470 EXPEEIMENT STATION KECORD. 



OflB-cial enumeration of cattle in the Canton of Bern (Mitt. Bern. Statis. 

 Bur., 1911, No. 3, pp. 92). — This gives in detail the statistics of all kinds of live 

 stock in Bern. 



Live stock and products thereof (Ann. Bpt. Dept. Agr. and Stock [Queens- 

 land'\, 1909-10, pp. 15-19, 135-148). — This contains general and statistical in- 

 formation on the live-stock industry in Queensland. 



[Defrosting beef and mutton] (Agr. Gaz. N. S. Wales, 23 (1912), No. S, 

 p. 239). — A brief description of a process by which frozen meat is thavs^ed in a 

 chamber so constructed that the atmospheric pressure can be regulated and 

 excess moisture extracted without breaking the tissues of the meat. It is 

 claimed that beef and mutton thus treated compare favorably in appearance 

 when placed on the market with prime English meat. 



[British meat supplies], J. L. Griffiths (Daily Cons, and Trade Ri)ts. 

 [U. S.], 15 (1912), No. 121, pp. 722, 723).— This contains statistics on imports of 

 beef, mutton, and pork from different countries, showing how the decrease in 

 imports of meat from the United States to Great Britain has been replaced by 

 shipments from Argentina. 



An industry that thrives on the utilization of waste, E. Scherubel (Sci. 

 Amer., 106 (1912), No. 24, PP- 538, 549-552, figs. 6).— A popular account of the 

 use made of the by-products of the packing house. 



Hides and sheepskins, E. J. Shelton (Agr. Gaz. N. 8. Wales, 23 (1912), 

 No. 4, pp. 297-306, pis. 3, fig. 1 ) . — This contains advice on skinning, curing, and 

 marketing hides. 



Sheep raising in southern Chile (Times [London^, 1911, June 27, So. Amer. 

 Sup. No. 12, p. 34; a'bs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome'], Bui. Bur. Agr. Intel, and 

 Plant Diseases, 2 (1911), No. 8-10, p. 2200). — A general and statistical account 

 of the rapidly growing sheep industry in the southern part of Chile, which 

 until recently was regarded as a desert. . 



Sheep and wool for the farmers, J. W. Mathews (Agr. Gaz. N. S. Wales, 23 

 (1912), No. 3, pp. 185-207). — Besides a general discussion of the cross-bred v. 

 the Merino, there is an account of the results obtained thus far at the Wagga 

 experimental farm. 



The pastoral age in Australasia, J. Collier (London and Melbourne, 1911, 

 pp. XI +345, pis. 16). — A popular history of the sheep industry in Australia. 



The economic importance of the South* American Camelidae, D. Davel 

 (Trab. 4. Cong. Cient. Santiago de Chile, 15 (1908-9), pp. 234-240).— This dis- 

 cusses the value of the llama, alpaca, vicuna, and guanaco as domesticated 

 animals. 



Profitable pig breeding and feeding, T. Allen (London, 1910, pp. XI +196, 

 pis. 9, figs. 24). — A practical treatise on the feeding, breeding, and management 

 of swine, written for the purpose of promoting the industry in Great Britain. 



Fattening hogs in Nebraska, W. P. Snyder (Nebraska Sta. Bui. 124, PP- 

 5-71). — The material in this bulletin has been previously noted (E. S. R., 26, 

 p. 874), additional technical details being here given. 



Slaughter trials with swine, N. O. Hofman-Bang et al. (Ber. K. Vet. og 

 Landbohdjskoles Lab. Landokonom. Forsog [Copenhagen], 77 (1912), pp. 85). — 

 Transportation trials with pork were made in a refrigerator car and in a conv 

 mon freight car, with hay or sawdust mattresses 3 iri. thick laid on the floor 

 and placed around the walls of the car. The air temperature at the time of 

 loading was 19.5° C. The temperature of the pork in the refrigerator car was 

 8.3° at loading and at the end of the journey. The average temperature of the 

 pork when placed in the common freight car was 8.7°, and at the end of the 

 40-hour journey it had risen to 12.3°. For this limited period it is, therefore, 



