260 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



grain feeds were fed supplementary to alfalfa hay, it was found that the best 

 returns obtained were with barley and alfalfa hay, the average daily ration 

 fed being 5.5 lbs. of barley and 21.8 lbs. of hay. 



Four lots of 15, 76-lb. pigs were fed for a 70-day period as follows: Lot 1 

 barley alone, lot 2 barley and alfalfa pasture, lot 3 barley, alfalfa pasture, and 

 shorts, and lot 4 barley, alfalfa pasture, shorts, and skim milk. They made 

 an avei-age daily gain per head of 0.75, 0.81, 0.85, and 1.27 lbs., respectively. 

 A fifth lot weighing 114 lbs. per head and fed barley, alfalfa pasture, shorts, 

 and skim milk gained 1.57 lbs. daily. 



Two lots of 114-lb. pigs fed barley, one lot being on alfalfa pasture and the 

 other being fed green alfalfa, made practically the same gains. 



Corn silag^e and cotton-seed hulls for fattening' beef cattle, R. S. Curtis, 

 L. AV. Shook, and F. T. Meacham (Bui. N. C. Dcpt. Agr., 35 (1914), No. 8, pp. 

 5-28, figs. i7).— Two lots of 24 head each of 900-lb., native grade, Shorthorn 

 feeders were fed during a 112-day feeding period equal amounts of cotton-seed 

 meal, lot 1 receiving in addition com silage, lot 2 cotton-seed hulls. The aver- 

 age amount of cotton-seed meal fed daily was 7^ lbs. per steer, of com silage 

 42.46 lbs., and of cotton-seed hulls 21.95 lbs. The average daily gain per steer 

 for lot 1 was 1.62, and for lot 2, 1.63 lbs. ; the cost of feed per pound of gain 

 11.4 and 10.9 cts. ; the profit per steer $8.29 and $11.36. 



It is noted that the steers in lot 2 sold for 20 cts. more per hundredweight 

 than those in lot 1. They were in better condition, thicker, smoother, and 

 with a more uniform distribution of fat. A slaughter test made at the begin- 

 ning of the experiment indicated that the steers in lot 1 would dress 52.24 

 per cent, and those in lot 2, 54.53, while at the close of the experiment the 

 respective values were 52.24 and 56.41 per cent. It required to make 100 lbs. 

 gain in lot 2 1,352.2 lbs. of cotton-seed hulls, in conjunction with 45S lbs. of 

 cotton-seetl meal, and in lot 1. 2,611.4 lbs. of corn silage with 458 lbs. of cotton- 

 seed meal. 



Charging cotton-seed hulls at $7.50 per ton, cotton-seed meal at $27.75, and 

 corn silage at $3.50, the values returned were $8.38 per ton for hulls, $5.25 for 

 silage, and $30.34 for cotton-seed meal fed with hulls, or $37.71 fed with 

 silage. All of these figures were exclusive of the manurial value of the feeds. 



Indian cattle in the Philippines, C. W. Edwards { Philip irine Agr. Rev. 

 [English Ed.], 7 (1914), No. 7, pp. 28S-29t pi. 1).—An account of the breed 

 characteristics, utility value, and possibilities of improvement of the principal 

 breeds of zebu (Bos indicus) cattle in the Philippines. 



It is stated that the Nellore is the only breed with which any definite breed- 

 ing experiments have been can-ied on in the country. They are silvery gray 

 with darker shadings over front and hind quarters, pure white, and occasion- 

 ally red and white in color. This breed has been imported into Brazil, Argen- 

 tina, Java, and Africa in considerable numbers for crossing upon indigenous 

 stock, and a few have been imported into the United States, particularly into 

 Texas. Chai-acters which commend these cattle are their high resistance to 

 rinderpest, tick fever, and insect pests, vigorous rustling qualities, excellence 

 as work animals, and tlieir value as a cross or factor for upgrading native 

 stock. However, as regards conformation they are inclined to be slab-sided 

 and often have a tendency to be vicious. More extensive importation and 

 breeding of these Indian cattle in the Philippines is recommended. 



Influence of summer shearing on the skin temperature of sheep, R. Traut 

 (Der EinflusH dcr Sommerschur auf die Ilaiitfonpcraiur des Schafes. Inaug. 

 Diss.. Univ. Ofcssen, 1913; ahs. in Zcnthl. Phijsinl.. 2S (1914). No. 4. p. 221).— 

 In summer at a temperature of from 16 to 24.75° C. (60.8 to 86.6° F.), un- 



