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]iealtlay condition. No injurious effects were observed to follow cholla feeding. 

 It is stated that somewhat more favorable results may be anticipated with 

 cattle. 



On the effect and suitability of poppy-seed cake, A. Kemnek (Ueber die 

 Wirkung und Gedeihlichkeit der MoJmkiichen. Inaug. Diss., Univ. Bern, 1909, 

 pp. 2Jf). — Poppy-seed cake obtained from the East Indies was fed in rations to 

 swine, milch goats, and cows without apparent harmful effect. The milk of the 

 lactating animals was not changed in any perceptible manner, and the cake is 

 recommended as a suitable feed for stock. 



The feeding of sugar, sugar beets, and by-products of sugar-beet fac- 

 tories in 1910, A. Stift {Wiener Landiv. Ztg., 61 {1911), No. 14, pp. l-'i.'t, 

 145). — ^A summary of some experiments in feeding animals made during the 

 year. 



The present status of the beet-leaf drying industry, L. Kuhle {Deut. 

 Zuckerindus., 35 {1910), No. 45, Beilagc 1, pp. 861-S64). — This paper discusses 

 the various methods and the machinery for drying beet leaves, the use of the 

 product for feeding animals, and a report by the experiment station at Mockern 

 in regard to the composition of the product and its feeding value. Details in 

 regard to the cost of production are given. 



Commercial feeding stuffs, E. H. Jenkins and J. P. Street {Connecticut 

 State Sta. Rpt. 1909-10, pt. 8, pq). 619-656). — ^Analyses are reported of maize, 

 linseed meal, cotton-seed meal, cotton-seed feed, wheat, rye, oats, barley, maize, 

 and buckwheat products, gluten feed, malt sprouts, distillers' grains, brewers' 

 grains, alfalfa products, and mixed feeds. There are also comments on the state 

 law regulating feeding stuffs. 



Average composition of commercial feeding stuffs, R. E. Rose and E. P. 

 Greene {Fla. Quart. Bill. Dcpt. Agr., 21 {1911), No. 1, pp. 35-37, 83-102).— 

 Analyses are reported of cotton-seed and linseed meals, wheat by-products, 

 corn, corn meal, corn cobs, corn-an.d-cob meal, hominy feed, barley, barley 

 sprouts, oats, rice, rice by-products, rye, rye bran, cowpeas, cowpea hay, velvet 

 beans and hulls, velvet bean hay, beggar weed hay, Japanese kudzu hay, gluten 

 feed, beef scrap, giant millet, maiden cane hay, blood meal, and mixed feeds. 



Inspection and analyses of commercial feeding stuffs, W. F. Hand et al. 

 (Alississippi Sta. Bui. 144, PP- 69). — Analyses are reported of corn chop, wheat 

 products, rice products, and proprietary mixed feeds. A brief discussion of 

 some principles of animal nutrition are given, with rations for different kinds 

 of live stock and notes on the state feeding stuff law. 



Inspection and analyses of commercial feeding stuffs, W. F. Hand et al. 

 {Mississippi Sta. Bui. 145, pp. 3-25). — Continuing the work noted above, 

 analyses are reported of 205 samples of corn chop, wheat products, rice prod- 

 ucts, hominy feed, and various proprietary mixed feeds. 



Stock feeds, G. M. MacNider, E. W. Thornton and W. H. Stbowd {Bui. 

 N. C. Dept. Agr., 31 {1910), No. 11, pp. 6//).— Analyses are reported of wheat 

 and wheat products, flour, shipstuff, by-products of rye and rice, oat feed, corn 

 and oat chop, molasses and mixed feeds, dried beet pulp, hominy feed, cotton- 

 seed meal, peanut meal and hulls, gluten feed, cracked corn, meat meal, 

 fircreenings. and poultry feeds. 



^ [Analyses of feeding stuffs], T. E. Keitt {South Carolina Sta. Rpt. 1910, 

 pp. 42-45). — The chemical analysis of a sample of kudzu vine gave the follow- 

 ing percentages: Water 69.4, protein 5.48, fat 1.05, nitrogen-free extract 13.58, 

 fiber 8.25, and ash 2.24, and when air-dried contained 7.07 per cent of water. 

 Analyses are also reported of cowpea vine, rice meal, cotton-seed meal, bran, 

 beet pulp, and mixed feeds. 



