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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



There is inclnded a tabulation of wholesale market prices of commercial 

 feediDg stuffs for 1912-13. 



Inspection of feeding stuffs {Islew York State Sta. Bui. 366, pp. 235-356).^ 

 This bulletin contains analyses of the following commercial feeding stuffs: 

 Cotton-seed meal, linseed meal, malt sprouts, dried distillers' grains, dried brew- 

 ers' grains, gluten meal, gluten feed, corn bran, hominy feeds, mixed and pro- 

 prietary feeds, molasses feeds, cotton-seed feeds, poultry and animal feeds, 

 beef scrap, tankage, alfalfa meal, dried beet pulp, peanut bran and meal, buck- 

 wheat by-products, corn meal, pea meal, wheat middlings, rolled oats, ground 

 bread, wheat bran, puffed rice, puffed wheat, shredded wheat waste, cob meal, 

 and miscellaneous mixed and proprietary feeds. 



There is included a report of tests of the percentage of sand found in feeds 

 compounded with screenings, from 0.13 to 4.2 per cent being found. The text 

 of the New York State law relating to the sale and inspection of feeding stuffs 

 and other data are also given. 



Studies in the blocd relationship of animals as displayed in the composi- 

 tion of the serum proteins. — II, A comparison of the sera of the ox, sheep, 

 hog", g'oat, dog, cat, and guinea pig with respect to their content of various 

 proteins, J. H. Woolsey (Jour. Biol. Chem., i// (1013), No. 5, pp. // ^3-) 39). —The 

 following table summarizes the average results obtained in a comparison of 

 the sera of various animals : 



Proportions of the various proteins in animal sera. 



Notes on native live stock, J. B. Thompson {Guam Sta. Rpt. 1912, pp. 

 8-22, pis. 4, figs. 5). — The native stock of Guam is of an inferior grade due to a 

 lack of care and to indiscriminate inbreeding. The prevailing type is the 

 straight-backed, humpless taunts species, with occasional indications of zebu 

 intermixture. The cattle are employed for draft, carriage, saddle, beef, and 

 dairy purposes. Their milk-producing qualities are inferior, due to a lack of 

 nitrogenous feed and little effort to develop dairy strains. The native cattle 

 have good active grazing habits and fatten easily on pasture. They are hardy 

 and well adapted to climatic conditions. 



The prospects for success in cattle raising are deemed good, owing to the 

 demand for beef, prices paid, the large areas of grazing land, the green feed 

 available throughout the year, and the tropical climate. No contagious or in- 

 fectious diseases are observed among cattle in Guam, and although both the 

 Texas cattle tick and Australian cattle tick are present, the native cattle are 

 immune to Texas fever. A former intermixture of Jersey blood resulted in 

 materially improved dairy stock. 



Weights and body measurements of Guam cattle and carabao are reported. 

 The native carabaos do not withstand heat as well as do cattle. They are 

 lower in body temperature, 373 showing an average temperature of 100.7° F., 

 but under exertion, a rapid rise in temperature is noted, 28 animals averaging 

 104.7° on a hot day in June. For heavy draft work in the mud, the carabao 



