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lenjrth of the shoulder liber in the grain-fed lot was 5 in. as against 3.76 in the other; 

 in the second trial, 4 in. as against 4,2 in.; and in the third it was 3.3 in. against 

 2.9 in. The second trial showed no appreciable difference in this particnlar." 



Preliminary report of a feeding test -with s-wine, E. E. Lake 

 ( Washington Sta. Bui. 11, pp. 31-36). — A brief account of feeding' 3 pigs 

 for 55 clays on wlieat and barley chop alone or combined. The infer- 

 ence is drawn that barley chop alone is a more profitable feed tlian 

 Avlieat alone at approximately the same price, and that barley and 

 wheat mixed in the proportion of 1 to 2 is better than either alone. 



Comparative investigations of rye spoiled by storing in elevators, and the 

 bread baked from the same, Thal (Pharm. Ztscliv. EKSsIand, 33, pp. 041-646; abs. 

 in Chem. CenthJ., 1S94, II, Xo. 35, p. 1003). 



The use of salt as a cattle food, B. Kost (Molk. Ztg., S {1S04), No. 53, p. 803). 



Food stnfFs for domestic animals in times of drovight, N. BociiiccHio (Slaz. 

 Sper. Agr. Hal., 37 {1S04), Xo. 30, pp. 386-399). 



Analyses of fodder articles, C. A. GoiiSSMAXN {MassachuseUs State Sta. Bui. 56, 

 pp. 4-7). — This includes tabulated analyses (food and in most cases fertilizing con- 

 stituents) of 23 samples of leeding stuffs, including cotton-seed meal (decorticated 

 and undecorticated), cotton-seed bran, gluten meals, and feeds of different kinds, 

 oil cake, peanut cake, peanut husks, peanut feed, and meat meal. 



Stock feeding in Illinois, G. E. Morrow {Illinois Sta. Bui. 36, pp. 421-431). — 

 Replies to a circular letter were received from 108 feeders in different parts of the 

 State in regard to feeding cattle, pigs, and sheep. These embody much practical 

 information of interest and value, and are summarized in the bulletin. In addition 

 the practical deductions from experiments on various phases of stock feeding, cover- 

 ing a numl)er of years, are summarized. 



Stock feeding, G. L. Tellf.i: {Arkansas Sta. Bui. 30, pp. 137-170). — This is a popu- 

 lar bulletin on the subject of feeding, including information on the composition of 

 feeding stuff's, the principles of feeding, feeding standards, calculation of rations, 

 and tables showing tlie digestible nutrients in a number of feeding stuffs. 



Tests of dairy covst-s at experiment stations, E. Hitchcock {Cult, and Country 

 Gent., 1894, Jan. 31, p. 92). — A criticism of methods. 



Cost of milk production, H. H.Wing {Xew York Cornell Sta. Rpt. 1893, pp. 69-95, 

 pis. 3, figs. 4). — A reprint from Bulletin 52 of the station (p]. S. R., 4, p. 936). 



Peanut oil as a food supplementary to skim milk in calf feeding, M. Petersen 

 {FiiliUng'a landw. Ztg., 44 {1895), No. 1, pp. 13-17). 



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Bovine tuberculosis, J. L. Hills and F. A. Rich ( Vermont Sta. Bui. 

 42, pp. 70). 



Synopsis. — The subjects treated are the following : A detailed account of a tuberculin 

 test of the station herd; the prevalence of tuberculosis in the State; a gcn^ 

 eral discussion of the tubercle bacillus, of sources of infection, and of conditions 

 favoring the development of tuberculosis; a brief description of the symptoms 

 and lesions of the diseise; a general discussion of the tuberculin test and of 

 the objections sometimes urged against it; the interrelation of human and 

 bovine tuberculosis; methods of sterilizing or pasteurizing milk; means of pre- 

 venting the spread of tuberculosis, and the relation of the State toward this 

 disease. 



Thirty three animals in the station herd, most of them milch cows, 

 were tested with tnbercnlin one or more times. In 24 instances tliere 

 were reactions. Post-mortem examinations confirmed the test through- 



