i8oS 



VARIOUS 



water fish excluding the nacreous shell fish [Lampsilis ventricosa, L. li- 

 gamenta, L. luteola, L. recta, L. anodontoides, Plagiola securis, Quadrupla 

 pustulosa) and the American crayfish {Homartts americanus) . Other species 

 were captured during a flood in the basin of the Mississippi and replaced 

 in their respective rivers after the flood had subsided. 



The adjoining Table shown the amount of restocking actually accom- 

 plished. " Small fry " is used to designate newly born fish, and " small 

 fish " are those about the size of a finger. 



1305 - Feeding Experiments with Rabbits. — da vies c. j.,in The journal of the Board 



of Agriculture, \'ol. XXIII, No. 6, pp. 583-585, lyondon, September 1916. 



In order to obtain precise details of the relative merits of various 

 concentrated foods, of the total amount of food consumed and of the cost 

 of rearing, 8 rabbits of similar breed, belonging to two litters of about the 

 same age, were experimentally fed for 6 weeks in the summer of 1916. 

 The results of the experiments are given in Tables I and II. 



Table I. — Daily ration of each pair of rabbits. 



Concentrated food 

 Clover hay . . . 

 Green stuff . . . 



Age of rabbits in weeks 



14 



It) 



1-5 



I 



16 



2 

 I 

 16 



2 

 I 

 16 



Table II. — Cost of concentrated food and live weight increase. 



(i) Maximum prices for food bought locally in small quantities. 



All rabbits received water to drink and a lump of rock salt to lick, 

 also a daily allowance of clover hay and fresl:]y cut green stuff. The pair 

 fed on dairy cake (lyot 4) gave poor results which were due partly to the 



