ANIMAL, PRODUCTION. 769 



Analyses of feeding stuffs, H. Immendorff (Bci: Landw. Vers. Stat. Univ. 

 Jena, 190D, pp. 11-15). — ^Analyses are reported of cotton-seed meal, peanut 

 cake meal, palm nut cake meal, linseed cake meal, rice meal, dried brewers' 

 grains, and sesame cake. 



Feeding stuffs, P. Liechti (Landw. Jahrt). ScMoeis, 24 (1910), No. 7, pp. 

 530-539). — Analyses of sesame-oil cake, peanut cake, linseed cake, wheat bran, 

 dried brewers' grains, fish meal, soy beans, soy-bean cake, and mixed feeds are 

 reported. 



Analyses of stock foods and Victorian native and introduced grasses, P. R. 

 Scott (Rept. Dept. Agr. [Victoria], 1907-1910, irp. 25-27).— The stock foods 

 analyzed included oat hulls, oat branning, maize meal, malt combings, malt 

 kiln dust, and molasses. The analyses of the native plants included Polygonum 

 minus, bracken fern (Pteris aquilina) , and the following grasses : Paramatta rat 

 tail (Sporoholus indicus), kangaroo (Anthistiria oiliata), wallaby (Danthonia 

 semiannularis) , fine-leaved wallaby (D.peniciUata), panic (Ehrharta stipoides), 

 meadow or weeping rice (Microl(sna stipoides) , toothed hent (Agrostis solandri or 

 "Deyeuxia forsterii), Australian love (Eragrostis broionii), king's clover (Meli- 

 lotus officinalis and Eleusine germinata), long-haired plume or mouse (Diche- 

 lachne crinita), wheat (Agropyrum scaUnm), corkscrew (Stipa setacea), 

 small-fiowered love (Eragrostis pilosa), mat (Hermarthria compressa), rough 

 feather (Stipa scahra), blady (Imperata arundinacea) , and wiry (Poa cwspi- 

 tosa). The introduced plants included the hog weed (Polygonum aviculare), 

 Plantago lanceolata, and the following grasses: Cocksfoot (Dactylis glom- 

 erata), prairie (Bromus unioloidcs), English rye (Lolium perenne), buffalo 

 (Stenotaphriim amencanuni) , couch (Cynodon dactylon), Kentucky blue (Poa. 

 pratensis), summer reddish panic (Panicum sanguinale), pigeon or black-beaked 

 panic (Scfaria viridis, var. imberhis), Toowomba canary (Phalaris commutata), 

 long-styled feather (Pennisetum, longistylum) , herd's or Florin (Agrostis alba), 

 and golden crown (Paspaluni dilatatum). 



Notices of judgment (U. S. Dept. Agr., Notices of Judgment 7^8, p. 1; 749, 

 pp. 2; 752, pp. 2; 755, p. 1; 756, pp. 2; 757, p. 1; 758, pp. 2; 759, p. i),— These 

 relate to the adulteration and misbrandiug of oats and cotton-seed meal. 



Feeds and feeding, W. A. Henry (Madison, Wis., 1910, 10. ed., rev., pp. 

 VIII+613).—A new edition of this standard work (E. S. R., 10 p. 82), so 

 written as to include the results of recent investigations. 



The scientific feeding of animals, O. Kellneb, trans, by W. Goodwin (Lon- 

 don, 1909, pp. XlII+40.!i)-—A translation and abridgment of this well-known 

 treatise. 



On the necessity for increasing animal production, B. Moeeschi (Bol. 

 Quind. Soc. Agr. Ital., 15 (1910), No. 7, pp. 277-294)-— A statistical accoimt of 

 the output of animals and animal products in Italy, with suggestions for 

 increasing it in quantity and quality. 



The essential factors in the acclimatization of European animals in warm 

 countries, Meuleman (Lcs Factenrs Essciitiels dc UAcclimatement du betail 

 Europeen dans les Pays Chauds. Paris: Assoc. Sci. Internat. Agron. Colon., 



1909, pp. 23). — ^A discussion of the effect of humidity and temperature on the 

 animal body, with notes on some tropical parasites of animals. 



Contribution to the study of the acclimatization of European animals in 

 Costa Rica, F. Peralta (Contribution a U Etude de L'Acclimatement du b6tail 

 Europ4en au Costa Rica. Etampes, France: Assoc. Sci. Internat. Agron. Colon., 



1910, pp. 8). — A brief account of the conditions which must be overcome on 

 introducing European breeds of cattle to Costa Rica. 



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