ANIMAL TKODUCTION, 169 



It is coucliidcHl that the Kellner starch values are uncertain and do not agree 

 with results obtained in actual practice. The mixing of feeds and the specific 

 values of certain feeds depreciate the value of the standard. 



III. RcsiJiration and assimilaiion trials icith cattle, K. von der Ileide. Klein, 

 and N. Zuntz (pp. 7G5-S32). — In these trials it was found that slight variations 

 in the comiK)sition of feeds influenced the fermentation i^rocess in the paunch of 

 the ruminant. Variations in the character of feeds influenced the quantity of 

 hippuric acid in the urine. There was found to be a material variation from 

 Kellner's starch values. The actual starch value of hay fed as a fodder with 

 potato refuse was double the value of the Kellner standard. 



IV. Mineral assimilation icith cattle, M. Diakow (pp. S33-S-i4 ) .— The digesti- 

 ble coefficients of the mineral compounds are given as follows : P^Oo from 24..! 

 to 28.6 per cent, CaO 15.8 to 26.5 i>er cent, MgO 39.2 to 47.0 per cent, 'Sa.iO 52.4 

 to 61.5 i>er cent, and K^O 92.3 to 94.5 per cent. 



Commercial feeding- stuffs, W. J. Jones. Jr., F. D. Fuller, E. G. Proulx, 

 C. Cutler, and J. H. Koop {Indiana Sta. Bui. 177 {19 U), pp. 47-340, fig. 1).— 

 This I'eports analyses of the following feeding stuffs: Wheat bran, wheat mid- 

 dlings, red dog flour, low grade flour, rye middlings, buckwheat bran, cotton- 

 seed meal, cotton-seed feed, cold-pressed cotton seed, cotton-seed hulls, linseed 

 meal, distillers' dried grains, brewers' dried grains, malt sprouts, gluten feed, 

 corn-germ meal, hominy feed, corn bran, corn flakes, rice products, dried sugar 

 beet pulp, alfalfa meal, dried blood, meat meal, meat-and-bone meal, beef scrap, 

 fish scrap, feeding tankage, molasses feeds, and various mixed and proprietary 

 feeds. There are included the text of the State feeding stuffs law, rulings to 

 date, and similar data. 



Analysis of feeding stuffs made for the State Department of Agriculture, 

 B. E. CuBRY and T. O. Smith {Xew Hampshire 8ia. Bid. 1G9 {lOlJ,), pp. 26).— 

 Analyses are reported of wheat middlings, bran, red dog flour, and other wheat 

 products, cotton-seed meal, hominy feeds, molasses feeds, alfalfa meal, dried 

 beet pulp, distillers' dried grains, linseed meal, gluten feed, beef scrap, bone 

 meal, fish scrap, and various mixed and proprietary feeds. The text of the 

 state feedings stuffs law is included. 



Fertilizers, feeds, and fungicides, J. W. Inge {Xorth Dakota Sta. Spec. Bid., 

 S {1914), Xo. 9, pp. 140-146)- — Analyses are reported of screenings, pigeon 

 grass, wild oats, Kinghead, smartweed, ragweed, pig\A'eed, lambs' quarters, 

 shrunken wheat, corn fodder, corn silage, tankage, and meat scrap, as well as 

 of fertilizers, Pai'is green, lead arsenate, lime sulphur, and commercial insecti- 

 cides and fungicides. 



The Kansas feeding-stuffs law revision of 1913, W. ^M. Jardine {Kansan 

 Sta. Circ. 38 {1914), PP- 7). — This is an exi)lanation of the Kansas feeding- 

 stuffs law as revised in 1913, with other data as to its enforcement. 



Study of the breeds, varieties, and crossing of species of cattle in France, 

 DE Lapparent {Bid. Mens. Off. Renseig. Agr. [Bari.s], 13 {1914), ^os. 5, pp. 

 493-551; 6, pp. 641-715). — This treats of the origin, development, and breed 

 characteristics of the principal breeds of cattle in France, among them the 

 Flemish, Dutch, Normandy, French Durham, Brittany, Parthenaise, Charolaise, 

 etc. 



Some problems of cattle breeding, L. J. Cole {Guernsey Breeders' Jour., 

 n. ser., 6 {1914), iVo. 1, pp. 22-25, figs. //).— A situdy made of the records of 

 American-bred and of imported Guernseys indicates that on the average " Guern- 

 sey cows imported to this country . . . are somewhat higher producers of milk 

 and butter fat than the Guernseys bred in this country, in spite of the fact that 



