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the silo. After fermentation has once begun exposure to the air in handling ca 

 the i 'nl i • to deteriorate rapidly. Cattle relish it less after a continual exposure to the 

 ail, ami rejects larger percentage than they would in the case of pulp diced from 

 the silo. 



Cattle-feeding- experiment, W. Bri i i: I Edinb. mul East of Scot. Col. Agv. li"/. }, 

 l>/>. 18-35). -The value of Bombay cotton-seed cake with damaged oats 3:1 in com T 

 parison with compound rake was studied \\ ith 2 lota of 8 steers each, the feeding test 

 co\ ering 6 months. 



The ration was so arranged that the amount of compound cake fed was equivalenl 

 in money value to the cotton-seed cake mixture. The compound cake gave the 

 lesser increase, the total gains made by the two lots being 1,832 and 1,631 lbs. In a 

 second test 2 lots containing 8 cattle were fed large cations containing Bombay 

 cotton-seed cake and other grains for •"> months. One of the lots was given fewer 

 turnips than the other, but received some potatoes in addition. With the ration con- 

 taining a smaller amount of turnips the .train was 2,387 lbs., and with the other 

 2,583 lbs. The effect of the different rations on the quantities of turnips consumed 

 is taken into account in discussing the tests. 



The studies show, according to the author, that supplying a moderate amount of 

 concentrated feeding stuffs as a supplement tothe home-grown product- "at current 

 prices brings the greater direct profit tothe farmer, and that in intensive feedings 

 very considerable part of the return for the turnips must be accepted in the form of 

 the manurial residue derived from the feeding stuffs." 



Feeding - cattle with different quantities of the same concentrated foods, 

 T. Winter [Bd. Agr. and Fisheries [London], Ann. Rpt. Agr. Ed. and Research, 

 1908-4, pp. 66-68).— A lot of 5 steers fed 10 lbs. of grain per head per day gained 

 l\:'>7 lh-. each in 50 days, as compared with 2.55 lbs. gained by a lot fed 1"> lbs. of 

 concentrated feed. 



With both lots the grain at first consisted of decorticated cotton-seed cake and 

 maize meal: later linseed cake replaced the cotton-seed cake. The 2 lots consumed 

 practically the same amounts of coarse fodder. The extra gain, according to the 

 author, was oot sufficient to compensate for the extra cost of the larger ration. 



Sheep-breeding experiments, T. Winter ( lid. Agr. and Fisheries [London], 

 Ann. Ui>t. Agr. Eld. and Research, 1908-4, />/'■ 68-72). — At the University College of 

 North Wales Bheep-breeding experiments were continued along the same lines as in 

 previous years I E. S. K., 15, p. 805). Mountain ewes were crossed with Southdown, 

 Kerry Hill, and Leicester rams. The Southdown crossbred lambs averaged 70 lbs. 

 in weight when sold at the age of about 9 month-, being, according to the author, 

 somewhat riper and in better condition than the others. The Kerry Hill cross 

 weighed on an average 66 lbs. and the Leicester cross 74 lbs. 



In a tesl of the value of various crosses with crossbred ewes for the production of 

 fat lambs, Hampshire-down, Leicester, Lincoln, Suffolk-down, and Wiltshire ram- 

 were used. The l.e.-t results were obtained with the Hampshire cross. The Lei- 

 cester and Lincoln crosses were regarded as only moderately successful. The Suf- 

 folk-cross lambs reached good weight and were of good quality, but wire -low in 

 fattening. The Wiltshire- did not give as g 1 results as usual, probably owing to 



the fact that the weather was cold. 



Welsh mountain ewes were crossed with Southdown and Wiltshire rams. .Iud'_ r - 

 ing by the length of time required to feed the lambs for market and the average live 



weight when sold, tin' results were in favor of the Southdown cross, though the dif- 

 ferences were less marked than in the last year's test. 



Sheep-breeding experiments for the production of early fat lambs, 1'. H. 

 FouLKEsand W. Vaughan Harper-Adams Agr. Col. />'»/. t,pp. 8). — Welsh ewes were 



crossed with Welsh. Southdown, and Shropshire rams, with a view to determining 



the most satisfactory crosses for breeding lambs for market. Owing partly to the 



