572 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The treatment of straw and other by-products to increase their feeding 

 value, B. Bauriedl (Monatsh. Landw., 3 {1910), No. 5, pp. 129-11,0, flg. i).— A 

 method of increasing the feeding value of straw by treating with solvents under 

 pressure is described in detail. See also a previous note (B. S, R., 21, p. 368). 



Studies and experiments with molasses as a feed, with special considera- 

 tion of the effect of the strontium content of molasses, H. Conrad (Studien 

 und VersucJic mit dcr Fiiitcrung vnii Mclasse, insbesondere der strontiumlialti- 

 gen Melasse. Inaiig. Diss., Univ. Bern, 1909, pp. 36). — Calves were fed molas- 

 ses in considerable quantities for 82 days with no harmful results. Molasses 

 containing strontium when fed to cows and goats increased the percentage of 

 fat but not the amount of milk. Although small quantities of strontium were 

 recovered in the milk, the flavor or odor of the milk was not affected and such 

 milk was not harmful when fed to nurslings. The urine was free from sugar 

 and protein* Experiments in feeding strontium salts to rabbits indicated that 

 they are less poisonous than is commonly thought. 



A bibliography is appended. 



Feed stuff analyses (Md. Agr. Col. Quart., 1910, No. 50, pp. 7). — Analyses 

 of brewers' grains, dried beet pulp, linseed meal, cotton-seed meal, beef scrap, 

 and 171-oprietary mixed feeds are reported. The text of the Maryland feeding 

 stuffs law is given. 



Stock feeds, G. M. MacNider et al. {Bill. N. G. Dept. Agr., 31 {1910), No. 11, 

 pp. 6'i). — Analyses are reported of wheat by-products, cotton-seed meal, corn and 

 oat feeds, rice by-products, alfalfa meal, molasses feeds, dried beet pulp, corn 

 chop, cracked corn, peanut meal, peanut hulls, poultry feeds, and proprietary 

 mixed feeds. 



Commercial feed stuffs, H. A. Webek {Ann. Rpt. Ohio Bd. Agr., 64 {1909), 

 pp. J^13-J,39). — Analyses are reported of oil meal, cotton-seed meal, dried beet 

 pulp, distillers' grains, malt sprouts, tankage, wheat by-products, coi'n chop, 

 and proprietary mixed feeds. The text of the state feed stuff law is given. 



Notices of judgment (L\ S. Dcpt. Agr., Notices of Judgment 728, p. 1; 729, 

 pp. 2). — These relate to the misbrahding of linseed meal and of chick feed. 



The theoretical value of feeds, T. Brinkmann {FiihJing's Landw. Ztg., 59 

 {1910), No. 21, pp. 721-752. dgyns. 5). — This is an attempt to reduce the cost of 

 production of feed, its physiological value to the animal, its value as a fertilizer, 

 and its relation to the market price of other food stuffs to a common basis, by 

 means of mathematics. 



The lecithin content of bone marrow of men and domestic animals, A. 

 RoLLE {tiber den LecitJiingehalt des Enochenniarks von Mensch und Hanstieren. 

 Inaug. Diss., Univ. Bern, 1910, pp. 25; Biochan. Zfschr., 21f {1910), No. 3-5, pp. 

 179-190; abs. in ZentU. AUg. u. Expt. Biol., 1 {1910), No. 17, p. 607).— In the 

 embryos of swine the formation of marrow was found to begin a little after the 

 fourth month, and in cattle during the seventh month. Lecithin was found to 

 be a constituent of marrow at all ages of the animal, but is reduced in amount 

 in old animals and in paralytics. 



[Live stock in the United States], 1^. \Y. Snow {Orange Judd Farmer, 50 

 (1911), No. .'i, pp. 138, I'lO, 156). — A review of the live stock situation during 

 the year 1910, and an estimate of the number and value of domestic animals 

 in the United States January 1. 1911. 



Studies on the history, development, and present condition of AUgau 

 cattle, with special reference to the recent efforts to improve the breed, 

 X. Oettle {Studien ilicr die Geschichte, die Entivicklung und den heiiiigen 

 Zustand des Allgduer Rimdes und seiner Zuclit unter besonderer Beriicksichti- 

 gung der neuzeitlichen Zuchtbestrebungen. Inaug. Diss., Univ. Bern, 1910, pp. 

 80). — An account of the origin, history, characteristics, and geographical dis- 



