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Sheep breeding in Hungary, B. KovAcsy (Intemat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Mo. 

 Bui. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 4 {WIS), No. 5, pp. 680-688) .—This is a 

 statistical review of the sheep industry in Hungary, with an account of the 

 distribution and importance of the different breeds indigenous to that country. 

 Methods of sheep management are discussed and the financial problem is 

 considered. 



Forage crop rotations for pork production, F. B. Mumford and L. A. 

 Weaver {Missouri Sta. Bui. 110, pp. 181-208, fiffs. 6). — This bulletin reports 

 swine-feeding experiments covering a period of 5 years (E. S. R., 25, p. 274) 

 and conducted to determine the relative value of different forage crops and 

 forage crop rotations for pork production. Leguminous forages were supple- 

 mented by corn, and other forages by com and linseed meal 6 : 1. The results 

 showing the average gains, acre production, valuation per acre, etc., are sum- 

 marized in the following table, pork being estimated at 6 cts. per pound: 



Results in forage crop experiments and pork production. 



The following table gives the average return per acre for several rotations 

 during a period of 4 years on 10 different fields : 



Average returns in pork production imth various cropping systems. 



