242 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Ensiling meadow grass and clover, A. Apenas ( .Vor-v/.- LcaxlnKinfihhtiJ, 13 {1S94), 

 pp. .J>:i>-J62). 



Recent experience in ensiling grasses in Norw^ay, A. Scnduv (Tidskr. norslce 

 Landhr., 1 {LS04),pp. i:)S-U7). 



Remarks on the heating and spontaneous combustion of hay, Berth ei,ot 

 (/;«/. Soc. Chim. Purh, 11-12 (1S04), No. !■'>, pp. S10-S13). 



The effect of heat upon the digestibility of gluten, Ellen H. Richards and 

 Elizabeth Mason (Tech. Qmirt., 1S94, Apr., pp. .63-65). — The results of experiments 

 with acid i^epsin solution ou commercial gluten tended to confirm Stutzer's state- 

 ment that heat lessens the digestibility of vegetable albuminoids. 



The energy developed by the combustion of albuminoids in the body, C. 

 Matk;nox (/)/(/. Soc. Chim. Paris, 11-13 {1894), pp. 56S-571). 



Digestion -without digestive ferments, A. Dastre {Jour, rhurm. ct Chim., SO 

 {1S94), mr. J, .Y'.. 4, pp. 167, IGS). 



The effect of the hairy coat of animals on the production and radiation of heat, 

 M. RnsNKR {Arch. IliJd., 20, Xo. 4, pp. 365-2,71). — At temperatures of 20 and 25^ C. 

 animals shorn of their fleeces produced considerably more heat than under normal 

 conditions. The boat production was not normal under 30^ C, so that the coat was 

 considered equivalent to about 10- C. 



Practical experience in Germany in feeding corn (maize) to horses, Kloepfer 

 {Deut. landw. Presse, 21 {1894), Xo. 60, pp. 582,583). — Theexperience is given of 26 

 horse-railway companies in feeding corn as a partial substitute for oats. The com 

 was cracked in a majority of cases, and in many cases soaked in water before feeding. 

 The experience of 22 companies was very favorable to the corn. It is suggested that 

 the less favorable results iu the four other cases may have been due to the method 

 of feeding. Tbe author believes that for horses fully three fourths of the oats juay 

 be replaced by corn, and recommends that the corn and oats be fed separately, the 

 corn being soaked in salt water for 24 hours before feeding. American "mixed" 

 corn is preferred to that grown on the Danube or La Platte or in Russia. 



Yield of a Norwegian dairy herd, li. O. .Jolberg {Xorsk Landmmuhhhid 13 {1894), 

 pp. S2, <S'.>).— Tlie record is given for a herd of cows for 10 years, the number of cows 

 in the herd varying during the time between 14 and 22. During this time the aver- 

 age annual yield of milk per cow ranged from 1,597 to 2,470 kg., and the yield of 

 milk per kilogram of live weight 4.33 to 6.6 kg. The individual record for 18 cows in 

 1893 showed the total milk yield to vary from 1,912 to 3,726 kg., and the yield of 

 milk per kilogram of live weight from 4.4 to 7.3 kg. 



The daily ration for the whole herd during 1893 was 419 lbs. hay, 176 lbs. oat 

 straw, 88 lbs. dried brewers' grains, and 35 lbs. rape-seed cake. Calculated per 1,000 

 lbs. live weight the ration contained 24.10 lbs. of organic matter, 2.04 lbs. of digest- 

 ible protein, 10.87 lbs. of digestible carbohydrates, and 0.43 lb. of digestible fat; 

 nutritive ratio, 1 :6.2. As this feed did not produce an entirely satisfactoiy flow of 

 milk. 22 lbs. of rye shorts was added during the middle of November. — F. w. avoll. 



A .study of the "Wahima (Watussi) cattle of Central Africa, L. Adametz {Jour. 

 Landw., 42, Xo. 2, pp. 137-15(1). 



Hog-raising in Denmark, F. Hornkmann {Tidskr. itorskc Lnudhr.. 1 {1894), pp. 

 186-189). 



The external conformation of the horse, E. A. A. Grange {Michigan Sta. Bui. 110, 

 pp. 67-98, pis. ,7).— A popular article embodying the results of personal observation 

 and of extensive correspondence with horsemen. The qualities desired in the form 

 or character of the ears, poll, forehead, face, nostrils, muzzle, mouth, cheek, eye, 

 intermaxillary space, neck, withers, back, croup, dock, chest, abdomen, skin, legs, 

 feet, color, action, and gait are discussed. Scales of points are given for coach, 

 thoroughbred, and trotting stallions, mares, or geldings; also a record of measure- 

 ments made on 50 stallions, mares, and geldings at the Columbian Exposition and 

 at the Michigan State Fair. 



