1916] ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



The following table summarizes the results of the work : 



Results of use of grain sorghums in feeding tests on Texas farms. 



373 



"Amounts not given. 



sWere given all they would eat. 



The Influence of the lactic acid bacteria on protein, A. Sttjtzek {Biochem. 

 Ztschr., 70 (1915), No. 3-4, pp. 299-305).— It has been found that the best fer- 

 mentation in silos is obtained by using lactic acid bacteria, preferably those 

 growing at a low temperature, as Bacillus cucumeris fermentati. In tests 

 made by the author hay was subjected, with and without the addition of sugar, 

 to the action of these bacteria, but the experiment showed that these bacteria 

 are incapable of decomposing the protein present in hay. Experiments con- 

 ducted to determine whether B. cucumeris fermentati has the power of forming 

 protein synthetically by means of asparagin, urea, or ammonium acetate indi- 

 cated that this is not possible. 



The feeding value of apple pomace, J. B. Lindsey (Massachusetts Sta. Circ. 

 58 (1915), pp. 4)- — A. revision of Circular 47, previously noted (E. S. R., 32, 

 p. 363). 



Beet residues for farm stock, .T. B. Lindsey (Massachusetts Sta. Circ. 62 

 (1916), pp. 7). — A revision of Circular 48, previously noted (E. S. R., 33, 

 p. 267). 



Analysis of feeding stuffs, B. E. Cukey and T. O. Smith (New Hampshire 

 Sta. Bui. 178 (1916), pp. 16). — Analyses are given of the following feeding 

 stuffs: Wheat bran, wheat middlings, shredded wheat waste, red dog flour, 

 rye middlings, cotton-seed meal, hominy feed, hominy meal, alfalfa meal, dried 

 beet pulp, brewers' dried grains, distillers' dried grains, cracked bone, bone 



