878 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Feeding experiment with, bullocks {B<1. A(jr. [Londi)ii'\, Jijit. Agr. Education 

 and llemirvh, 1S99-1U00, pp. 42-44). — A feeding experiment at the University Col- 

 lege of North "Wales to compare the value of maize meal and barley meal is briefly 

 reported. As regards gains in Aveight, the rations tested were equally satisfactorj\ 

 As regards the cost of food, there Avas a slight advantage in favor of the maize meal. 



Feeding- experiments, E. H. Llovd {Mississippi Sta. Rpt. 1900, pp. 20-34)- — 

 The comparative value of corn, cotton seed, and cotton-seed meal; of cotton-seed 

 hulls and cotton-seed meal ; cooked and raw cotton seed ; and peavine hay, Johnson 

 grass hay, shredded corn and shredded sorghum, was studied. Twenty steers, 

 divided into lots of 2 animals each, were used for these tests, which in every case 

 covered 2 periods of 30 days each. According to the author, 1 lb. of cotton-seed meal 

 was found to be equivalent to 1.81 lbs. of cotton seed, 1.67 lbs. of corn-and-cob meal, 

 or 1.69 ll)s. of cooked cotton seed. If cooked cotton seed Is taken as a standard, 1 

 lb. is equivalent to 1.09 lbs. of raw cotton seed, 0.98 lb. of corn-and-cob meal, or 

 0.60 \h. of cotton-seed meal. One pound of peavine hay was found to be equivalent 

 to 0.92 lb. of Johnson grass hay, 1.38 lbs. of shredded corn, or 1.78 lbs. of shredded 

 sorghum. 



Sheep-breeding experiments, J. K. Campbell {Bvl. YorksJiire Col., Leeds, and 

 East and West Ridings Joint Agr. Council, 1900, No. 13, pp. 8, dgm. 1). — The results 

 of breeding experiments with Lincoln and North Country ewes and Lincoln, 

 Oxford, Hampshire, Shropshire, and Suffolk rams are reported. 



Poultry foods and feeding, J. J. ^IcCue {Agr. Gaz. New South Wales, 11 {1900), 

 Xo. 9, pp. 770-779, Jig. ]]. — A general discussion and a report of feeding tests with 

 hens to compare dried blood, ox liver, and cut green bone when supplementing a 

 ration of grain and green food. Both as regards egg ])roduction and financial returns, 

 the lot having dried lilood gave the best results. 



Live stock; poultry, J. C Lee { Louisiana Stas. Bid. 62, 2. ser., pp. 447-400). — Brief 

 notes on the cattle, sheep, hogs, and poultry kept at the station and on chickens 

 hatched with an incubator. 



Index relating to animal industry, 1837 to 1898, C. F. Thompson" {U.S. 

 Dept. Agr., Dirislon of Publications Bui. 5, pp. 676). — It is the purpose of this bibliog- 

 raphy to include all literature relating to animal industry which has appeared in the 

 publications of tire Ignited States Department of Agriculture since its inception in 

 1837, with the exception of the articles in the Experiment Station Record and Insect 

 Life. 



DAIRY FARMING— DAIRYING. 



Sugar-beet pulp ag"a food for cows, H. II. Wixg and L. Ander- 

 son (Jt'ea- York ConicU Hal. 18J^ pJ'- ^^•> dg'^nv- ^)- — Sugar-beet pulp 

 is described and an analj^sis of it given. Two feeding experiments are 

 reported. The lirst was made with .5 cows and lasted 11 weeks, and 

 the second was made with cows and lasted 10 weeks. In the first 

 test the same quantities of sugar-beet pulp and corn silage were fed to 

 individual cows in alternate periods. A uniform grain ration was fed 

 in addition. The cows were given more hay when fed pulp than when 

 fed silage. In the second test more pulp was fed than silage, the 

 quantities of haj^ and grain fed in addition being con.staut throughout. 

 The results are given in detail in tables and diagrams, and the follow- 

 ing conclusions are drawn : 



"The cows, as a rule, ate beet pulp readily and consumed from 50 to 100 lbs. per 

 day, according to size, in addition to the usual feed of 8 lbs. of grain and 6 to 12 lbs. 

 of hay. 



