882 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



"The amount of grain required to produce a pound of gain was practically the 

 same with the pigs getting cotton-seed meal as it was with the pigs getting middlings, 

 but was much less than that required by the pigs getting corn meal. The pigs get- 

 ting one-fifth cotton-seed meal and four-fifths corn meal alternating with corn meal 

 required 34.5 per cent less grain to produce a pound of gain than the i>igs did that 

 were getting only corn meal for their grain. 



"More economical gains, disregarding losses caused by death, were ol)taine<l by 

 feeding rations containing cotton-seed meal than by feeding either corn meal or a 

 mixture of corn meal and wheat middlings. . . . 



"The gain of the pigs getting one-fifth cotton-seed meal and four-fifths corn meal 

 alternating with corn meal cost 23.5 per cent less than the pigs getting two-thirds 

 wheat middlings and one-third corn meal (84 days). The cost of the gain of the corn 

 meal fed pigs was a trifle more than that of those getting middlings in their ration, 

 but the outcome of the former should be considered a failure and unprofitable while 

 the latter was a success and profitable." 



The authors emphasize the fact that a light ration of cotton-seed meal should be 

 fed, and that it should be alternated with a ration free from it. The advisability 

 of allowing the pigs to range and of supplying them with some green feed is also 

 noted. 



Pig-feeding experiments with. Ohlendorff's meat meal, Lilienthal {DeiU. 

 Landw. Presse, 27 {1900), Nos. 41, p. 510; 42, p. 519; abs. in Centbl. Agr. Chem., 30 

 {1901), No. 5, pp. 329,330). — Pigs fe 1 meat meal made greater gains than those fed 

 ground barley in a comparative test. 



Pork production in Tunis, P. Robinet {Bid. Dir. Agr. et Com., 6 {1901), No. 21, 

 pp. 327-358). — This industry is discussed with special reference to local conditions. 

 Many statistics are (juoted. 



The substitution of maize for oats in the ration of horses, H. Blin {.Tour. 

 Agricole [Paris], 12 {1901), No. 139, pp. 173-177).— In an article quoted from IJ Acdi- 

 mation, the author discusses maize which he regards as inferior to oats for horses, 

 though of value when properly fed. 



Fatigue in army horses, J. Kryembiehl {Ann. San. Med. Btienoa Atresi, 1901, 

 July; ab>i. in Saiiitarian, 47 {1901), No. 3S4, pp- 455,456). — Favorable results were 

 obtained when sugar was added to the ration of horses subjected to unusual strain. 



Feeding horses and cattle with carob beans, J. F. Audibert {U Art de nourrir 

 et engraisser chevaux et bestiaux par la caroube. Marseilles: Author, 1901, 5. ed.; rev. in 

 Ann. Ecole Nat. Agr. Montpellier, n. ser., 1 {1901), No. 2, p. 1S6). — This volume treats 

 of the cultivation of the carob bean and its employment as a feeding stuff and for the 

 manufacture of alcoholic beverages. 



Ostrich farming in New Zealand {Agr. Jour. Cape Good Hope, 19 {1901), No. 10, 

 j)p. 648-651). — In an article quoted from the Pastoi-alists' Review, ostrich farming and 

 management in New Zealand are described. 



Recent progress in feeding fish, Knauthe and Guntz {Centbl. Agr. Chem., 30 

 {1901), No. 8, pp. 537-539). — A brief summary of some of the recent literature of the 

 subject. 



Concerning carp feeding at Sunder in the summer of 1899, E. von ScnRADER 

 and F. Lehmann {Hannover Land^v. u. Forstw. Ztg., 1900, p. 216; ahs. in Centbl. Agr. 

 Chem., 30(1901) , No. 5, pp. 330-333). — Feeding experiments are reported which led to 

 the conclusion that maize is not satisfactory for fattening carp, and that too much or 

 too concentrated feed should not be supplied when it is desired to produce carp 

 cheaply. 



