692 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



In the case of both lots the concentrated feed eaten was 1.9 lbs. per day. With the 

 grain ration the clover hay eaten was 1.42 lbs., and with the beet-pulp ration 1.39 lbs. 



From the investigations reported the following conclusions are drawn: "These 

 tests seem to indicate that both dried beet pulp and dried molasses-beet pulp are 

 possessed of feeding values comparing very favorably with corn. Grain mixtures 

 containing dried beet pulp produce more mutton at less cost than similar amounts of 

 grain mixtures alone. Dried molasses-beet pulp possesses a somewhat higher feed- 

 ing value than dried beet pulp, but in this experiment the difference was not great 

 enough to offset the difference in price." 



Corn meal, middlings, and separator skim milk for fattening- pigs, E. L. 

 Shaw (New Hampshire Sta. Bui. 113, pp. 139-143). — Twenty uniform Yorkshire pigs 

 were divided into 4 lots of 5 animals, each containing both sows and barrows. In 

 the first 60 days lots 1 and 3 were fed, respectively, corn meal and wheat middlings, 

 the grain being mixed with separator skim milk in the proportion of 1:4. Lots 2 

 and 4 were fed respectively the same grains mixed with water. At* the close of this 

 period lots 1, 2, and 4 were fed for an additional period of 60 days, to fatten them 

 for market, corn meal and skim milk, and lot 3 corn meal and middlings 1:1, with 

 skim milk. 



During the first period the gains ranged from 0.273 lb. per head per day on mid- 

 dlings alone to 1.27 lbs. on corn meal and skim milk. The greatest range in feed 

 consumed per pound of gain and in the cost of feed per pound of gain was also noticed 

 with these 2 lots, the feed per pound of grain ranging from 3.39 lbs. on corn meal to 

 7.86 on middlings, and the cost from 4.32 ets. for the corn meal to 9.43 cts. for the 

 middlings. 



In the period on corn meal v. corn and middlings the smallest gain, 0.52 lb. per 

 head per day, was made with the lot fed the mixed-grain ration. This lot also 

 required the largest amount of feed per pound of gain, 5.82 lbs., at the highest cost. 

 7.64 cts. The greatest and most economical gain was made by one of the lots fed 

 corn meal and skim milk. It amounted to 1.49 lbs. per head per day, this gain 

 requiring 3.36 lbs. of feed per pound of gain at a cost of 4.29 cts. 



Considering the test as a whole, there was an average gain of 10.1 lbs. in favor of 

 the barrows as compared with the sows. The author's conclusions follow: 



"The pigs receiving corn meal and separator skim milk were the most hearty 

 feeders and made the best gains. 



"The cost per pound of gain was over 2 cts. cheaper where skim milk was fed with 

 corn meal and middlings. Corn meal produced much better gains and at a cost of 

 2.93 cts. cheaper than middlings. 



"During the entire experiment the barrows made the better gains. The cost per 

 pound of gain increased with the age of the pigs." 



Pigs (Jour. Jamaica Agr. Soc, 8 (1904) , No. 10, p. 422). — Brief notes regarding the 

 /elation of live to dressed weight and a summary of data showing that the amount 

 jf feed required per pound of gain increased with age. 



Bacon curing on the farm, L. M. Douglas ( 11. H. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal 

 Industry Rpt. 1903, pp. 371-376, figs. ,2). — English bacon curing, especially the Wilt- 

 shire method, is described, the article being reprinted from the Farmer and Stock- 

 breeder Yearbook for 1904. 



Reindeer and caribou, C. C. Georgeson ( U. 8. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal 

 Industry Rpt. 1903, pp. 377-390, pis. 7; Circ. 55, pp. 377-390, pis. 7) . —A historical 

 account of the introduction of domestic reindeer into Alaska, together with a discus- 

 sion of the importance of these animals for food and for draft purposes, the need of 

 improving the breed, diseases, and other topics. 



"The zone of the usefulness of the reindeer lies wholly outside that in which agri- 

 culture is possible. It lives chiefly on the lichen and herbage indigenous to the 

 region where no agricultural plants will grow. It will not thrive in the warmer 



