ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 1 I 7 ( .> 



The inspection of feeding- stuffs in 1905, I'. W. Morse Vew Hampshin Sta. 

 Bui. i."/, pp. /;; 152). Analyses are reported of 84 samples of cotton-seed meal, 

 linseed meal, gluten meal, gluten feed, distillers' grains, hominy feed, compounded 



cattle foods, vegetable poultrj foods, animal meal and Bimilar poultry i Is, and 



bone meal. 



The following statements are quoted from the discussion of the analytical data: 



"There were found to be :: distinct classes of cotton-Beed meal, according to the 

 percentage of protein, being guaranteed, respectively, to contain 38.5 per cent, 1 1 per 

 cent, and 43 percent. . . . Tin' prices were practically alike for all threegrades. 

 This is an injustice t<> the consumer because the lowest grade contains more lint and 

 hulls than the highest grade. The consumer, however, can protect himself by read- 

 ing the tags on the sacks. . . . Two brands of so-called mixed feed were collected, 

 which were not pure wheat products. One contained corncob and gave an < 

 tionally high fiber, while the other was made up largely of screenings, finely ground. 

 They complied with the law in bearing proper labels, hut one was inferior to its stated 

 composition. . . . 



"There are no failures on the part of any of the poultry food- to reach the percent- 

 age guaranteed, while some of the animal meats and Bcraps overrun heavily 

 dally in fat. Excessive amounts of fat would not Beem advantageous for la) ing hens, 

 however. *' 



Licensed concentrated feeding- stuffs, F. \V. VVoll and < ■. \. < >lsoh W 

 sta. /,'///. 184,pp. 17-23, r, SO). A list of the feeding stuffs licensed for sale during 

 the calendar year t906 is given, together with the guaranty of their protein and fat 

 content. The text of the state feeding stuff law is quoted. 



The nutritive value of the nonproteid nitrogen compounds in feeding 

 stuffs, E. Schulze (.lour. Landw., 54 {1906), No. /, pp. 65 81).- A Bummary and 

 discussion of available information concerning the nonproteid constituents of feeding 

 stuffs. The author considers that many of these constituents possess considerable 

 nutritive value, while others are of little or no importance in nutrition. In the latter 

 group, asparagin and perhaps glutamin are included. 



Experiments on the value of asparagin and lactic acid in the feeding of 

 Herbivora, <). Kellner ( Verhandl. Gesell. />.'//. Naiurf. u. .1 '904), Uj ! - 



AbL, i>. !'/■',; abs. in Centbl. Agr. Chern., 85 {1906), .Y<>. /, />/>. 45-48).— From experi- 

 ments with sheep the conclusion was reached that neither asparagin nor lactic acid 

 bore any part in the gains which were made. The author believes that asparagin 

 has a value in that it tends to prevent the lowering of digestion noted with a very 

 low proteid diet and so acts indirectly and in a limited way as a protector of protein. 



Digestion experiments with forage plants, 11. <i. Knight I Wyoming Shi. Rpt. 

 1905, i>i>. 52-60) . — Experiments on the digestibility of alfalfa hay by sheep gave the 

 following average coefficients: Dry matter, <;.">. :'.«.»; protein. 7'.u;7; fat, H.20; ether 

 extract, 74. os; crude fiber, 1 1.84, and ash, 56. 17 per cent. 



Feeding beef cattle in Mississippi, A. Smith and ( '. I. I'.i;\» ppi Sla. 



Bui. 92, pp. ?4,fig'8. 10). — To study the relative merit- of feeding in a warm Btable 

 and an open yard and to compare a mixed ration of hay and grain w ith one >>i cot- 

 ton-seed meal and hulls only, a feeding test was undertaken with 5 lot-..; 

 Three of the lots were made up of :» animals, on.- of the lot- of 7. and one 01 •"> ani- 

 mals. The cattle in the latter lot were Scrubs and the Others thrifty animal- and 



medium feeders. Three of the lots were i^-'\ in a Btable and two in yards, one w ith 



and one without an open shed for shelter, t he mixed ration and the COtton-Seed meal 



and hull ration being so arranged that each was tested under the 2 conditions of 

 feeding. The test covered approximately 14 weeks. 



Considering the thrifty animals fed in stalls the average gain on the mixed ration 

 was 201 lbs. per steer and on the ration made up of cotton-seed products 185 lbs. per 

 steer, the cost of a pound of gain in the 2 cases being B.5 cts. and »'.. I eta The Bcrub 



