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duction of an average of about 50 fowls kept on a town lot during a period 

 of 3 years. 



The egg yield in 1907 was 3,966 eggs, in 1908, 5,133, and in 1909, 5,511. This 

 increase the author thinks due largely to selection of breeding stock. Emphasis 

 is also laid on the importance of hatching pullets early enough in the season 

 to lay eggs the following winter. Details of methods of feeding and manage- 

 ment are given. In October, 1909, with 19 pullets and 40 hens, the former 

 laid fewer eggs than the latter, but in November, the pullets laid slightly more 

 eggs than double their number of hens, and in December, 19 pullets laid 241 

 eggs and 35 hens 95 eggs. The net profit for 1909 was $136.85. 



Report on the poultry industry in Belgium, E. Brown (London. 1910, 

 pp. VIII +112, pis. 16). — This is a report of a visit to the egg-producing areas 

 and table poultry districts in Belgium for the purpose of studying Belgian 

 methods of producing eggs and table poultry, the system of producing the 

 famous "poulets de Bruxelles " and " poulets de lait " (milk chickens), the 

 duck industry of the Pays d'Alost. the effect of poultry keeping on the fertility 

 of the soil, methods of marketing, and public measures employed for encourag- 

 ing the industry. There are brief descriptions of the Braekel, Campine, 

 Ma lines, Brabant, Ardenne, and Herve breeds of fowl and of utility Bantams. 



Poultry packers' guide, M. V. Bickel (Mason City, la., 1909, pp. 51, pis. 8). — 

 This book contains practical information on buying, feeding, dressing, cooling, 

 grading, packing, shipping, and marketing poultry. 



Pheasant raising in the United States, H. Oldys (U. 8. Dept. Agr., Farmers' 

 Bui. 390, pp. JfO, fiffs. 17). — This was prepared in response to numerous inquiries 

 for information on pheasant raising, and presents a clear and concise account 

 of methods used by successful pheasant raisers. The methods of obtaining 

 the stock, managing the birds, and marketing the product are treated in detail. 

 Different species of pheasants are illustrated and described, and there is a 

 brief history of pheasant raising in Europe and the United States. 



A chapter on diseases of pheasants by G. B. Morse is appended. 



The reliable pheasant standard, F. J. Sudow {Poiif/hkcrpsic, N. Y., 19J0, 

 3. cd., cnl., pp. 9-'i, pis. 3, figs. 12.'f). — This is a practical guide on the culture, 

 breeding, propagation, trapping, and hunting of pheasants, water fowl, and 

 other game birds, with a few brief notes on Angora goats, rabbit breeding, 

 and deeer farming. 



DAIRY FARMING— DAIRYING. 



[Dairying in Minnesota], A. J. McGuire (Minnesota Sta. Bui. 116, pp. 

 391-399, 413-417, figs. //).— An account of the work in dairying at the North- 

 east substation. 



In 1907 the average yield of 17 cows kept on the farm was 4,730 lbs. of milk 

 and 222 lbs. of butter per cOw. The value of the butter at 28 cts. per pound 

 was $62.16, the cost of feed from October 15 to May 15, $29.50, leaving a net 

 profit of $32.66 per cow, exclusive of the cost of feeding in the summer time. 

 The yield was lowered considerably because nearly half the herd were heifers. 

 The average yield of 9 cows for the past 3 years was .5.128.4 lbs. of milk and 

 253.8 lbs. of butter per cow. The methods of caring for the herd are described 

 and suggestions are offered for advancing the dairy industry in Minnesota. 

 Directions are given for improving the breeding stock, feeding dairy cows, 

 making butter; and utilizing the skim milk in growing a bacon pig. 



Developments in milking machinery (New Zeal. Dairyman, 13 (1909), 

 No. 9, pp. 53. 5.'i)- — A brief note on a patented apparatus that can be attached to 

 milking machines. The milk is delivered into an automatic releaser made up 



