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the lirs^t peiiod at a cost of 2.7(5 c.•t^^. per pound. During a seeond period of 4 weeks 

 there was a gain of 84 lbs. at a cost of 2.42 cts. per pound, on a ration of bran, oats, 

 and barley 1:1:2. In a third period of 5 weeks the gains amounted to 126 lbs., the 

 cost of a pound of gain being 1.98 cts. The grains were fed in the same proportion 

 as during the second period. The financial side of the test is also discussed. 



Poultry, S. A. Bedford {Canada Expt. Farms Bpts. 1899, pp.314, 315). — The 

 advantage of a long and a short period of fattening was studied with cockerels and 

 • lucks at the Brandon Experimental Farm. Eight cockerels weighing 28 lbs. 12 oz., 

 fed a mixture of equal parts of ground oats, wheat, and barley, mixed with water to 

 the consistency of thin porridge, gained 6 lbs. 1 oz. in 21 days, the cost of a pound 

 of gain being 3J cts. In a second period of 14 days the gains amounted to 4 lbs. and 

 the cost of a pound of gain was 7 cts. Five crossbred Pekin ducks under a year old 

 were confined in a yard and fed well-moistened chopped wheat, oats, and barley, 

 1:1:1. They were given some vegetable matter such as cabbage and turniii leaves 

 and supplied with water. The ducks weighed 23 lbs. 2 oz. at the beginning of the 

 test. In 24 days they gained 5 lbs. , the cost of a pound of gain being 84 cts. During 

 the second period, which covered 9 days, there was a gain of 15 oz., the cost of a 

 pound of gain being 17i cts. 



Preservation of eggs, F. T. Shutt {Canada Expt. Farms Rpts. 1899, pp. 223- 

 226). — The author reports comparative tests of the value of limewater, water glass, 

 glycerin, and distilled water for preserving eggs. Some eggs were also coated with 

 paraffin and kept in bottles. The experiment demonstrated, in the author's opinion, 

 ' ' the value of saturated limewater as an egg ^preservative. As far as our experience 

 goes, no other fluid is its equal, the eggs from this preservative being far and awaj' 

 superior to those kept by the other methods here stated." 



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Feeding experiments with palm-nut cake, palm-nut residiie, 

 linseed meal, castor-bean meal, and peanut meal for milch covrs, 

 E. Ea^oi, C. Momsex, and T. Schumac'hp:r {MUch Zfjj., '29 {1900), Xo.^. 

 19, pp. 291-WJf,- 20, pjj. 309-311; 22, pp. 31^0, 3J^1; 23, pp. 353-355, 

 figs. If). — These feeding stuffs, fed in like quantities in rations other- 

 wise identical, were compared in tests with 6 cows, covering in all a 

 period of about 3 months. The tests proper lasted 4 days each and 

 were preceded by preliminar}" periods varying from C to 11 days. The 

 peanut ration was tested in the first and seventh periods, the palm-nut 

 cake in the second and fourth, and the others in intermediate periods. 

 Some of the principal results are shown diagrammaticall}' , and are 

 summarized in the following table: 



The yield and quaUty of milk and butter fat from ernes fed different ratiems. 



