FEEDS AND FEEDING ^ l62g 



having the same nutritive ratio, showed that the animals responded differ- 

 rently. For an increase in weight of 22 lbs, the animal fed with emulsion 

 milk produced 4.2 lbs of dry matter less fat and 13.8 lbs. of water, whilst 

 that fed with diafarinised milk fixed 17.24 lbs. of water in the organism 

 for the same quantity of dry matter less fat, the excess of water in the latter 

 animal being 3.46 lbs. or 25 per cent. Of this excess 0.94 lbs. belo nged to the 

 skin and connective and fatty tissues : i.i lbs. to the muscles ; 0.60 lbs. to the 

 bones ; o.Si lbs. to the other organs ; ;'. e. the water content of the connect- 

 ive tissue increased 45 per cent ; of the bones 35 per cent ;. of the muscles 

 16 per cent. ; and of the other organs 23 per cent. 



The origin of this excess of water must be attributed more especially 

 to the glycogen, for, during the metabolism of the fat the water derived from 

 the gl^'cogen probably remains in the tissues. 



1190 - Influence of Feeding Pigs with Spoiled Maize upon the Composition of the 



Fat. — See this BuUciin No. 1221. 



1 191 - Investigations on the Poisoning of Poultry by Corn Cockle (Ag-rostemma 



Githago) in Hungary. — Degen, a. (Royal Hungarian Seed Testing Station Bu- 

 dapest), in Kiserh'tilgyi Kozlemenyeh (Bulletin of the Hungarian Agricultural Station) 

 Vol. XIX, Part I, pp. 11-21. Budapest January- Jtine 1916. 



As great difference of opinion exists among writers (Lepman, Bohmer, 

 Pott, Honcamp, Neumann, Muller, Kling, Robert, Tormay, Hage- 

 MANN, Hansen, Meissl, etc) as to the toxicity of the siftings of certain 

 cereals, particularly corn cockle {Agrostemma Githago the writer (director 

 of the Royal Hungarian Seed Testing Station) has made a fresh experimental 

 study of the question in the following way. i) All cases of illness and death 

 of animals fed with food containing siftings of grain were examined minu- 

 tely ; 2) the ser\'ices of an expert were engaged ; 3) feeding trials were made 

 with the supposed toxic substance in conjunction with the Animal Biology 

 and Nutrition Station ; 4) Help was sought from the Veterinary High 

 School. 



In June 1915, 280 geese perished at Pestszentlorie, through the consump- 

 tion of a meal, purchased by the breeder as meal No. 8 but really originating 

 from a sifting containing 40 to 50 per cent of the seeds of Agrostemma 

 Githago. With the same meal the Animal Biology and Nutrition Station 

 undertook feeding trials on three fowls and three geese. During a preli- 

 minary period of six days the six animals were fed with maize grain. 

 After this preparatory period one fowl and one goose received at 7.0 a. m. 

 respectively 50 and 100 grnis of the meal in question At about 10 a. m. the 

 two animals exhibited symptoms of poisoning, and died at about noon. The 

 two other fowls received the same meal gradually thus : ist day : a) 80 

 grms of maize -f 20 grms of meal containing corn cockle ; 2nd day : 6) 60 

 grms of maize, 40 grms of the meal ; 3rd day : c) 20 grms of maize, 80 grms 

 of the meal. One of the fowls died after having taken ration /;), the other 

 after ration c). One of the geese succumbed after a ration of 120 grms of 

 maize, 80 grms of the same meal, whilst the other resisted the meal better 

 becau.se it had rejected the greater part of the ration on three successive 



