more 



