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average being 77 per cent. A modification of tlie regulations would be necessary 

 before a molasses distilling enterprise could be profitably installed in these 

 islands. 



" Molasses contains a sufiicieucy of nutrients for the develdopment and action 

 of yeast. 



" Mineral stimulants give no apparent increase in the yield. 



" The molasses contain no nonsugars which have a deleterious action on the 

 fermentation. 



"Aeration shortens the time of fermentation, without any increase in alcohol 

 yield.' 



"Attenuation is not as great in molasses of Hawaii as in those of most coun- 

 tries where molasses is fermented, on account of the smaller quantities of sugars 

 therein. 



" Fermentation under pure culture increased the yield in alcohol 22 per cent 

 over that when working under the usual factory conditions with adventitious 

 fermentation. . . . 



" Molasses as a source of alcohol and fertilizer has a value of about 8.3 cts. 

 per gallon, exclusive of freight and interest. 



" Of the yeasts from various countries where the molasses is fermented, most 

 are budding yeasts of the type Saccharomyces vordennanni ; that from Peru is, 

 however, a fission yeast. 



" Most of the yeasts worked well in sugar concentrations up to 14.6 gms. 

 per 100 cc, the fermented wash containing up to 7.85 per cent alcohol by 

 volume. 



"A Mouilia was isolated from the yeast from Natal, which gives an aroma 

 resembling that of the best Jamaica rum." 



How to can fruits and vegetables on the farm, Mabel E. Mooke {Re- 

 printed from Missouri Bd. Agr. Mo. Bui. 7 {1909), No. 3, pp. 50-62). — The use 

 of a canning device under farm conditions is discussed. 



VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



Theory and practice of veterinary medicine {Chicago, 1909, 2. cd. rev., 

 pp. 265). — A second revised edition of this work, which consists of notes taken 

 from lectures delivered by A. H. Baker. 



Veterinary obstetrics, W. L. Williams {Ithaca, N. Y., 1909, pp. X-\-1127, 

 figs. 15S). — An extensive treatise upon veterinary obstetrics, and the diseases 

 and accidents intimately associated therewith. 



The pathology and differential diagnosis of infectious diseases of animals, 

 V. A. Mgore {Ithaca, N. Y., 1908, 3. cd., rev. and cnl., pp. XVI-\-518, pis. 2, figs. 

 125). — This is a third edition, revised and enlarged, the first of which has been 

 previously noted (E. S. R., 14, p. 014). 



Pathogenic micro-organisms, including bacteria and protozoa, W. H. Park 

 and Anna W. Williams {Neio York and Philadelphia, 1908, 3. ed., rev. and enl., 

 pp. VIII+6Jt2, pis. 5, figs. 176, dgm. 1). — This is a third revised and consid- 

 erably enlarged edition. The portion devoted to protozoa has been thoroughly 

 revised by the junior author. A glossary of some of the newer and more tech- 

 nical terms has been added. 



An investigation of bacteria of the enteritidis group (Typus Gartner and 

 Typus Fliigge), particularly the so-called meat poisoning and rat-destroying 

 viruses, MDhlens, Dahm, and FtJRST {Centbl. Balct. [etc.], 1. Abt., Orig., Ji8 

 {1908)1 ^o. 1, pp. 1-29; abs. in Bui. Inst. Pasteur, 7 {1909), No. 1, p. 21).— The 

 first part of this account is devoted to bacteriological examinations of and feed- 

 ing experiments with meats collected in the markets of Berlin. When these were 



