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Other observatious were considered as being specific or characteristic of the 

 group and the ration. 



The quantity of catalase contained in the most important organs and 

 tissues v/as estimated, and certain differences were noted between the results 

 given by the different groups subjected to the experiment. 



One of the most important facts resulting from this study and others 

 pre\nously carried out at the same Station (Bulletin 271) relates to the use 

 of lime in agriculture. It is rendered obvious that cereals are very poor 

 in Hme regarded as an element of the food of animals, as it has been clearly 

 proved that the normal growth of the skeleton cannot be produced b}^ grain. 

 This calls special attention to bulky leguminous forages ; as they contain 

 a great deal of protein and a proportion of lime which no other forage 



Table III. — Effects of the ration on the principal constituent 

 parts of the tissues. 



furnishes, they form the ideal natural supplementary food to be used with 

 grain. The growth of Leguminosac depending on conditions resulting from 

 the presence of calcimn compounds in the soil and these plants taking large 

 quantities of that element from the soil, the normal growth of animals 

 stands in a natural relation to the fundamental question of the use of cal- 

 cium compounds in agriculture. 



999 -Wheat as a Food for Fattening Pigs ; Experiments in Missouri, United States (i). 



— Weaver T,. A., iu University of Missouii, Collci^e of Agriculture, A'^ricultural Ex- 



perimcfU Station, Bulletin 136, 35 pp., 8 fig. Colvunbia, Miss., 1915. 



In 1913 the wheat crop was very plentiful and the maize crop very poor 



in the State of Missouri, so that the price obtainable by the farmer for the 



former was less than the purchase price of the latter. The Agricultural 



Experiment Station of Missouri received many enquiries from farmers con- 



(i) See rilso B. May 1015, No. "i.io. 



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