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teied for market in Egypt, the live and dressed weijiht of cattle and buffalo of 

 different ages and of camels and sheep of different breeds were determined. 



According to European standards, the author points out that the dressed 

 weight of fat steers should equal 58 per cent of the live weight and animals 

 dressing 50 per cent are considered lean and unfit for killing. " If we consider 

 Egyptian animals by this standard we find that very few of the cattle reach it, 

 although many of the sheep exceed 50 per cent." 



The article also contains information regarding the prices and use of meat in 

 p]gypt and related topics. According to the author, buffalo veal is in great de- 

 maud and is the most expensive meat sold in Cairo. Camels, particularly 

 Syrian or Shami. camels, are slaughtered to some extent and the flesh sold to 

 the poorer people. On an average the dressed weight of Syrian camels is 58 

 per cent of the live weight. 



Sugar for fattening sheep, L. Malpeaux (Jour. Agr. [Paris], ^3 {1908), I. 

 No. 21.',G. lip. 1.2-1.5. clgm. 1; ahs. in Illits. Landw. Ztg., 28 (1908), No. 4, p. 22, 

 cigm. 1). — In a test covering 84 days the average daily gain per head on a ration 

 containing sugar was 202 gm. as compared with 127 gm. per day on a ration 

 without it. When slaughtered the flesh of the sugar-fed sheep was found to 

 be of most excellent quality. 



On account of its value as an appetizer and also as a source of nutritive 

 material, the author concludes that denatured sugar is a valuable feeding stuff. 



An attem.pt to acclimatize sheep at Kelantan (Bill. Econ. Indo-Chine, n. ser., 

 10 (1907), No. 67, pp. 815-819). — In general, this attempt to acclimatize sheep 

 in Indo-China has been successful. The report gives some data on the feeding 

 stuffs used, gains in weight, number of lambs born, etc. 



Rations for fattening hogs, ^Y. T. ^McDonald and J. S. Malone (Oklahoma 

 Sta. Bid. 80, pp. 89-96). — Meat meal in larger and smaller amounts, cotton- 

 seed meal, alfalfa hay and cowpea hay as suppleiffents to corn meal were com- 

 pared with corn meal alone in a test made with 6 uniform lots of 5 pigs each. 

 The cotton-seed meal ration, which consisted of -1 parts of corn meal to 1 of 

 cotton-seed meal, was alternated every 2 weeks with corn meal alone. In the 

 56 days of the test the smallest total gain, 173 lbs. per lot, was noted with the 

 corn meal ration, and the greatest gain, 484 lbs., on com meal and meat meal 7 : 1. 

 On corn meal and meat meal 11 : 1 it was 473 lbs. On the other rations it 

 ranged from 245 lbs. on corn meal and cotton-seed meal 4 : 1 to about 285 lbs. 

 on corn meal and alfalfa hay. ad libitum. The feed eaten per pound of gain 

 ranged from 4.37 lbs. on corn meal and meat meal 11 : 1 to 8.01 lbs. on corn 

 meal alone, and the cost of a pound of gain from 4.73 cts. on corn meal and 

 meat meal 11 : 1 to 8.01 cts. on corn meal alone. 



Stock food for pigs, J. W. Wilson and H, G. Skinner (South Dakota Sta. 

 Bui. 105, pp. 300-317, figs. 9). — In the first of the two series of tests reported, 

 which included two years, five commercial stock feeds with ground corn and 

 barley were fed in comparison with ground corn and barley, 1 to 1. The feeding 

 period in the first year covered 02 days and in the second 63 days, and the lots 

 included from 8 to 10 pigs. In every case the pigs had access to rape pasture. 



On the check ration the average daily gain per pig for the two years was 1.1 

 lbs., the feed required per pound of gain, 5.19 lbs., and the cost of a pound of 

 gain 4 cts. On the ration including stock feeds the daily gain ranged from 

 1.17 lbs. per head to 1.34 lbs., the grain eaten per pound of gain from 4.54 to 

 4.86 lbs., and the cost of a pound of gain from 4.16 to 4.58 cts. 



In the second series of tests, corn meal was compared with corn meal and a 

 commercial stock feed, and with corn meal and a home-made stock feed, using 

 three lots of 8 pigs each fed for 61 days. All the lots had the run of blue grass 

 pasture in addition to the grain or grain and stock feed. The total gain was 514 



