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the futtening ration and formed the 1915-16 results in a 3-yoar summary noted 

 from Bulletin 145 (B. S. R., 37, p. 365). 



Tart 2 gives the results from 2 lots of 6 promising 9S0-lb. steers fefl 140 

 days beginning November 17, 1915. Lot 2, which received corn, cottonseed meal, 

 corn silage, and mixed hay, made an average daily gain of 2.17 lbs. per head. 

 Lot 1, which received the same ration as lot 2, except that 5 lbs. of molasses 

 was substituted for 5 lbs. of corn, made a daily gain of 2.36 lbs., but did not 

 show as much finish as lot 1. 



In part 3 it is reported that a group of 12 thin steers were carried through 

 the winter in good condition on corn stover, mixed hay, and a ration of 2.5 lbs. 

 of cottonseed meal per 1,000 lbs. live weight. On March 15 ear corn was 

 added to the ration and on May 18 the steers were put on blue-gi'ass pasture, 

 supplemented with corn and cottonseed meal, for an 8-weeks' finishing period. 

 The average daily gain up to March 15 was 0.78 lb. per head and after that 

 date 1.83 lbs. 



Individual weights and feeding records are given in the reports of all three 

 experiments. 



Records of body measurements of steers, B. O. Seveeson and P. Geklaugh 

 (Pennsylvania Sta. Rpt. 1916, pp. 251-282). — Tables are presented similar to 

 those previously noted (E. S. R., 38, p. 69) giving the individual body measure- 

 ments (23 dimensions) of the 84 steers used in the experiments noted above, 

 both at the beginning and at the end of the feeding periods. 



Ground soy beans for fattening cattle, F. G. King (Indiana Sta. Bui. 237 

 (1920), pp. 3-6). — A summary of three comparisons between ground soy beans 

 and cottonseed meal as supplements to corn for fattening steers is presented. 

 The detailed results have been noted from Bulletins 167, 178, and 183 (E. S. R., 

 ■35, p. 475). The cattle did not relish the ground soy beans as a daily feed 

 for more than a limited period (say 100 days), but when palatable this feed 

 was as efficient as cottonseed meal. The chemical analyses of the samples of 

 soy beans and cottonseed meal are also averaged. No oil was extracted from 

 the soy beans and they had an average fat content of nearly 19 per cent. It is 

 predicted that soy-bean oil meal would prove a still more satisfactory feed. 



Problems of sheep breeding, I, F. Aekeboe et al. (Arb. Deut. Landto. 

 Oesell., No. 293 (1918), pp. 190, pi. 1). — This publication includes the following 

 papers : Types of Sheep Farming, by Aereboe ; I^reeding, by Brodermann ; Sheep 

 Pastures, by Ulrichs ; The Condition of Teeth in Relation to the Age of Sheep, 

 by Ulrichs; Profitableness of Sheep Raising, by [G.^ Stiegcr ; Sheep Diseases, 

 by [R.] von Ostertag, and Sheep Barns, by [A.] Blume. 



Maintenance rations for breeding flocks of mutton and wool types of 

 sheep, O. B. Severson (Pennsylvania Sta. Rpt. 1916, pp. 113-218, pis. 25). — 

 This is the complete report of experiments noted from Bulletin 144 (E. S. R., 

 36, p. 667). Individual weights, and feeding, lambing, and wool records are 

 tabulated in detail. 



The accounts of a Hampshire flock in 1918-19, D. Hall (Jour. Min. 

 Agr. [Lo7idon], 21 (1920), No. 2, pp. 126-132, fig. i).— The author sunnnarizes 

 a year's financial records of a flock of 281 Hampshire ewes belonging to the 

 Lord Wandsworth Institution, the attempt being made to separate the costs of 

 pedigree sheep raising from the costs of the other farm enterprises. 



It was found that the British Government's price-fixing policies whereby no 

 premium was allowed for spring lamb made sheep raising on arable land very 

 unprofitable. " The accounts further illustrate the unremunerative character 

 of pedigree stock breeding in the early years before the name of the herd or 

 flock has been made. The quality of the produce may be undeniable, but a 



