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different kinds of starch), bread, ground grain, eggs, meat powder, calf feeds, sugar, 

 dried blood, and hay tea. 



.Much of the w>rk summarized was carried on under the author's supervision. 

 The different feeding stuffs are not compared, but the investigations as a whole war- 

 rant the deduction that milk fat may be profitably replaced by other feeding stuffs 

 in calf feeding. One of the topics discussed at some length is the importance of 

 phosphate of lime (ground bone) in the rations of young animals. 



Steam-cooked milk for calves, Bugge (Ztschr. Fleischu. Milchhyg., 16 (1906), 

 No. 7, pp. 228-230). — In connection with a consideration of the feeding of sterilized 

 milk to calves to prevent the spread of tuberculosis, tests were reported of the amount 

 < »f water which the passage of the steam through it added to the milk in a given time. 

 It required 50 minutes to raise the temperature of 150 liters of milk from 10 to 85° C. 

 The increase in volume was in round numbers 23 liters. 



Pig- feeding experiments with, dried sugar-beet chips and dried potato pulp, 

 Klein (Milchw. Zentbl., 1 (1905), Xo. 12, pp. 529-537). — The feeding experiments 

 reported showed, in the author's opinion, that as good results were obtained when 

 dried potato pulp was added to a barley and skim milk ration as when barley and skim 

 milk were fed alone. Less satisfactory results were obtained with the dried sugar- 

 beet chips. An examination of the fat of the pigs showed no marked differences 

 which could be attributed to the different feeding stuffs tested. 



Twenty years' experiments on the feeding- of work horses, L. Grandeau 

 and A. Ai.eka.v (Ann. Sci. Agron., 2. ser., 10 (1905), II, Xos. 1, pp. 138-160; 2, pp. 

 161-225, figs. 4). — The investigations which the authors have carried on for 20 years 

 with work horses are summarized and a number of deductions drawn regarding the 

 variation in price of feeding stuffs, digestibility, and food value of different rations, the 

 economy of substituting various feeding stuffs and mixtures for oats, and related 

 questions. The investigations referred to have been noted (E. S. R., 16, p. 587) 



Barley for horses, P. Van Bieryliet (Rev. Gen. Agron., 14 (1905), Xo. 10-11, pp. 

 458-461). — A summary of data showing the decided value of barley for horses. 



Poultry raising, C. Voitellier (Aviculture. Paris: J. I'>. BaUliere & Sons, 1905, 

 pp. XII + 484, figs. 158). — A general treatise on poultry raising in which the principal 

 characteristics of various breeds of chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea hens, and 

 pigeons are described, and questions of feeding, breeding, housing, and management 

 are discussed. 



Poultry houses and fixtures (Quincy, III.: Eel. Poultry Jour. Pub. Co., 1906, 6. 

 ed., pp. 95, figs. 174) • — A number of papers by different authors are including in this 

 publication, which takes up the construction of poultry houses, sheds, fixtures, coops, 

 yards, and similar questions. 



Races of domestic poultry, E. Brown (London: Edward Arnold, 1906, pp. 

 XII -f 234, pi- 1, figs. 89). — In this discussion of the races of domestic poultry of dif- 

 ferent countries, it has been the author's intention to consider the qualities which 

 bear upon profitable poultry raising rather than external characteristics. The 

 attempt has been made to trace the origin, history, and distribution of domestic 

 poultry and to show the evolution of breeds and their classification. Special atten- 

 tion is paid to judging poultry and to the relation between external characteristics 

 and internal qualities with reference to poultry breeding. 



Poultry division, D. D. Hyde (Xew Zeal. Ikpt. Agr. Ann. Ept, 13 (1905), pp. 1A.I- 

 151, figs. 9). — Statistics of the egg trade and poultry industry are given, as well as 

 descriptions of egg cases and trap nests. The work of the poultry-breeding stations 

 and other topics connected with the work of the poultry division are also briefly 

 spoken of. 



The year's work in poultry, D. F. Laurie (Jour. Dept. Agr. So. Aust., 9 (1906), 

 No. 6, j>p. 391-396).— Data are given regarding commercial poultry breeding, laying 

 competitions, poultry societies, diseases and pests, and related questions. In the 





