170 EXPEKIMENT STATION EECORD. 



Feedings experiments with lupine and horse chestnut flakes, E. Reisch, 

 F. EWALD, F. LiLiENTHAL, and Hansen (IUus. Landw. Ztg., 34 (1914), ^os. 42, 

 pp. S91, 392; 43, pp. 399, 400; ahs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Mo. Bui. 

 Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 5 {1914), No. 8, pp. 1047-1049). — The composi- 

 tion of lupine flakes and horse chestnut flakes is given as dry matter 82 and 

 85, protein 25.7 and 6.7, fat 4 and 3.9, nitrogen-free extract 3G.3 and 67.8, fiber 

 0.1 and 3.5, and ash 7.2 and 3.2 per cent, respectively. 



Two lots of 12 yearling lambs each were fed a basal ration of meadow hay, 

 mangels, and barley meal, lot 1 receiving in addition 0.4 lb. of bean meal 

 and peanut meal, and lot 2 1.1 lbs. lupine flakes per 100 lbs. live weight. Lot 

 1 made an average total gain in 73 days of 28.82 lbs. per head and lot 2 of 

 28.38 lbs., both dressing 47.9 per cent. 



Two lots of 12 lambs were fed a basal ration of meadow hay, dried-beet 

 slices, and soy-bean meal, lot 1 receiving in addition 1.1 lbs. wheat bran and 

 0.66 lb. of corn, and lot 2 2.64 lbs. chestnut flakes per 100 lbs. live weight. 

 Lot 1 made an average total gain during the 73 days of 24.42 lbs. per head 

 and lot 2 of 15.84 lbs., the one dressing 48.8 per cent and the other 45.6. On the 

 whole the chestnut flakes proved unsatisfactory. 



Four cows were fed a basal ration of hay, dried-beet slices, and soy-bean 

 meal, and during three periods from 0.8 to 3 lbs. of corn meal and 2 lbs. wheat 

 bran per 1,000 lbs. live weight, in comparison with 2 lbs. chestnut flakes fed 

 during one period and 4 lbs during another. The chestnut flakes appeared to 

 have no influence on the milk yield. When more than 2 lbs. of the flakes 

 were fed per cow per day the cows suffered from scours. The cows refused 

 lupine flakes because of their bitter taste. 



Food for animals and process for the m^anufacture of the same (English 

 Patent 24,912, Nov. 1, 1913; abs. in Jour. Soc. Chem. Indm., 33 (1914), No. 23, 

 p. 1168). — "Amylaceous material, such as middlings or maize residue, is treated 

 with 2 per cent of its weight of sulphur dioxid in the form of an aqueous 

 solution, and heated for 15 minutes under a pressure of four atmospheres. The 

 steam and acid are then blown off, any remaining acid is neutralized by the 

 addition of calcium carbonate or sodium carbonate, and the product is dried 

 end ground." 



Feeding stuffs, Loges (Jahresber. Landw. Konigr. Sachs., 1913, pp. 114-124). — 

 Protein and fat analyses are given of the following feeding stuffs : Rice meal, 

 millet bran, brewers' grains, linseed meal, rape-seed meal, peanut meal, palm- 

 kernel cake, sunflower-seed cake, sesame cake, hemp-seed meal, and fish meal. 



[State feeding-stuff laws of the] American Feed Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion, compiled by L. F. Brown {Milwaukee : Author, 1914, pp. 86). — This is a 

 brief of the state laws relating to the sale of feeding stuffs. 



Feeding of cattle, S. B, Lima (Bol. Dir. Geral Agr. [Portugal], 11 (1913), 

 No. 4^ PP- ^44)- — This is a compilation of reprints of articles on methods of 

 feeding cattle, the nutritive value of various feeds, and methods of calculating 

 rations. 



Wintering store cattle (Dept. Agr. and Tech. Instr. Ireland Jour., 15 (1914), 

 No. 1, pp. 28-33). — Four seasons' experiments are reported in which 3 lots of 

 from 8 to 10 each of 21-month-old crossbred bullocks and heifers were fed five 

 months, beginning December 1, as follows: Lot 1, housed all winter and fed 

 roots, cake, and straw ; lot 2, outwintered in the pasture and fed hay and cake ; 

 lot 3, outwintered in the pasture and fed hay only. The cake consisted of soy 

 bean and cotton cake. The average gains per head made for the period were 

 134, 72, and 43 lbs., respectively; the cost per head $21.22, $14.96, and $10.07, 

 respectively. 



