4U4 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Inspection of concentrates, J. B. Lindsky ( Massachusetts Sta. Bui. 98, pp.35). — 

 The standards required by the State feeding stuff law are quoted and analyses 

 reported of a number of samples of blood meal, cotton-seed meal, linseed meal, old 

 and new process; gluten meal and feed, dried distillers' grains, malt sprouts, wheat 

 middlings and bran, mixed feeds, feeds containing molasses, oats and oat middlings, 

 rye feed, corn meal, hominy meal, corn and oat feeds, provender, oat feeds, mis- 

 cellaneous starchy feeds, and a number of poultry feeds, including meat scraps, meat 

 and bone meal, fish, bone, mashes, ami meals, chick and scratching grains, and clover 

 meal. Some data are also given regarding the market value of concentrated feeds. 



It is stated that the large majority of manufacturers, jobbers, and retail dealers 

 have fully conformed to the requirements of the feeding-stuff law. It was found that 

 a few dealers offered their goods unbranded and unguaranteed. 



Discussing the poultry feeds the author notes that there was "no product on the 

 market which varied more in feeding value [than meat scraps], some samples having 

 nearly twice the value of others. In purchasing preference should be given to tine 

 ground brands of high protein content, small to medium amounts of bone, and 

 relatively low percentage of fat, under 20 per cent rather than over." 



When oats are high in price, as was the case, according to the author, during the 

 last fi months of the year, when the retail price was practically $36 per ton, "feeders 

 naturally look for oat substitutes and are inclined to reduce the oat ration to a mini- 

 mum and substitute hominy chop, dried brewers' and distillers' grain, and wheat 

 bran." 



Report of the chemist, W. Freak (Pennsylvania Dept. Agr. Rpt. 1908, ]>)>. 

 590-604). — The composition and feeding value of dried brewers' and distillers' grains 

 are discussed and a large amount of data on the subject given. Station analyses of 

 dried distillers' grains are quoted. 



Cactus as feed for farm animals, A. Jehanne (Jour. Agr. Trop., 4 (1904), No. 

 33, pp. 72-76). — Data regarding the feeding value of Indian tig ( Opuntiaficus indica) 

 are summarized. 



The forest as a source of forage for farm animals, L. Geandeau (Jour. Agr. 

 Prat., n. *<r., 8 (1904), No. 37, pp. 333, 334)- — A summary of data regarding the use 

 of leaves and branches in the feeding of farm animals. 



Pie melons as a fodder crop (Jour. Agr. and Ind. South Australia, 7 (1904), No. 

 11, pp. 620, 621, fig. 1). — A brief note pointing out the value of stock or pie melons 

 as a succulent feed for cattle, pigs, and poultry. 



Laws regarding feeding stuffs (Jour. Soc. Agr. Suisse Romande, 46 (1904), No. 1, 

 pp. 14-18)- — Swiss laws regarding the sale of feeding stuffs are summarized. 



Stock raising in the Philippines ( Breeder's <iaz., 45 (1904), No. 22, pp. 1047 , 

 1048). — On the basis of information gathered from the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the 

 U. S. AVar Department, it is stated that stock raising must be built up anew in the 

 Philippines. The location of grazing lands and other topics are briefly spoken of- 

 "Cattle raising for the home market should be very profitable, judging from the 

 prevailing high prices of meat in Manila and the fact that practically all the meat 

 consumed is shipped in on the hoof from Singapore or as refrigerated meat from 

 Australia and the United States." 



Calcium phosphate as a part of a ration, V '. Schenke (Landw. Vers. Slot., 58 

 (1903), No. 3-4, pp. 891-312). — A summary of feeding tests and other data regarding 

 the value of calcium phosphate. The general conclusion is drawn that precipitated 

 calcium phosphate is the most satisfactory form for adding this material to a ration 

 for farm animals. The article includes a bibliography of the subject. 



Does an excess of calcium carbonate in feed exercise an effect upon digesti- 

 bility? J. Vouiaki) ( Landw. Vers. Stat.,61 (1904), No. 1-4, pp. 805-312). —From experi- 

 ments with sheep fed 50 gm. calcium carbonate daily in addition to a basal ration of 



