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bandry are discussed in this volume, including breeds, judging and fitting 

 for the show ring, diseases, and the utilization of pork and pork products. In 

 the sections on feeding, management, and marketing, and in the introductory 

 discussion of economic aspects, the problems and practices peculiar to the 

 Southern States are given particular attention and are contrasted with corn 

 belt conditions. 



Horse management, R. W. Clakk (Colo. Agr. Col., Ext. Sen: Bui., 1. ser., No. 

 150~A {1918), pp. 32, figs. 14). — Information is assembled concerning draft 

 horses, particularly with reference to the selection of stallions and the care 

 of colts. 



Poultry feeds and feeding, G., Robertson {Canada Expt. Farms, Bui. 91 

 {1918), pp. 31, figs. 13). — This manual deals with the feeding of domestic fowl, 

 turkeys, ducks, and geese. A paragraph is devoted to each of the common 

 poultry feeds, and a compilation of the chemical composition and digestibility 

 of various feeding stuffs is tabulated. Designs for hoppers and feeding troughs 

 are included. 



Outline of object and plan of the Nebraska national egg-laying contest 

 {Nebraska Sta. Circ. 7 {1919), pp. 4). — This is an announcement of a 5-year 

 egg-laying and breeding contest beginning November 1, 1919. 



Final report on the fourth poultry egg-laying trials, 1915-16 {Poultry 

 Competition Mo. [Harper Adams Agr. Col], 1 {1915-16), No. 10, pp. 1-32, pi. 1, 

 figs. 3). — In a continuation of reports previously noted (E, S. R., 33, p. 572; 

 38, p. 72), of the egg-laying contests held at Newport, Shropshire, by the Harper 

 Adams Agricultural College, this article gives a final summary of the fourth 

 1-year contest and a report of the first year of a 2-year contest. Records of 

 separate pens by 4-week periods, and the total record of each individual entrant 

 are published. The 4-week records of individuals are to be found in the preced- 

 ing numbers of this periodical, which is almost exclusively devoted to statistical 

 matter connected with the competitions. 



A study of the relations of winter production to the year's record based on 

 the data accumulated is included. 



[Report of the fifth poultry egg-laying trials 1916—17] {Poultry Competi- 

 tion Mo. [Harper Adams Agr. Col], 2 {1916-11), No. 12, pp. 3-23).— This is a 

 less complete report than the preceding, giving the second year's records by 

 pens of tlie 2-year contest and the year's records of individual pullets. The 

 records by periods of four weeks are published in the other numbers of the 

 volume. 



Sixth poultry egg-laying competition extending over twelve months, 

 1917-18 {Utility Poultry Jour. [Harper Adams Agr. Col], 3 {1917-18), No. 12, 

 pp. 1-28, pis. 2, fig. 1). — A report similar to the above of the sixth contest at the 

 Harper Adams College. As before, the individual records by 4-weeks periods 

 are published in the earlier nunjbers of this volume. 



The following body measurements are recorded for about IGO birds, classi- 

 fied according to egg record: (1) The base of the neck to the oil gland, (2) the 

 breadth of the back, " taken between the inside of the fingers when spanning 

 between the depressions on the hips," (3) the length of the keel, (4) the dis- 

 tance from the hind end of tlie keel to the pelvic bones, (5) the distance be- 

 tween the pelvic bones, and (6) the girth of the position of measurement 2, 

 with the legs directed backward. Measurement 4 is held to be most indicative 

 of laying capacity. 



Egg-laying tests at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, sixteenth year's re- 

 sults, 1917-18, E. F. Whitbeead and J. Hadlington {Agr. Gaz. N. S. Wales, 

 29 {1918), No. 5, pp. 348-369, figs, 8; also in Dept. Agr, N. S. Wales Farmer's 



