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Notes on the fodder problem in India, J. ;Mackenna {Agr. Jour. India, 9 

 {191.'t), Nos. 1, pp. 38-58; Jf, pp. 349-355). — An account of drought-re.sisting 

 fodder crops which grow in India. 



The food value of Stizolobium pachylobinm beans, H. S. Shbewsbuby 

 {Rpt. Dept. Agr. Barbados, 1913-14, pp. 27, 28). — Examinations were made of 

 S. pachylobinm beans grown in Trinidad. 



No evidence was found of the presence of cyanogenetic or other poi.sonoii.<? 

 glucosids, saponins, fats, alkaloids, vegetable ptomaines, or tosalbumins. These 

 beans are deemed superior in feeding value to French, Lima, or Java beans, 

 and, like these beans, their nutritive properties are principally due to a high 

 content of carbohydrates and proteins. Owing chiefly to the absence of fat, 

 their value is considerably less than that of soy beans. 



Mistletoe (California Sta. Rpt. 1915, pp. 32, 33). — The composition of mistle- 

 toe, which is said to be readily eaten by cattle and sheep in California, is 

 given as follows : 



Composition of mistletoe. 



Feeding almond hulls, G. H. True {California Sta. Rpt. 1915, pp. 35, S6). — 

 Pigs when fed an exclusive ration of almond hulls lost weight daily, but when 

 given 1 lb. of barley for each 100 lbs. live weight and one-half as many almond 

 hulls as constituted a full ration of these alone, a pound of gain was secured 

 for each 10.26 lbs. of hulls fed in addition to the barley. 



Where sheep were fed almond hulls and alfalfa hay the gains were unsatis- 

 factory and could be practically accrodifod to the alfalfa hay alone. 



The utilization of waste materials from breweries as foodstuffs, K. Win- 

 uiscH (Pure Products, 11 (1915), No. 11, pp. 521-523). — A discu.^sion of the 

 feeding of brewers' grains, wa.ste yeast and sediment, and of spent hops, in 

 Germany. 



It is said that for each 50 to 60 bbls. of beer there is about 0.7.5 bbl. of thick 

 sediment, consisting principally of yeast. Waste yeast and cask sediment are 

 valuable feed material, being especially high in digestible protein. This mate- 

 rial is converted into a feed stuff by drying. The yeast must be dried on cylin- 

 der or roller drying devices similar to those u.sed in the production of Qotato 

 flakes. From 5.5 bbls. of thickly fluid yeast about 220 lbs. of dry yeast is 

 recovered. 



Brewery waste materials must be carefully stored lest they undergo decom- 

 position. The best procedure consists in storing the waste yeast and the cask 

 sediment in well-fumigated kegs in a cold cellar. 



Dry yeast contains from 52 to 58 per cent of protein, of which 90 per cent is 

 digestible, up to 4 per cent of fat, of which 70 per cent is digestible, and from 

 25 to 30 per cent of carbohydrates, which are all digestible. Dry yeast stimu- 

 lates the appetite, furthers the assimilation of the other foodstuffs, and, for 

 certain diseases, displays a marked curative effect. It may be fed to horses, 



