1006 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The importance of tissue for storing water, W. Engels ( Arch. Exper. Path. U. 

 Pharmakol, 51(1908), No. 4-6, p. 846; abs. in Zentbl. Physiol, 18 (1904), No. 21, p. 

 677). — In the tests reported, which were made with dogs deprived of water and others 

 which had had physiological salt solution injected into the tissues, samples of t lie 

 organs wereweighed before and after drving. It was found that two-thirds of the 

 water contained in the body was present in the muscular tissue, one-sixth in the skin, 

 and one-sixth in the remainder of the body. The water taken up by the muscles is 

 therefore very large in proportion to their relation to total body weight. Thesmallest 

 proportion of water was taken up by the blood. 



Tho universal presence of erepsin in animal tissues, H. M. Vernon (Jour. 

 Physiol., 32 (1904), No. I, pp. 83-50). — According to the author's observations the 

 peptone-splitting ferment erepsin is present in all animal tissues, the kidney contain- 

 ing the largest amount with warm-blooded animals, the proportion being greater than 

 in the intestinal mucous membrane. The pancreas, spleen, and liver ranked next 

 in order. The tissues of mammals were found, as a rule, to be somewhat richer in 

 ferment than those of the pigeon, and those of warm-blooded animals distinctly 

 richer than those of cold-blooded animals. 



The production and use of meat in Switzerland, II. Natek (Forschungen auf 

 dem Gebieteder Landwirtschaft. Festschrift zur Feier des Siebenzigsten Geburtstages von 

 Prof. Dr. Adolf Kraemer. Frauenfeld: ./. Euber, 1902, pp. 295-318; rev. in Ztschr. 

 Untersuch. Nahr. it. Genussmtl. , 8 (1904) , No. I 2, p)>. 740, 741).— Statistical -lata are 

 reported and discussed. 



The feeding and management of live stock, T. Shaw (St. Anthony Park, Minn.: 

 Webb Pub. ('<>., 2. ed., pp. 99). — A syllabus of :;<i lectures, covering the principles of 

 animal feeding, the composition and nutritive value of feeding stuffs, and the feeding 

 and management of farm animals. 



Zootechny: Sheep, goats, pigs, P. Difploth (Zootechnie des Moutons, < hemes et 

 Pores. Paris: J. B. Bailliere& Sons [1904], PP- 418, figs. 90; rev. in .lour. Agr. Prat., 

 n. ser., 8 (1904), No. 48, p. 715). — Breeds, feeding, management, diseases, and other 

 topics are discussed, a large amount of data being summarized. The present volume 

 is similar in scope to the treatise on cattle by the same author previously noted (E. S. 

 R., 15, p. 995). 



Cattle, swine, and goat raising, F. Lassmann | Arb. Pent. Sek. Landeskulturrates 

 Konigr. Bohmen, 1904, No. 8, pp. 93, maps 5, churl /).— Various problems connected 

 with the cattle, swine, and goat industry are discussed, with special reference to the 

 intelligent development of these industries, and attention is called to the" work of the 

 Bohemian Government in this direction. An appendix contains statistics relative 

 to the cattle census of 1890-1900. 



Steer feeding, T. F. McConnell (Arizona Sta. Rpt. 1904, pp. 483-488).— In a test 

 covering 11 months soiling alfalfa was compared with using this crop for pasturage. 

 The steers fed by soiling were given some alfalfa hay during the winter, and the lot 

 on pasturage were given a little foxtail hay during December and January. The 

 total gain made by the 4 steers fed by soiling was 1,180 lbs., as compared with 1,765 

 lbs. made by the 4 steers pastured on alfalfa. The fact that the steers made model-. 

 ate gains during the winter when fed alfalfa hay, while those on pasture did not gain 

 during a corresponding period, is pointed out. A pound of gain required 23.8 lbs. 

 of alfalfa hay, and the gain was very expensive, $2.38 worth of hay being required to 

 produce $1 worth of beef. " It is evident that so far as these results can indicate, with 

 anything like the present market conditions for beef and hay, the feeding of hay is a 

 ruinous procedure so long as cattle can barely subsist on pickings during the time of 

 short winter pasture. This is possible in the mild climate of the Southwest to an 

 extent impossible in the colder regions of the North, where hay is essential for carry- 

 ing feeders through." 



