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"Inbreeding tends to emphasize the alcoliolic effects. This is probably due 

 to related animals responding to the treatment in closely similar ways on ac- 

 count of the similarity of their constitutions. Inbreeding, as such, may be harm- 

 ful. But inbreeding added to the alcohol effects produces a much worse con- 

 dition in the offspring than either inbreeding or alcoholism alone could do. 

 The data from alcoholized male lines indicate that the female offspring from 

 alcoholic males are less viable and more frequently deformed than the male 

 offspring. And heterogeneous matinga of such male and female offspring 

 further emphasize the same inferiority on the part of the female offspring from 

 treated males. . . . The data from alcoholic female lines indicate that the 

 male offspring from alcoholic females are inferior in quality to the female 

 offspring. And heterogeneous matings of such male and female offspring fur- 

 ther prove the inferiority on the part of the male offspring from treated 

 mothers. . . . 



" The experiments show the hereditary transmission through several genera- 

 tions of conditions resulting from an artifically induced change in the germ 

 cells of one generation. And they furnish data of importance bearing upon the 

 pathological behavior of the carriers of heredity as well as the differences in 

 behavior between the two types of germ cells produced by an animal carrying 

 heteromorphic chromosomes." 



A list of references relating to the literature cited is included. 

 Composition, nutritive, and manurial values of various farm foods, C. 

 Crowtheb {Univ. Leeds and Yorkshire Council Agr. Ed. IFamplilef^, 73 (1916), 

 3. ed., folio). — The composition and nutritive value of the following feeding 

 stuffs is given: Egyptian and Bombay cotton-seed cakes; linseed, hemp-seed, 

 rape, peanut, coconut, palm-kernel, and soy-bean cakes; soy beans; flaxseed; 

 dried yeast ; locust beans ; wheat middlings, sharps, and bran ; oatmeal ; maize- 

 germ meal ; gluten meal ; gluten feed ; rice meal ; malt ; malt dust ; wet brewers' 

 grains; dried brewers' grains; dried distillers' grains; molasses; meat meal; 

 fish meal; wheat; barley; oats; rye; maize; beans; peas; Avheat, barley, rye, 

 oat, bean, and pea straws ; meadow hay ; " seeds " hay ; pasture grass ; clover ; 

 A-etches; alfalfa; cabbage; rape; turnip tops; turnips; swedes; mangels; car- 

 rots ; su^r beets ; potatoes ; whole, skim, and separated cow's milk ; whole, 

 skim, and separated ewe's milk; whole, skim, and separated mare's milk; and 

 whey. 



Ensilag'e of fresh turnip leaves, H. Akerp.ekg (Tidsskr. Norske Landhr., 22 

 {1915), No. 8, pp. 3J/.S-35Jf). — The leaves are placed on loose sandy soil in a 

 ditch 6.5 meters (21.33 ft.) long, 2 meters wide at the bottom and 3.3 meters 

 at the top, 1.2 meters deep, and holding 16,000 kg. (over 17.5 tons) of fresh 

 turnip leaves. The ditch is lined at the bottom with boards and the sides cov- 

 ered with a thin layer of straw, protecting the leaves from being soiled by earth. 

 The leaves should be as fresh as can be obtained and receive hard daily packing. 

 The best temperature for a good silage is from 30 to 45° C. (76 to 113° F.). 

 Should the temperature not rise to 30°, it is necessary to wait before adding 

 more leaves; should it reach 45°, or threaten to rise above it, it is necessary 

 to put fresh leaves on as fast as possible and to pack them down hard. 



When the leaves are well packed the heap settles slowly, and when the tem- 

 perature falls to 30° it is first covered with a thick layer of straw, which in its 

 turn is covered with earth to prevent the access of air to the silage. After a 

 few days the temperature is taken, and should it have reached 40° or more, 

 more earth is heaped over the first ; but if 30° or less it should be left as it is 

 until the temperature reaches the desired degree. Care should be taken that 

 the cover of earth be uniform. In taking the daily supply of silage no more 

 than necessary of the earth and straw covering should be disturbed. 



