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and legless men are also close to the normal avarage. Cretinoid dwarfs show 

 diminished water elimination. Typhoid patients with a rising temperature 

 also have a decreased water output ; those with a falling temperature lose an 

 increased percentage of calories in vaporization. The water output in con- 

 valescence is low. 



" Some patients with hyperthyroidism have a decreased water output ; most 

 of them lose the normal percentage of calories in vaporization. Some lose 

 much more than normals in this manner. In pernicious anemia the water of 

 vaporization is not affected. Caruiac and nephritic patients on the whole 

 give figures close to the normal. There is a slight increase in dyspneic patients. 

 Edema seems to have no effect on the water output through the skin. The 

 results in diabetes show great variations. The average figure, however, is 

 about the same as that obtained in normals. 



" In conclusion it may be said that the output of water is very little affected 

 in disease. When the heat production is increased the body responds and 

 dissipates the usual percentage of calories in the vaporization of water. When 

 it is necessary to get rid of unusual amounts of heat the percentage lost in 

 vaporization is increased." 



ANIMAL PKODTJCTION. 



Commercial feeding stuffs, J. P. Stbebtt et al. {Connecticut State Sta. Rpt. 

 1916, pt. 3, pp. i-'/7-iS4). — This is a report of the State feed inspection, includ- 

 ing analyses of cottonseed meal, linseed meal, wheat bran, wheat middlings, 

 red dog flour, rye middlings, buckwheat middlings, corn gluten meal, corn 

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

 grains, dried beet pulp, meat .scrap, tankage, bone, coconut meal, salvage wheat, 

 cracked corn, alfalfa meal, beans, bread crumbs, and mixed, proprietary, and 

 poultry feeds. 



[Animal husbandry work at the Crookston substation] (Minnesota Sta., 

 Rpt. Crookston Substa., 1010-1916, pp. S3-S7). — In an experiment during the 

 winter of 1913-14 beef cattle were maintained in prime condition in a straw 

 shed. In tliis test dry shock corn was equal to corn silage as a supplement to 

 millet and timothy haj- and ground oats and barley. There was some waste 

 from unconsumed cornstalks, whereas all the silage was eaten. Difficulty was 

 experienced in feeding silage out of doors in cold weather. 



In a test during the winter of 1913-14 it was found that sheep did not relish 

 warm water. 



Ground flaxseed was compared with tankage as a protein supplement to 

 barley, corn, and oats for pigs. The tankage proved distinctly superior to the 

 flaxseed, and the results indicated that the latter is not a practical feed for 

 swine. 



Wet-mash feeding was compared with dry-mash feeding for laying hens in the 

 winter of 1913-14. The wet-marsh lot laid slightly more eggs at a smaller cost 

 per dozen than the dry-ma.sh lot. In later years, however, the dry-mash method 

 gave better results at a less labor expenditure than the other method. Wet 

 mash proved superior to dry mash for young chicks, especially during the first 

 week of the chick's life. In a fattening test with three-months-old cockerels. 

 Barred Plymouth Rock cockerels gained 2 lbs. each in three weeks as compared 

 with 1.16 lbs. for Leghorn cockerels. 



The results of egg preservation experiments in 1913 showed that a solution of 

 sodium silicate and water (1:5) is unnecessarily strong, a dilution of 1:10 

 giving the best results. Eggs stored in limewater (1 lb. of lime to 5 gal. of 

 water) kept in excellent condition, except tliat the bottom layer of eggs had a 



