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BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



SixTU AND Seventh Annual Kepokts, ISSJ) and 1890 (i»i>, 5(Ki). — 

 These include i^eiieial .stateineiit.s iiiul .st;itisti<'al iiiiormatioii rej;aid 

 ing- the work of the liuieau, relating- es])ecially to i)leuroi)neunionia, 

 Texas fever, hog cholera, swine plague, glanders, and the inspection of 

 cattle for export and import, by the chief of the Bureau, D. K, Salmon; 

 accounts of scientitic investigations of Texas fever, swine plague, and 

 hog cholera, by T. Smith and E. A. Von Schweinitz; report of the 

 U. S. board of inipiiry concerning epidemic diseases of swine, by 

 E. O. Shakespeare, T. .1. Uurrill, and B. M. Bolton; breeds of sheep 

 in Great Britain, by E. A. Carman; condition of the sheep industry 

 west of the Missis.sippi liiver, by H. A. Heath; condition of the live 

 stock industry of Wisconsin, by S. W. Campbell; the Chicago Horse 

 Show of 1890, by C A. Martin ; rei)orts from inspectors and correspond- 

 ents on an outbreak of a cutaueous disease among cattle, diseases among' 

 swine, splenic or Texas fever, anthrax or charbon, i)ncumonia among 

 horses, condition of tlie live stock industry of Nebraska, deterioration 

 of American cheese, horse breeding in New Jersey, outbreak of disease 

 among cattle in Missouri, glanders among horses and mules in Texas, 

 regulating the transportation of Southern cattle, and pleuropneumonia 

 in Great Britain, Scotland, and Ireland; condition of the animal 

 industry of Kansas, by H. A. Heath; condition of the live stock indus- 

 try of Colorado and Wyoming, by J. F. M. McNeely; exhibition of the 

 Vermont Trotting Horse Breeders' Association, by H. Eomaine; infec- 

 tious abortion of mares, by W. L. Williams; and laws of the States and 

 Territories for the control of contagious diseases of domestic animals. 



DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



Bulletin No. 6. 



Timber physios, part i, B. E. Fernow (pp. 16). — This is the 

 introductory portion of " the first of a series of bulletins which are to 

 record the results of an extensive investigation into the nature of our 

 imjiortant woods, especially their mechanical and technical properties, 

 and the dependence of these upon structure and physical condition, and 

 uixni the conditions under which the wood has grown." Bulletin No. 

 will be preliminary in character and will discuss the need, object, and 

 scope of the investigation ; give references to previous work in this line ; 

 and explain the methods em]>loycdin the present investigation, includ- 

 ing the forms of record and illustrations of the machinery in use. This 

 portion of the bulletin contains general statements regarding the need 

 of the investigation and abstracts of letters from scientific societies, 

 engineers, and other persons, showing the usefulness of such work 

 under direction of this Department. 



This investigation, tlie most coniprclionsiveof the kind ever nndertaken anywhere, 

 in this country or in Europe, (li(1tn-.s tVoin all former attempts in a siuiilur directiou 

 in this, that it starts out with the lulkst recognition of three facts' 



