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Feeding of potato foliage, L. Meyek {Mitt. Deut. Landw. Gesell, 30 {1915), 

 No. 32, pp. 472-474)- — An account of the use of potato foliage liay for cattle 

 and sheep feeding in Germany. It is said to compare favorably with meadow- 

 hay, having a composition as follows: Dry matter 85.7 per cent, protein 11.8, 

 fat 2.8, nitrogen-free extract 35.1, crude fiber 23, and ash 13. The starch value 

 of meadow hay is given as 34.3 and of potato foliage hay as 34.2. 



[Analyses of feeding- stuffs], .F. T. Shutt {Canada Expt. Farms Rpts. 

 1914, pp. 109-119).— Analyaes are given of the following feeding stuffs: Cotton- 

 seed meal, distillery and brewers' grains, dried distillery slop, oil cake, gluten 

 meal, barley germ meal, veiny pea hay, vetch hay, cacao bean husks, wheat 

 middlings, golden flax, bran, hull-less oats, molasses, molasses feed, molassine 

 meal, corn fodder, and corn silage, and of mangels and carrots of various 

 varieties. 



[Animal husbandry work], E. S. Abchibaxd et al. {Canada Expt. Farms 

 Rpts. 1914, pp. 297-328, 4OO-4O8, 41O, 41I, 4I6-454, 457-472, pis i6).— Steers 

 of various breeds and types were fed from 80 to 151 days, it being found that 

 steers fed quickly gave a good margin of profit, that the dairy type of feeder 

 may be profitably finished in from three to five months according to age, and 

 that many steers slaughtered in November and December would pay profitable 

 returns if fed a few months longer. In steer-feeding experiments to determine 

 the effect of heavy and light feeding it was found that while the daily rate of 

 gain was greater in the heavy-fed lots, yet their average cost per pound of 

 gain was considerably higher and the greater profit was realized from the 

 light-fed lots. Grain was profitably replaced by molasses when used in only a 

 limited amount. Molasses appeared to have a more beneficial effect when fed 

 to good stocker than to good butcher cattle getting the same amount of grain. 

 Molasses showed a profit over a full-grain ration. 



Eight steers fed 140 days and given freedom in box stalls made a gain of 

 $56.17 as compared with $3.23 from eight steers tied. In a comparison of corn 

 silage and dry corn fodder as roughage for fattening steers fed five months, 

 the former made an average daily gain per steer of 1.86 lbs., the latter of 1.5 

 lbs. Four lots of steers fed 140 days, lot 1 receiving oat straw, mixed hay, 

 oats, and barley, fed outside; lot 2 the same as lot 1, but fed inside; lot 3 the 

 same as lot 1 with the addition of silage, and fed inside and tied; and lot 4 

 fed mixed hay, silage, roots, and grain (bran, peas, oats, and barley), fed 

 inside, made average daily gains per head of 1.95, 1.93, 2.47, and 2.82 lbs., 

 respectively. 



In feeding steers outside during the winter it was found that 77.31 lbs. of 

 dry matter was required to produce 1 lb. of gain, the steers making 0.29 lb. of 

 gain per head per day. Three lots of steers fed 85 days, lot 1 outdoors with 

 free run, lot 2 in a corral, and lot 3 in box stalls, made daily gains per head of 

 1.73, 1.55, and 2.67 lbs. at a cost of 9.47, 10.48, and 6.15 cts. per pound of gain 

 for the respective lots. In another experiment it was found that corral steer 

 feeding, even in spite of severe weather, may be profitable. Steers of good 

 beef type made rapid and economical gains and good profits, but steers of 

 dairy type made slower gains, costing more to produce, and were fed at a loss. 



Three lots of steers fed 135 days, lot 1 receiving alfalfa, roots, and grain, 

 and lots 2 and 3, green oat fodder in addition, made average daily gains per 

 head of 1.6, 1.5, and 1.6 lbs. for the respective lots. 



Methods of feeding the work horse, brood mare, and young colt are reported. 

 In an experiment to determine the most economical means of handling and feed- 

 ing the work horse in winter, four lots were fed as follows : Lot 1, oat straw, 

 oat fodder, oats, and bran; lot 2, oat straw, mixed hay, oats, and ground flax- 

 seed ; lot 3, oat straw, mixed hay, oats, and bran ; and lot 4, oat straw, alfalfa 



