eat, and from 3 to 4 Ib. a day of best linseed and bean meal, half 

 and half per diem. 



Six to nine months' autumn and winter feeding followed, when 

 they received per diem 3 /4 to i bushel of cut roots, 4 to 6 Ib. of 

 cake and meal, and all the good hay they could eat. They were 

 usually sold at about 13 months old, but if the market was against 

 them they were fed on, receiving a little more cake and corn, 

 though never more than 8 Ib. a dav, till prices improved. Fe- 

 bruary was found to be the best month for the sale of this small 

 beef, though June and July were also very favourable. 



Mr. Evershed states that the success of the system depends 

 largely upon the men being made to take an interest in the ani- 

 mals, and that the beasts should be fed regularly and never 

 over-fed at any one time. While calves are beine pail-fed their 

 food must be kept scrupulously clean, and their stalls must also 

 be kept clean and sweet, otherwise scour will spread, and then, he 

 says, " good-bye to one's profit. " 



Refrigeration in the Meat Industry. (Ice and Cold Storage, 12- 

 1909, No. 137, pp. 173-179, figs, n; 138, pp. 199-206, figs, u; 

 139, pp. 225-232, figs. 14, London); Exp. Stat. Rec., Febn 1910. 

 Washington. 



An illustrated discussion and summary of data regarding various 

 questions concerned with the cold storage of meat, including the 

 effects of freezing upon meat fibers, the transportation of frozen 

 and chilled meat, and the transport of such meat on board ship. 



G. S. BUCHANAN and S. B. SCHRYVER. The application of For- 

 maldehyde to Meat. (Local Gt. Board (Great Britain) Food 

 Reports, 1909, N. 9, pp. 12; E. S. ., Washington, Febr. 1910). 



This report contains an account of the circumstances of the 

 investigation by G. S. Buchanan, and data on the presence and detec- 

 tion of formaldehyde in meat by S. B. Schryver, from which the 

 following conclusions were drawn: 



" The results indicate that, in the case under consideration, 

 formaldehyde was not readily removed from meat even when the 

 latter had been kept for prolonged periods after formalization ; that 

 where muscular surface was exposed to the vapor, the contami- 

 nation was relatively large (i in 3 500); and that a common depth 



