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low ash content, which was found to be 2.23 per cent as compared with 11.45 per 

 cent in tht' lieet molasses. 



Cocoanut-oil meal {Aiji\ Nnns [Barfiados], 1 {190£), Xo. 17, ]>. ii59). — Statistics 

 are given concerning the prt)duction of cocoanuts and data are quoted regarding the 

 composition and value of the nut and cake. 



Xiocal [peanut] oil cake (-l.'/r. Jour, and Min. Rec. Natal, 6 {1903), No. 5, pp. 151, 

 13 J) . — A l)rief note on the use of a peanut cake made from nuts grown in Natal. 



Composition of green feed stuffs, J. C. BBtJNNiCH and W. Maxwei.l ( (Queensland 

 Ai/r. Jour., 1^ {190J), No. 5, p. 356). — Analyses are reported of samples of fresh 

 Panicnm ma.vitnum, P. mnticuiii, and fresh and drought-dried Paspahun dUaiatinn. 



Additional notes on West Indian fodders, F. Watts ( TlWi Indian Bid., 3 

 {1903), No. 4, pp. o53-3'!J). — This paper includes analytical data and a discussion of 

 tlu' feeding value of guinea grass {Panicuin inaximum), para grass {Panicuminuticitiu), 

 bed grass {Sporoholnx imUcus), hay grass {Andropogon caricosus) , guinea corn (*S'or- 

 (/Iiiiiii. viilfjan), Sttjlo^^an.lJu'it procwidiciiK, and sugar-cane to})s. 



Analyses of some of the commercial feeding stuffs of Micliigan, F. W. 

 KoBisoN {Michiyan Sta. Bid. 203, pp. 11). — Feeding stuffs gathered from different 

 parts of the vState w^ere analyzed. These include cotton-seed meal, oil-cake meal, oil 

 meal (old jarocess), gluten meals and feeds, malt sprouts, oat middlings, bran, mixed 

 commercial feeds, breakfast food by-products, starch refuse, starch feeil, and dried 

 sugar-beet pulp. The ajiproximate cost of protein in the different feeding stuffs is 

 discussed. 



Feeding stuffs, E. J. Russell and F. T. Holbkook {Jour. >Southea.^t. Ayr. Vol., 

 Wijc, 1903, No. 12, pp. 129-143) . — Analyses of a number of feeding stuffs are reported, 

 including among others compound cakes and meals, cocoanut meal, urhur (an 

 Indian pea meal), peanut cake, malt coombs (the rootlets of germinating barley) , 

 brewers' grains (fresh and dried), bean meal, and rice meal. The feeding value of 

 a number of materials is discussed as well as the subject of balanced rations. 



Glycogen, E. PpLtJOER {Arch. Physiol. [Pfliiger], 96 {1903), No. 1-8, pp. 1-398).— 

 An exhaustive summary of the subject, dealing with the origin, occurrence, and 

 estimation of glycogen and related topics. 



Concerning the nucleo-proteid of liver, I, J. Wohlgemuth {yisclir. Phyxiol. 

 ('hem., 37 {1903), No. 5-6, pp. 475-483). — P^lxperiments which are reportc<i led to 

 the conclusion that the carbf)hydrate of the liver nucleo-proteid is 1-zylose. 



Concerning resorption in the intestine, IV, E. Hobeu {Arch. Physiol. 

 [PfJiiycr'], 94 {1903), No. 5-6, pp. 337-346). — A continuation of earlier work (E. S. R., 

 1.'!, p. 775) on the rapidity of resorption in the intestines, especially of salts of heavy 

 metals which unite with proteids or proteid derivatives. 



Chemical composition of the carcass of farm animals, L. Grandeau {Joar. 

 Ayr. Prat., n. ser., 5 {1903), No. 20, pji. 626, 627). — Data are quoted regarding the 

 elementary composition of beef, mutton, and pork, mineral constituents present, etc. 



Experiments with fattening steers, G. E. Day {Ontario Ayr. Col. and E.vpt. Farm 

 Rpt. 1902, pp. 69-71). — Several recent tests carried on at the station are reported. 

 In the first the comparative value of roots and silage was studied in continuation of 

 previous work (E. S. R., 13, p. 1075). Five animals fed roots (turnips and mangels) 

 and hay 2:1 in addition to grain made an average daily gain of' 1.78 lbs. throughout 

 tiie feeding period, which covered 119 days, 4.53 lbs. grain, 6.57 lbs. hay, and 13.94 

 lbs. roots being recpiired ])er pound of gain. During the same time 8 steers fed corn 

 silage and hay 2:1 in addition to grain made an average daily gain of 1.76 lbs. per 

 steer, 4.32 lbs. grain, 6.48 ll)s. hay, and 13.21 lbs. silage being recpiired per pound of 

 gain. The cost of a jjound of gain in the 2 rations was 8.09 and 7.80 cents, rating 

 roots and silage at the same price per ton. 



"In this experiment, therefore, a ton of silage showed a higher feeding value than 

 a ton of roots; and in this respect the result is similar to that of last year, though 

 the difference in favor of silage was greater last year." 



