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Sugar mules, H. d'Anchald {Jour. Agr. Prat., n. ser., 5 {1903), No. 5, j)]>. 152, 

 lo.j). — A l)rief note on the successful feeding of molasses to mules in Louisiana. 



Concerning' the feeding value of hay from irrigated meadows, F. Tangl 

 {Lntulw. l'(T.s. Stat., 57 {1902), No. 5-0, jjp. 359-300). — Sickness among horses on one 

 of the government farms had l)een attributed to eating hay from irrigated meadows. 

 Botanical and chemical analyses of such hay are reported. In experiments j)reviously 

 noted (E. S. R., 14, p. 900) this hay was fed and no bad effects were ol)served, 

 although it was given the horses for some 6 months. It was found tliat tlic irrigated 

 meadow hay contained very little calcium. 



Poultry notes, J. Barclay {Jour. Jamaica Agr. Soc, 7 {1903), No. 1, j)p. 21, 

 22) .— ■'Y\\ki. relative merits of different breeds of ducks are discussed witii special ref- 

 erence to local conditions. 



Egg and poultry raising at home, W. M. Elkincjton {New York: ('liar/r.^ Scrib- 

 ner'ti iSo)is, 1902, pp. 92, figs. 19). — The choice of breeds, feeding, care of poultry 

 houses, and related topics are treated of. 



The peanut for poultry {Agr. Gaz. Nciv South Wales, 13 {1902), No. 12, p. 1173).— 

 Statements regarding the successful use of peanuts as a feed for poultry are quoted 

 from the Te.vas Stoelonuii. Regarding their use under local conditions it is said that 

 "wherever peanuts (or earthnuts, as they are sometimes called) have been tried in 

 New South Wales successful results have been reported. They arc easily cultivated 

 and the ' nuts,' which grow in a cluster underground, can be dug up and stored for a 

 long time without much care, or fowls or pigs can be turned in to root out the crop 

 for themselves." 



Concerning the chemical composition and formation of goose fat, S. Weisek 

 and A. Zaitschek {Arch. Phijsiol. [/;//«[/«•], 93 {1902), No. 3-4, pp. 123-133).— As 

 shown by chemical examination, fat of maize and of broom-corn seed differed (piite 

 markedly. Geese were fattened on these grains. Chemical examii^ation showed 

 that the body fat gained on the 2 grains was identical. The authors point out that 

 the amount of fat present in the grains was so small that it would have served for the 

 formation of only a small portion of the body fat and that nearly all must have been 

 formed from carbohydrates. 



A new departure in the science of fattening, R. Wakington {Agr. Students' 

 Gaz., n. ser., 11 {1902), No. 2, j>p. 35-41).— On the basis of 0. Kellner's experiments 

 (E. S. R., 12, p. 1071) the author discusses the true nutritive value of feeding stuffs 

 as distinguished from the values shown by tigures for composition and digestibility. 



Analyses of fodders and feeding stuffs, W. O. Atwater {Connecticut Starrs Sta. 

 Rpt. 1901, jjp. i6'5-i75) .—Analyses are reported of a number of feeding stuffs, includ- 

 ing ensilage corn, corn and soy-bean ensilage, cured corn stover, oat hay, timothy 

 hay, hay of mixed grasses, oat and pea hay, black grass hay, soy beans, corn, corn 

 meal, corn-and-cob meal, gluten meal, cotton-seed meal, wheat bran, wheat middlings, 

 brewers' grains, grain mixtures, and cereal breakfast food by-products. 



Concentrated feeds, J. B. Lindsey {Massachusetts Sta. Bui. So, pp. 32, fig. 1).— 

 Feeds, feeding standards, condimental feeds, and related topics are discussed and 

 analyses made in accordance with the State law are reported of a number of samples 

 of cotton-seed meal, linseed meal, gluten feed, distillers' grains, malt sprouts, wheat 

 middlings, wheat bran, mixed feeds, corn meal, hominy meal, oat feed, corn and oat 

 feeds, daii'y and miscellaneous feeds, commercial poultry feeds, meat and bone meals, 

 and meat scraps. 



Licensed commercial feeding stuffs for 1902, F. W. Woi.l and (1. A. Olson 

 ( Wiscormn Sta. RjA. 1902, pp. 250-258).— A. list of feeding stuffs licensed in the State 

 is given and analyses, usually limited to determinations of protein and fat, reported, 

 which were made of a number of feeding stuffs in accordance with the provisions of 

 the State feeding stuff law. These included linseed meal, cotton-seed meal, gluten 

 meals and feeds, germ oil meal, corn bran, hominy feeds, mixed commercial feeds 



