ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 467 



Intel, and Plant Diseases, I, (1913), No. 1, pp. 91-93).— This is a continuation 

 of work previously noted (E. S. R.. 28, pp. 170, 464). 



A new feed, dry beer yeast, is reported as containing from 40 to 45 per cent 

 of crude protein, and is recommended as a valuable supplementary feed for 

 fattening hogs. This product is said to have a feeding value equal to a mixture 

 of cotton-seed meal, sesame cake, or oil-free soy-bean cake. It was highly 

 digestible with sheep but cows refused to eat it in any form. 



New by-products of oil making are Guizotia oleifera and Perilla cake, which 

 contain approximately the same protein and fat content as other oil cakes and 

 are equally as digestible. Guizotia cake fed to sheep was unsatisfactory. 



Analyses are reported of wheat and rye germs. These are rich in protein, 

 relished by stock, and easily digestible. Analyses and feeding values of various 

 kinds of new leguminous crops are also reported, and an analysis of crude and 

 artificially prepared sawdust, with a discussion of its relation to molasses feed. 

 Sawdust in any form was found to be practically indigestible. 



Feeding- stuffs (Dept. Landb., Nijv. en Handel [Netfierlands], Verslag. en 

 Meded. Dir. Landb., 1912, No. 5, pp. 3S-//6).— The protein and fat content of 

 feeding stuffs are reported as follows: Sesame cake 38.5 and 11.6 per cent; 

 soy-bean cake 42.6 and 5.4 per cent ; coconut cake 21.5 and 8.4 per cent ; palm- 

 nut cake 16.1 and 7.4 per cent; and sunflower cake 29.5 and 6.9 per cent, re- 

 spectively. 



Composition of some common fodders, A. A. Ramsay (Agr. Gaz. N. 8. Wales, 

 24 {1913), No. 4, pp. 324, 325). — Analyses are reported of green fodders of 

 lucern, barley, wheat, and oats; of oat and wheat hays; and of oat and wheat 

 chaff. 



Concentrated commercial feeding stuffs, G. M. Dame (Ann. Rpt. Dairy and 

 Food Comr. Mich., 19 (1912), pp. 106-127). — Reports of analyses of miscel- 

 laneous poultry feeds, stock feeds, dairy feeds, and mixed feeds are given. 



Commercial feeding stuffs, J. Hortvet (Minn. Dairy and Food Dept. [Bte».] 

 Rpt. Chem., IJf (1911-12), pp. 114-183). — Analyses are reported of alfalfa meal, 

 blood flour, beef scraps, dried brewers' grains, calf feeds, gluten feeds, mis- 

 cellaneous mixed feeds, cotton-seed meal, oil meal, flaxseed meal, poultry feeds, 

 rye products, sugar feeds, bran, shorts, middlings, red dog flour, and screenings. 



Commercial feeds, G. M. Macnider and E. W. Thornton (Bui. N. C. Dept. 

 Affr., S3 (1912), No. 11, pp. 5-69). — Chemical and microscopical analyses are re- 

 ported of the following concentrated stock feeds : Wheat bran, middlings, 

 shorts, shipstuff, com chops, rice feeds, beet pulp, cracked corn, rye feeds, 

 molasses feeds, alfalfa feeds, cotton-seed meal, gluten meal, poultry feeds, and 

 special mixed and miscellaneous mixed feeds. 



[Roborin stock feed], E. Hauptmann (Tierdrztl. ZentU., 36 (1913), No. 16. 

 pp. 238-244) .—Rohorm is a German stock feed claimed to be of medicinal and 

 feeding value, and reported to have given favorable results in experiments with 

 army horses. When fed to milch cows the milk and fat production were 

 increased. 



[Live stock in Alberta], E. L. Richardson (Ann. Rpt. Dept. Agr. Alberta, 

 1911. pp. 6-38, 242-272, pis. 2). — This includes a statistical report of the live 

 stock situation in Alberta together with data on pure-bred stallion enrollment 

 and the horse and cattle importations to that State. 



Animal husbandry, F. W. Wilson (Arizona Sta. Rpt. 1912, pp. 685-691).— 

 The factors essential in obtaining high market prices for wool in Arizona 

 are enumerated and discussed in connection with the sheep breeding studies. 

 A lot of 1,700 lbs. of wool was found to lose 15 lbs. in storage but gained 6 

 lbs. in transit, probably due to the dry climate in Arizona and the humid con- 

 dition in the Eastern market. 



