802 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Acorns, beechnuts, and horse-chestnuts as cattle feeds, Schillek-Tietz 

 i Finding's Landw. Ztg., 53 ( 1904), - v "- 21, pp. 808-813). — Data on the feeding value 

 of acorns, beechnuts, and horse-chestnuts arc summarized. In regard to the last 

 mentioned the author calls attention to the fact that they are eaten readily by wild 

 animals and by sheep, swine, and cows and less readily by horses. They may also 

 be used for feeding carp, hut should be cooked. Removing the brown shell is recom- 

 mended as this is especially bitter. Methods of feeding and related topics are also 

 spoken of. 



The forest as a source of forage; practical directions for feeding brush, 

 Paessler (Lafun'i et la disette des f outrages. — Instruction pratique surla ramttle alimen- 

 taire. Paris: Librairu Agricole de la Maison Rustique; rev. in Jour. Agr. Prat.,n. ser., 8 

 (1904), -ZVb. 43, p. 536). — The feeding value of different sorts of brush is spoken of. 



On the valuation of concentrated feeding stuffs, (4. Faye (Ugeskr. Landm., 

 49 (1904), No. 13, pp. 172-176). — By use of the method of least squares the author 

 calculates the relative cost of protein, nitrogen-free extract, and fat in concentrated 

 feeding stuffs to be as 1.6:2.6:1. The calculation is based on the average Danish 

 market prices of 14 different feeding stuffs.- — f. w. woll. 



The digestibility and manurial value of purchased feeding stuffs, A. 

 Smetham (Separate from Roy. Lancashire Agr. Soc. Jour., 1902, pp. 16). — In connec- 

 tion with a discussion of the feeding and manurial value of grains, cakes, etc., the 

 results of a large number of the author's analyses of feeding stuffs are quoted. 



"Food units" as a means of comparing purchased foods, A. Smetham 

 (Separate. from Roy. Lancashire Agr. Sor. Jour., 1904, ]>/>. 12). — A method of calcu- 

 lating the comparative value of feeding stuffs is proposed, which takes into account 

 both the manurial and feeding value. 



Analyses of feeding stuffs, A. L. Kxisely (Oregon Sta. Rpt. 1903, pp. 46-48). — 

 Analyses are reported of samples of prepared cattle food, wheat bran, cocoanut-cake 

 meal, bunch grass (Agropyrum divergens), fresh and bleached, and vetch seed. The 

 percentage composition of the vetch seed was as follows: Water 13.03, protein 26.04, 

 fat 1.10, nitrogen-free extract 54.12, crude fiber 2. 84, and ash 2.87 per cent. 



Inspection of concentrated commercial feeding stuffs, F. W. Woll and G. A. 

 Olson ( Wisconsin Sta. Rpt. 1904, pp. 321-338, 374-376).— A list of the concentrated 

 commercial feeding stuffs licensed for sale in the State during the year is given and 

 a summary of a number of analyses which were made of such feeds is reported. 



Attention is especially directed to the analyses of ground corn and oats. Of the 

 2H samples examined 2 were considered suspicious, since they contained more than 7 

 per cent of crude fiber, while one was regarded as adulterated, as its crude fiber con- 

 tent was over 9 per cent. On the whole, the authors consider that there is a marked 

 improvement in the ground corn and oats offered for sale in the State. The Wis- 

 consin feeding-stuff law is quoted. 



Feeding sugar in the form of dried beets, A. Muntz ami A. C. Girard ( Ann. 

 Inst. Nat. Agron., 2. ser., 3 (1904), No. 2, pp. 181-221). — Sugar as part of a ration is 

 discussed at some length, and the possibility of feeding this material in the form of 

 dried beets is considered. Analyses of dried beets are reported and the results of 

 tests in which this material formed part of the ration of horses for 4 weeks, the 

 amount of sugar thus furnished daily ranging from 573 gm. in the first week to 2,292 

 gm. in the fourth week. The horses remained in excellent condition and the authors 

 concluded that dried beets may be advantageously introduced into a ration for 

 horses. 



Further feeding experiments with dried potatoes, W. Schneidewind ( Tllus. 

 Landw. Zt>/., :4 (1904), No. 10, pp. 93, 94).— Continuing earlier tests | E. S. K., 15, 

 p. 806), experiments were made with pigs and steers. The potatoes were not found 

 to be as satisfactory for pigs as ground barley and Indian corn, especially from the 

 standpoint of economy. With steers fed dried potatoes fairly good results were 



