96 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The disposal of the carcasses of dead animals, A. Morel (lies clos, d'equar- 

 rissage. Paris, 1S97: rev. in Jour. Hyg., 23 (189S), No. 1123, p. 150). — The need of 

 inspection and precautionary measures is insisted upon, in the disposal of the car- 

 casses of animals, to prevent the spread of diseases through the use of the flesh of 

 diseased animals without properly sterilizing, and of the fat in manufacturing, etc. 



TECHNOLOGY. 



Analysis of molasses from beets and sugar cane — Determination of saccha- 

 rose, raffinose, and invert sugar, S. Draczkowski (2. Congres Internat. Chim. Appl., 

 1SD6, I, pp. 31-39). 



Analysis of molasses, C. LlESSE (2. Congrcs Internal. Chim. Appl., 1896, II, pp. 

 466-473), 



Analysis of commercial glucoses, H. Pellet (2. Congris Internat. Chim. Appl., 

 1896, II, pp. 4-',u-465). 



Analysis of commercial sugars, L. IJeaudet (2. Congris Internat. Chim. Appl., 

 1S9H, I, pp. 23-30). 



Wine fermentation experiments in France, J. C. Covert ( U. S. Consular Rpts., 

 1898, No. 210, pp. 411-414). — Popular notes are given on the use of pure yeast cul- 

 tures in the fermentation of wine must. Opinions are said to differ respecting the 

 value of such ferments, hut the majority of the evidence seems to go to prove the 

 value of such methods in wine making. 



The preparation of tannin extracts and the determination of their commer- 

 cial value, F. Jean {2. Cong res Internat. Chim. Appl., 1896, III, pp. 91-93). 



STATISTICS— MISCELLANEOUS. 



Tenth Annual Report of Louisiana Stations, 1897 (Louisiana Sias. Bpt. 1897, 

 pp. 12). — A report on the operations of the Sugar Experiment Station at Audobon 

 Park, New Orleans, the State Station at Baton Rouge, and the North Louisiana Sta- 

 tion at Calhoun, with a list of the bulletins published during the year and the 

 organization of each station. A financial statement is given for the fiscal year end- 

 ing July 1, 1897, together with a subject list of the first and second series of station 

 publications and of special bulletins issued. At the Sugar Experiment Station at 

 Audobon Park sugar-cane seedling No. 74 grown for four years yielded in 1897 "over 

 40 tons per acre and with a mill extraction of 78 per cent; its juices had a density of 

 18 Prix, and polarized nearly 17 per cent sucrose." Alfalfa and velvet bean (Doli- 

 ehos multifiorus) are reported as having given excellent yields at the same station. 



Annual Report of Missouri Station for 1897 (Missouri Sla. llpt. 1897, pp. 

 XV + 209). — Contains the financial report of the station for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1897«; a report by the director reviewing in considerable detail the work of 

 the station during the year, with notes on the station staff and a list of the publica- 

 tions of the station issued in 1897; and an appendix made up of reprints of bulletins 

 34-39 of the station and an index to the same. 



Sixteenth Annual Report of Ohio Station, 1897 (Ohio Sta. Bui. S4, pp. 

 LXl'II-\-402-4oS, fig. 1, dgm. 1). — This contains the report of the director on the 

 work of the station for the six months ending June 30, 1897; subject list of bulletins 

 75 to 84 of the station; acknowledgments; treasurer's report for the fiscal year end- 

 ing June 30, 1897; text of the addresses delivered at the dedication of the station 

 administration building June 3, 1897; and a general index covering the publications 

 included in the tenth volume of the station work. 



Spain's foreign trade, F. H. Hitchcock ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Section of Foreign Mar- 

 kets Bui. 11, pp. 47). — This details and analyzes the data bearing on Spain's foreign 

 trade for the ten years ending with 1895, dealing with the extent of the land and 

 sea commerce and the nature of the same; sources and value of imports, and des- 

 tination and value of exports; the extent of imports and exports carried in national 



