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(number not stated) from October 21 to Janiiar}^ L'l, the lots being 

 reversed December 13. It is not stated whether the horses were 

 worked. Lot 1 h)st on botli the narrow and wide rations, the loss 

 being greater on the latter 5 and lot 2 gained slightly on the wide and 

 lost a similar amonnt on the narrow ration. The author's summary is 

 as follows: 



'•'(1) Horses receiviug corn iiiul timotliy did as well as horses fed on oats, clover, 

 and timothy. 



'•(2) The experiment seems to show that the valne of food depends npou tlie heat 

 units it may furnish in combustion. 



"(3) A wide nutritive ration up to 1:15.2 was equivalent to a nutritive ration of 

 1:7.«. 



"(4) A small amount of protein, anu)uuting in the above experiment to 0.82 lb. per 

 day per horse, was as adequate for the horses as double the amount, thus showing 

 that a very small amount of protein per day is sufficient for a working horse." 



In the former experiment ''•corn meal and timothy did not sustain 

 work horses as well as oats, wheat, and clove; hay," aud "a ratio of 

 1:14.8 was not as effective as one of 1 :o.5." 



Feeding experiments -with dried-beet residues at Alnarp, 

 Sweden {Tidslcr. LaniUmlin, 1:") {1S94), pp. l()9-r)U). — Twelve Ilolstein- 

 Friesian cow^s of about the same age and size and at about the same 

 stage of lactation were separated into 3 equal lots. The cows, which 

 previous to the experiment had been on about the same feed, were fed 

 on the following ration from March 1 to 17: 15 kg, rutabagas, 1,5 

 kg, potatoes, 4 kg, hay, 2,5 kg, wheat bran, 5 kg. ground barley and 

 oats mixed, 0,5 kg, rape-seed meal, 0,5 kg, i)alm-nut meal, 0,5 kg, suu- 

 tlower-seed meal, 0.25 kg, peanut meal, and 0,25 kg. cotton-seed meal. 



Lot 1 received this ration to the close of the exi)eriment (April 3IJ). 

 From March 17 to April 30 lot 2 received 2 kg. dried beet chips in 

 place of 1,25 kg. wheat bran, and lot 3 received the same quantity of 

 beet chips in the place of 2 kg. of hay. The average live weight of 

 the cows, as well as the quantity and the quality of the milk produced 

 during periods of 10 days, are given. 



It appears from the results that 1 kg, of dried beet chips gave fully 

 as good results as the same quantity of medium meadow hay or 0,G3 

 kg. of wheat bran. 



Attention is called to the fnct that beet chips are very deficient in 

 fertilizing ingredients, containing only 0,3 part of potash, 0,3 part of 

 phosphoric acid, 1.1 part of lime, and 0,1 jiart of soda per 1,000 lbs, 

 of chips. Especially in case of feeding growing stock or rich milkers 

 demanding large quantities of mineral matter this fact must be born 

 in mind, — F. w. woll. 



Proteids of the wheat kernel, T. B. Osborne and C. L. Vooriiees {Jour. Amcr. 

 Cliem. Soc.,lG {1S94), No. 8, pp. 5;?i-5J.v).— Reprinted from report of Connecticut State 

 Station for 1893 (E. S. R., 5, p. 1079). 



Crystalline magmas in honey, F. G. Wiech.^iann {Smjar Cam; 1SH4, pp. 408- 

 410). — A study of chemical composition. 



