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ness, and higher prepotency and fertility in breeding stock. Attention is called to 

 the need of controlling and regulating the importation of breeding animals. 



State stock breeders' associations, G. M. Rommel ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of 

 Animal Industry Bui. 64, j>i>. 53). — The State stock breeders' associations may- be 

 divided, the author notes, into 2 groups, educational and protective, and abstracts 

 are given of the constitutions of the societies which exist in different States, as well 

 as specimen constitutions of live-stock associations. The officers and management, 

 membership, meetings, and revenue of the educational associations are also spoken of. 



The growth of the cattle industry of Cuba, I. D. Lopez ( U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Bureau of Animal Industry Rpt. inc.:, p/,. 312-315). — The possibilities of cattle growing 

 in Cuba are briefly spoken of and recent statistics are given regarding the number of 

 cattle slaughtered for food in the island, and also regarding the importation of cattle. 



According to the author's computations the consumption of beef in Cuba in 1902 

 was 43.07 lbs. per capita, of pork 6.82 lbs., while the consumption of mutton was 

 only 0.9 lb. per 100 inhabitants. Attention is called to the fact that the killing of 

 cows, except those which are known to be barren, is prohibited, a measure which 

 protects the cattle industry. 



Feeding trials with Devon, Sussex, Hereford, and Shorthorn steers, M. J. 

 R. Dunstan (Jour. Southeast. Agr. Col., Wye, 1904, No. 13, pp. 43-45). — A feeding 

 test with 2 steers of each of the following breeds: Devon, Sussex, Hereford, and 

 Shorthorn, is very briefly reported. The Sussex and Hereford steers were fed at a 

 profit, the others at a loss. Considering the test as a whole there was a total net 

 loss of $1.62. 



Students' aid to judging live stock, II, T. R. Robinson and K. J. J. Macken- 

 zie (Jour. Southeast. Ayr. Col., Wye, 1904, No. 13, pp. 55-63, figs. 2). — Data regarding 

 sheep and pigs are summarized with special reference to students' needs. 



Dried beet pulp and dried molasses-beet pulp for fattening sheep, R. S. 

 Shaw (Michigan Sta. Bui. 220, pp. 43-50, pi. 1) . — The value of dried beet pulp and 

 molasses-beet pulp was studied with 5 lots of 18 lambs each, the experimental period 

 covering 85 days. 



Lots 2, 3, and 5 were fed beet pulp with different proportions of mixed grain, lot 

 4 molasses-beet pulp with grain, and lot 1 grain. All the lots were fed clover hay. 

 The gains ranged from 0.329 lb. per head per day with lot 3 (dried beet pulp, bran, 

 and linseed meal 4:2:1), to 0.348 lb. with lot 2 (corn, bran, and linseed meal 4:2: 1 

 with beet pulp). In the case of this lot the gain was most cheaply made, costing 

 3.84 cts. per pound. The most expensive gain, 4.88 cts. per pound, was noted with 

 lot 1 (corn, bran, and linseed meal 4:2: 1). 



As regards palatability, the author's observations led him to conclude that sheep 

 generally prefer the dried molasses-beet pulp to the dried beet pulp. Analyses of 

 both materials are reported. 



The lambs were sheared before slaughtering, the fleece ranging from 6.08 lbs. with 

 lot 1 (corn, bran, and linseed meal) to 7.11 lbs. with lot 5 (dried beet pulp and 

 linseed meal 3: 1). Little difference was observed in the dressed weight of the differ- 

 ent lots, which was about 52 per cent in every case. Other data were also recorded. 

 Considering the test as a whole, the average calculated profit was $1.18 per head. 



In earlier tests, which are briefly reported, 15 wethers on grain and clover hay 

 gained 256 lbs. in 40 days, the cost of a pound of gain being 7.87 cts. The same 

 number fed grain with dried beet pulp about 3:2 and clover hay gained 275.3 lbs., 

 at a cost of 6.35 cts. per pound. In each ease 2.48 lbs. of concentrated feed and 1.41 

 lbs. of hay were eaten per head daily. 



In a similar test with 2 lots of 10 lambs each the total gain for the lot fed grain 

 was 160.3 lbs., and the cost of a pound of gain 5.33 cts. On the grain and dried 

 beet pulp ration the total gain was 140.6 lbs., and the cost of a pound of gam 5.29 cts. 



