CONTENTS. . IX 



VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



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An introduction to the study of the compc'rative anitomy of animals, Bourne. . 385 



Numbers, proportions, and characters of the blood corpuscles, Goodall 385 



Studies on immunity, Muir 385 



The present status of the theories of immunity, Metchnikoff 385 



General ideas on antibodies: Agglutinins, precipitins, and hemolysins, Panisset. 385 



Serums aid viruses ' 385 



Preliminary report of investigations of serums and vaccines, Hektoen et al 386 



Extracts from state veterinary surgeon's report of 1908, Koto 386 



Report on veterinary sanitary service of Paris and the Seine for 1908, Martel 386 



Proceedings of tropical section of International Veterinary Congress, 1909 386 



Trypanosomiasis of domestic stock in northern Rhodesia, Montgomery, and 



Kinghorn 387 



Trypanosoma theileri and related trypanosomes found in cattle, Mayer 387 



The cultivation of trypanosomes on artificial media 387 



The role of insects in trypanosome infection 387 



The mechanism of infection in tick fever, Leishman 387 



Tuberculosis in animals and its relation to man 387 



Tuberculosis in domestic animals, and human tuberculosis. Bang 390 



Relative importance of the types of tubercle bacilli. Park and Krumwiede 390 



Tuberculosis in dairy cows, Wilson 391 



Influence of ingested dead tubercle bacilli on infection, Rosenau and Anderson. 391 



The pathological histology of atypical actinomycosis, Choukevitch 391 



The period of emission of bacteria in acute parenchymatous mammitis, Fauss. 391 



Experimental investigations of bacillary pseudotuberculosis of sheep, Noack. . 391 



Convulsions in young pigs due to verminous infestation, Bru 392 



The causative agent of epizootic lymphangitis of equines, Galli-Valerio 392 



Three years of rabies in Indiana, Simonds 392 



Investigations of spirochetosis of fowls and of Argas persicus, Galli-Valerio 392 



Further observations on fowl spirochetosis, Balfour 392 



The parasitism of Cytodites nudus and Ilxmaphysalis chordeilis, Hadley 393 



Naphtha soap as a disinfectant, Dzerzgowski and Stepanova 393 



Meat inspection in Hungary, Laszlo 393 



RURAL ECONOMICS. 



Actual significance of law of diminishing returns in agriculture, Auhagen 393 



The economic returns for 21 years from a peasant farm in Kurhessen, Rudloff.. 394 



The significance of erecting small dwellings on farms, Noack 394 



Small holders: What they must do to succeed, Pratt 394 



Agricultural small holdings in f>ance 395 



[Agricultural holdings in Belgium] 395 



Agricultural associations in Belgium, Turmann 395 



Organization among the farmers of the United States, Coulter 395 



The reform of the commission business, Streeter 395 



Adaptability of the South to the needs of homeseekers in foreign lands, Willey. 396 



A new St. Helena, Ferrero 396 



An agricultural survey of Nebraska, Warren 396 



[Agriculture and colonization in Canada], McKenzie et al 396 



Agricultural statistics of Ireland, with detailed report for 1908, Adams 396 



Agriculture in Dahomey, Savariau 396 



The International Institute of Agriculture, Louis-Dop 396 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



The duty of the agricultural college, Waters 397 



Agricultural instruction and associations, Giglioli and Rossi-Ferrini 397 



Report of the agricultural department of Finland for 1907 397 



Foreign veterinary schools and their plan of instruction, Coderque 397 



Annual of the Winnebago County schools, 1909, Kern 397 



Practical school gardening, Elford and Heaton 398 



School gardens in Ceylon, Drieberg 398 



The study of nature, Schmucker 398 



Nature study in congested city districts, Sylvester 398 



Boys' agricultural clubs, Roy 398 



