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of protein in the feeding stuffn analyzed. Cheap and low-grade oat feeds are con- 

 sidered to be of very little value. Corn meal should be produced by the feeder, and 

 he is advised not to buy anything containing less protein than wheat feeds, and espe- 

 cially to avoid purchasing the condimental and medicinal fcxjds, put up usuallv 

 under proprietary names. 



The composition of commercial feeding- stuffs sold in Connecticut {(_h)i- 

 nertiriil State Std. Upt. 190(), />/>. o'fil-SST). — A rei)rint <>f the alxivr bulletin. 



Condimental and medicinal cattle and poultry foods {Connecticut State Stu. 

 R/it. 1!)00, pj). .I5o-St)0).—Iiei)r[ut of Bulletin i:« of tlie station (E. 8. R., 18, p. 75). 



Analyses of commercial feeding stuffs, J. L. Hills, C. H. Joxes, and B. O. 

 White ( Vcnaont Stu. Bui. 84, pi>. 95-107). — In accordance with the State law regu- 

 lating the sale of commercial feeding stuffs, 230 samples were analyzed. These 

 included cotton-seed meals, linseed meals, Cleveland flax meal, gluten meals and 

 feeds, oat feeds, corn-and-oat feeds, corn and oats, wheat bran, wheat middlings, 

 mixed Avlieat feeds, ground oats, corn and l)ran, hominy chop feed, calf meal, poultry 

 foods, and animal meal. 



"A general survey of the analyses discloses no considerable amount of adulteration. 

 There is still some sale of goods containing more or less plentiful proportions of oat 

 hulls, but buyers are coming to understand this better and to purchase accordingly. 

 This is not an adulteration in the eye of the law, provided the composition of the 

 goods is stated and maintained. There are still some sales being made of goods car- 

 rying oat hulls, where the guaranty is lacking. Pressure is being brought to bear 

 upon the makers of such mixtures to comply with the law. . . . 



"(iuaranties were not upheld as well with the gluten feeds samples as with the 

 meals, uiiless refuge is taken behind the ' dry basis ' claim. . . . 



" Germ oil meal is a new material on the Vermont market. It is made largely 

 from the germs of the corn kernel, is lower in its ])rotein content than the other 

 glucose by-products, and is very high in fat. The four samples analyzed were uni- 

 formly below guaranty. . . . 



"Oat feeds and corn and oat feeds are largely made up of the residues from the 

 manufacture of oatmeal and other breakfast foods. They form the outlet for oat 

 hulls and light oats, and contain, as a rule, much more woody fiber (oat hulls) than 

 is found in a good quality of oats or jjrovender. Certain of these goods are fortified 

 with more or less of some highly nitrogenous concentrate like cotton seed or linseed 

 meal. Others are very lacking in jiroteiu and are hardly more than oat hulls." 



Experiments on the utilization of gorse, A. C. Girard {Ana. Jgron., 27{190l), 

 No. 1, pp. 5-44)- — The composition of gorse was stuilied, and also its digestibility by 

 a horse and a sheep. The culture of gorse is descriVjed and the plant comjmred with 

 alfalfa. 



Contribution to the subject of aspartic acid and asparagin, A. Jolles 

 {Arch. I'lujslol. [Pftuger}, S4 {1901), Xo. 7-10, jiji. 44'>-4oO). — From his experiments 

 the author concludes that when aspartic acid is oxidized with i)ermanganate of potash, 

 the nitrogen is obtained in the form of ammonia. When asparagin is oxidized, more 

 than one-half of the nitrogen is obtained as urea, tiie remainder as anunonia. The 

 experiments are discussed in relation to their bearing upon the oxidation of asi)aragin 

 by animals. 



Rational stock feeding, W. J. Stillmax ( \]'a.shl)ii/ton Sla. Jiul. 4.i, pj>. 4S). — A 

 popular discussion of the principles of stock feeding. This is a revision of an earlier 

 bulletin (E. S. R., 10, p. 583). 



Notes on the animal industry of Porto Rico, (). F. Cook ( T. S. J)(j)t. Agr., 

 Bureau of Anhiml Indui<try Rpt. 1890, pp. 663-fi'!7, ;>/.s. 10). — Brief notes on feeding 

 stuffs, breeds <jf cattle, poultry, etc., are given. 



Steer-feeding experiments, T^. Foster ami J^. A. Merkill ( Utali Sla. Rpt. 1900, 

 pp. LV-IjXIII). — The cost of raising steers from birth until they were two years 



