19161 ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 375 



measuring cane invented by A. Deriaz of Lausanne. This is composed of a 

 simple rod, grooved and graduated, and provided with two perpendicular arms, 

 one of which is fixed permanently at one end and the other can slide along the 

 rod and be stopped at any desired point. 



The measurements taken on the animal with this instrument are as follows : 

 (1) Measurements of the length of the body, chest, loins, and quarters; (2) 

 measurements of the height at the withers (from the ground to the highest point 

 on the animal), of the knee (from the ground to the lower edge of the joint), 

 of the loin, and of the tail-head ; (3) measurements of the width, by means 

 of the two arms of the instrument, of the hooks, pin bones, and thighs ; and 

 (4) measurements of the head, principally its length, its width between the 

 base of the horns, and the width of face. 



The Yunnan breed of sheep, A. Hallot (Bui. Econ. Indochine, n. ser., 18 

 (1915), No. 112, pp. 165-181; ahs. in Intemat. Inst. Agr. [Rome'\, Mo. Bui. Agr. 

 Intel, and Plant Diseases, 6 {1915), No. 11, pp. 1512-1514). — An account of the 

 breed characteristics and utility value of the sheep of Yunnan, China. 



The fleece is white, black or white with spots of fawn, red, or black. With 

 the exception of a tuft of long hair hanging over the forehead, the fleece extends 

 from the base of the neck to the knees and above the hocks. No wool occurs 

 on the belly, but hair often occurs under the chest, extending toward the withers. 

 With certain rare exceptions the wool is mixed with kemp in variable quantity. 

 In the tallest animals the base of the fleece consists of long stiff hairs. 



The wool fiber and certain phases of scouring' and loose •wool dyeing, 

 L. J. Matos (BuL Nat. Assoc. Wool Manfrs. J/o {1915), No. 2, pp. H6-171, figs. 

 10). — Methods of scouring and dyeing wool are described. 



Fattening- lambs, J. M. Jones {Texas Sta. Bui. 186 {1916), pp. 3-15, figs. 4).— 

 Two lots of about 2.50 47-lb. range-bred lambs were fed 119 days as follows : 

 Lot 1, cotton-seed meal, cotton-seed hulls, and feterita and sorghum silage; 

 lot 2, cotton-seed meal and feterita and sorghum silage. After 59 days of the 

 test feterita and milo-maize chops were added to the ration of lot 2 ; and 

 after 102 days the ration of lot 1 was supplemented by the same concentrate. 



The results indicate that good silage can be fed to fattening lambs without 

 injury to them. During the first 59 days the lambs in lot 2 consumed an 

 average of 3.78 lbs. of silage per head daily and their average daily gain was 

 0.285 lb. per head. 



" While silage seems to have a place in the ration of a fattening sheep it 

 should not constitute the only roughage. Owing to the succulent nature of 

 silage, it is quite impossible for lambs to consume enough of this feed to get 

 the necessary amount of dry matter that is required by the animal body. 

 Lambs receiving silage as the sole roughage are inclined to go ' off feed.' The 

 lambs in lot 1 received cotton-seed hulls in addition to the silage, and through- 

 out the entire feeding period all the lambs remained continually ' on feed.' 

 No moldy silage was fed to the lambs and no losses directly attributed to 

 the feeding of inferior silage resulted." 



The lambs in lot 1 made a good economical gain during the early part of 

 the feeding period, but after about 100 days they apparently became "burned 

 out," the average daily gain per head during the final 17 days of the test being 

 only 0.068 lb. 



During the first 6 days after the feterita and milo maize had been supplied 

 in the ration of lot 2 at the end of the first 59-day period, the average gain 

 per head was increased from 0.24 to 0.42 lb. daily. After ground feterita 

 and milo maize had been supplemented in the ration received by lot 2 the 

 lambs did not go " off feed " as readily as when on the ration composed 

 wholly of cotton-seed meal and silage. 



