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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1641, 7 January 1913, Page 6

Experiments, corried out.for the TTi4- ; , versify of VTiFConsin afford evidence! 'i«'| ■■ favour of tho conclusion recently brought :.',' into prominence that the feeding. '> \ value of a ration cannot he precisely de-,; .; duccd front a knowiedgo ; of proportions '- ; of digestible albuminoids and starch. Tho, rations of three out, of. four groups of*, heifer calves wero severally restricted to '.j? the'products of a single specicß of plant, V ?v lot 1 being fed exclusively upon, tho products of maize, lot 2 pa thoso of wheat, and lot 8 on those of oats,'whilo lot. .4 ■■' was supplied with a mixture of tho throe diets. Tho rations w.cro given, for two Tears, and subsequently readjusted dur- ' , Ing/'an equal'period. T)io order of fltfvar.tago. throughout tho trials, including tho changes from one ration to another nftor tho two years was maize, oats; mixed ... diet, wheat. Tho wheat-fed animals hod staving : coats and.', a gaunt appearance, while those fed on maizc-had smooth coats ,; and were.fuller through tho barrel.than ,; (ho others. Those results,woronoticed , when tho diets ,woro cln.nEcd.6o that the maize-fed animals had wheat,.and' vlco. versa. Tho wheat diet also.showed bad. ■ results.'wheni the heifers -bred"'.-.calves, whioh they dropped prematurely. Tho, calves averaged only ttlb.. at birth, against 781b. for tho offspring, of maize-fed mothers. ..,,,'.,.'..: ■ ...•'. ':''-. ': ' ■ No fowilr than' 120,1*2,850 health, insur- '■ ance stamps bad been eold up to Septom- '-,■/" ,bcr 28. in England. ,'■ : ■':■•,' ■ • -,;.-■ :^ Tho bijou pot iog is likely to retain tho -,:.% preference for Pens women this winter, ,'■: ' in spit© of tho admiration folt for tb« English greyhound and tho noble-looking wolf-hound, ',;■',;, :; • ■-.. .; : :',-.'_' Y"- ! Tho largest troes in the* world aro the giant redwods of California. :.Ono;of. ~ ..' . these has at tho base a circumferencolof ~■. 103 ft., and at a .'point 12ft. > from Itho ,'.;. " ci'ouud a circumference,of 76ft.' :;i''.