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"One of the simplest, most prnctical, and. most certain of tlie associated 

 methods consists in simultaneously carrying out about 8 p. m. an ophthalmic 

 test, then at the base of the neck making a dermic injection, and finishing up 

 by injecting tuberculin subcutaneously at the same point. The following 

 morning about 5 'or 6 o'clock one begins by looking for the ocular reaction, 

 next observes the local-subcutaneous reaction, and finally takes the temperature. 

 It is much more difficult for tuberculous patients to escape detection under 

 such associated tests than under any single one." 



Vaccination of cattle against tuberculosis, Kappin (Compt. Rend. 8oc. Biol. 

 [Purifi], 66 (1909), No. 10, pp. J,l(), .',11 ; Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. [Paris], 11,9 

 {1909), No. 6, pp. J,08--'ilO). — Favorable results are said to have been obtained 

 from the vaccination of bovines with bacilli modified through the use of sodium 

 fluorid. 



Ovariotomy in the goat, P. J. Oceann {Ahs. in Vet. Jour., 65 (1909), No. 

 IfOS, pp. 318, 319). — An account of the operation, which has the following ob- 

 jects in view : " In order to cure the goaty smell of milk — ovariotomy is the 

 simplest, least costly, and quickest method in its effect; in order to incite milk 

 secretion and lengthen its continuance, which lasted on an average from 13 to 

 15 months in the goats operated on . . . ; in order to favor fattening and profit 

 on the flesh, which becomes better in quality and without bad taste and goaty 

 smell ; in order to favorably influence the physiological milk-forming elements — 

 while the quality of butter and casein increases, the lactose is diminished." 



Experiments with specific serums in immunizing against hog cholera, A. 

 Stadie (licrliii. Ticrdrztl. Wchnsclir., 25 {1909), No. 6, pp. 113-123; al)s. in Bui. 

 Inst. Pasteur, 7 {1909). No. 6, p. 268). — Cattle, sheep, and hogs were used in 

 the attempt to obtain an immunizing serum, but the serums obtained failed to 

 give satisfactory results in practice. 



A study of a serious anem.ic disease among horses, W. B. Mack (Amer. 

 Vet. Rev., 36 {1909), No. 2, pp. 222-2Jfl, charts 2).— A paper presented at the 

 nineteenth annual meeting of the New York State Veterinary Medical Associa- 

 tion at Ithaca, August, 1909. A more detailed account has previously been 

 noted (E. S. R., 21, p. 5S4). 



A note on Argas larvae which attack fowls in Persia, C. Carre {Bui. tioc. 

 Cent. Med. Vet., 86 {1909), No. 8, pp. 172, 173). — Argasids appear to be very 

 widespread at Teheran where they occasionally cause considerable loss of 

 poultry. 



Regulations governing entrance to the veterinary inspector examination 

 (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Anim. Indus. Circ. 150, pp. 11). — The regulations relat- 

 ing to the matriculation examination and course of instruction required in 

 veterinary science at veterinary schools and colleges to educate and qualify 

 persons for the civil-service examination for the position of veterinary in- 

 si)ector in the Bureau of Animal Indnstrj- of this Department are here pro- 

 mulgated. These regulations include a list of the institutions at present 

 accredited to supply graduates eligible to enter these examinations. 



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A report on irrigation laws and litigation in Nevada, H. Thurtell and 

 G. H. True {Nevada Sta. Bui. 69, pp. 7-57),— This bulletin gives the history of 

 irrigation legislation in the State of Nevada, beginning with a law enacted in 

 1866 providing for the recording of claims to water, summarizes the filings under 

 this law and a subsequent law enacted in 1889, reviews litigation regarding 

 irrigation, and gives a synopsis of the present law, which was enacted in 1903 



