176 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Our horse-raising industry {Lamhr. Jnhrh. Schweiz, 15 {1901), No. 1, pp. 55, 

 („I,1(:k;{).—Xx\ vxWni\vi\ accomit of horses and horse breeding in Switzerland. 



Concerning the shelter and care of draft animals and poultry in winter, 

 E. S. ZuixN ( /-VI////;///'.s- Landiv. Ztg., 49 {1900), .Vo.s\ :i::!, pp. SS9-84^; 2:i, ]>j>. Sc^\f-8S6; 

 24, pp. 91S-915). — A general discussion. 



Breeding thoroughbred poultry, J. J. MqCvy. {Agr. Gaz. New South Wales, 11 

 (1900), No. W, pp. 1075-1087, dgm. /).— Selection, reversion, inheritance, the sexes 

 and their power, and line breeding are discussed with relation to poultry. 



Ducks and duck breeding, E. Brown {.Tour. Bd. Agr. [London^l, 7 {1900), No. 

 3, pp. ;W0-.U0, figs. ^).— A general discussion. 



Foreign markets for eggs and poultry, H. E. Alvord, N. B. Ashby, and S. 

 Lowe ( [7. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry Rpt. 1899, pp. 321-S45).—T\\\s 

 includes a number of short articles by the authors mentioned on such subjects as 

 "The report on poultry and egg trade in foreign markets," etc. 



The British egg supply, E. Brown {Jour. Rog. Agr. Soc. England, 3. ser., 11 

 {1900), pt. 4, pp. 60.5-645, figs. 11). — The article contains many statistics and other 

 information regarding the egg industry as well as information on poultry raising and 

 kindred topics. 



DAIRY FARMING— DAIRYING. 



Alfalfa protein vs. purchased protein in rations for dairy cows, E. B. 

 Voorhees and C. B. L.\ne {New Jersey Sla.'i. Bui. 148, pp. i.5-^^).— Alfalfa hay was 

 compared with wheat: bran and dried brewers' grains in quantities furnishing prac- 

 tically the same amounts of protein. The test included 4 cows and lasted 00 days. 

 The record of each cow is given in detail and the data are summarized and briefly 

 discussed. "The experiment showed that the protein in alfalfa hay could be suc- 

 cessfully and profitably substituted in a ration for dairy cows for that contained in 

 wheat bran and dried brewers' grains, and for this purpose is worth $11.16 per ton, 

 when compared with the wheat bran and dried brewers' grain at $17 per ton." 



Some forage plants for summer feed, T. L. Lyon and A. L. Haecker 

 {Nebraska Sta. Bid. 69, pp. 30-42). — This bulletin is a report on experiments with 

 forage plants for the purpose of determining their relative value for ])asturage and 

 for Boiling and comparing the value of certain of these crops for milk and butter fat 

 production under the two systems of feeding. Similar work has been previously 

 noted (E. S. R., 11, p. 279) and the results are here again briefly reported. The 

 method of conducting the experiments was the same as described in the abstract of the 

 previous work. Rye and sorghum gave the largest amounts of pasturage and corn and 

 millet the smallest amounts among the annual forage plants. Alfalfa and awnless 

 brome grass representing the perennial crops afforded the least pasturage. The lirome 

 grass furnished only a little more than half during the same part of the summer. 

 The largest increase in the yield of milk and butter fat was obtained from cowpeas 

 and alfalfa, followed by rye, oats and peas, sorghum, Kafir corn, and awnless l)rome 

 grass, in the order given. Cowpeas produced the greatest quantity of milk and but- 

 ter fat from a given area of land. A comparison of alfalfa, sorghum, and corn when 

 used for pasturage and for soiling showed that in the case of each crop from two to 

 three times as much feed was produced from a given area when the crop was usetl 

 forsoiling as when it was pastured. The average daily jiroduction of milk and butter 

 fat for the same amount of forage was 1.17 times greater when the cow was pastured 

 on the crop than when it was fed as soiling. 



Summer forage crops, J. B. Lindsey {Ma.michusetts Hatch Sta. Bui. 73, pp. 16, 

 pis. 4). — This bulletin gives a concise description of a number of forage crops which 

 have been grown at the station for soiling purposes. The relative advantages of i)as- 

 turage and soiling, desirable forage crops and crop mixtures, and suital)k' fertilizei-s 



