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work previously noted (E. S. R., 32, p. 363). It was found possible to control 

 the lactic and butyric acid formations in the silo bj' the inoculation of certain 

 ferments. * 



The value of lactic acid bacteria in the ensiling of beet tops, D. Meyeb 

 (lUus. Landw. Ztg., 35 (1915), No. Jf6, pp. 309-310) .—According to the author, 

 it has been demonstrated that the inoculation of beet-top silage with a culture 

 of lactic acid bacteria improves the quality of the silage and aids in the reten- 

 tion of the digestible nutrients of the feed. 



Value of brewery waste products under a new method of preservation, 

 Ulbich (Ztschr. Offentl. Chem., 21 (1915), Nos. 6, pp. 85-90; 7 pp. 102-105).— 

 Analyses are given of brewers' grains, brewery refuse, and brewers' yeast when 

 preserved by a newly patented method. 



The preparation of straw meal and the baking of cattle bread, C. Borchert 

 (lUus. Landw. Ztg., 35 (1915), No. 42, pp. 287, 288, figs. 3).— A method of luak- 

 ing cattle bread from straw meal is described. 



[Feeding stuff analyses], R. E. Rose and E. P. Greene (Fla. Quart. Bui. 

 Dept. Agr., 26 (1916), No. 1, pp. 94-131). — Analyses are given of cotton-seed 

 meal, grapevines, corn bran, ground corncobs, gi'ound slmcks, ground corn with 

 cob, Mexican clover, ground beggar- weed hay, ground peanut vines, dried beet 

 pulp, shipstuff, molasses feed, meat scrap, alfalfa meal, wheat middlings, wheat 

 bran, shorts, distillers' dried grains, rice bran, and various mixed and proprie- 

 tary feeds. 



Summary prospectus for a proposed building and operation of stockyards 

 and abattoir, to be located neaa.' the city of Lexington, R. M. Allen (Ken- 

 tucky Sia. Food and Drugs Bieii. Rpt., 8 (1913-1915), pp. i2-20).— The general 

 condition of the slaughtering industry in and about Lexington, Ky., is here 

 discussed, with special reference to the proposed construction of stockyards 

 and abattoir. 



Report of the Royal Commission on the meat export trade, P. W. Street 

 (Rpt. Roy. Com. Meat Export Trade Aust., 1915, pp. 50). — A report of a very 

 complete investigation made of the meat export trade of Australia, with special 

 mention of the activities of American concerns therein. 



A svirvey and census of the cattle of Bengal, J. R. Blackwood (Calcutta: 

 Govt., 1915, pp. III-\-34+XC, pis. 29). — An account of a government inquiry 

 made in regard to the breeds of cattle of Bengal, their care and management, 

 and methods of improvement. 



Africander cattle, K. Sommerfeld (Tropenpflanzer, 19 (1916), No. 1, pp. 24- 

 33, figs. 4). — A general account of the breed characteristics, body measurements, 

 and utility value of the native cattle of German Southwest Africa. 



Triplet calves (Jour. Heredity, 7 (1916), No. 3, pp. 135-137, figs. 2).— A gen- 

 eral discussion of the practicability of breeding a strain of live stock that will 

 produce an unusual number of young. Instances of the inheritance of this 

 quality among cattle and sheep are cited. 



[Animal husbandry studies], E. J. Iddings (Idaho Sta. Bui. 84 (1915), pp. 

 8-12). — In an experiment with four lots of pigs comparing cooked potatoes, 

 alfalfa hay, and tankage when fed supplementary to a basic grain ration, the 

 most economical gains were made by the lot receiving the alfalfa supplement. 

 Warming the feed did not pay. 



In a test in which one lot of sows received a full grain ration, a second lot 

 one-half allowance of grain and alfalfa whole in a rack, a third lot the one-half 

 grain ration and cut alfalfa mixed with the grain, and a fourth lot the same 

 ration as lot 3 except that the mixture was steamed before feeding, the most 

 satisfactory and economical ration was found to be a limited amount of grain 

 supplemented with hay fed in a rack. 



