19171 CONTENTS. VII 



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The treatment of glanders with salvarsan, Miessner and Lange 678 



The preparation of an antiglanders serum, Crimi 679 



Determining trjrpanocidal activity of substances in vitro, Kolmer et al 679 



Relationship of infection to chemotherapy of trypanosomiasis, Kolmer et al. . . 679 



The tubercle bacillus in the sputum and other body fluids, Bierry 680 



Summary of the conclusions reached regarding contagious abortion, Moore 680 



The cause of the " spewing sickness " of sheep. Marsh 680 



Annual reports of camel specialist for 1914-15 and 1915-16, Cross 680 



Biological investigations on hog cholera in southern Italy, Mori 680 



The destruction of trichinae by cold, Leclainche 680 



Occurrence of giant nematode on liver of dog, Riley and Chandler 681 



Botulism, a cause of limber neck in chickens, Dickson 681 



RURAL ENGINEERING. 



The effect of sudden enlargement upon the flow of water in pipes, Rodhouse. . . 681 



Value of Kutter's "n" for metal flumes 682 



Holding power of nails 682 



Friction of bronze on bronze 682 



Report on irrigation surveys and inspections, 1915-16 682 



State Rivers and Water Supply Commission [of Victoria], report, 1915-16 682 



The specific gra\dty of nonhomogeneous aggregates, Hubbard and Jackson, jr. . 683 



A new form of specifications for concrete aggregates. Chapman 683 



A method of making wear tests of concrete, Abrams 683 



The strength of clamped splices in concrete reinforcement bars, Lasier 684 



An apparatus for determining soil pressures, Goldbeck and Smith 684 



Tests of boilers with bagasse as fuel, Kerr 685 



Cereal dust explosions, Dedrick 686 



Building code suggestions 687 



Building code suggestions 687 



Tests of fire retardents, with special reference to shingle roof, von Schrenk 687 



The construction of cow houses 687 



The construction of dipping tanks for cattle 687 



Ice houses and ice supply. White and Griffith 687 



Design of bins for materials, McCuUough 687 



Farm sanitation, McArthur 687 



Sewage piu-ification, Verrifere 687 



The performance of biological sewage purification plants, Tatham 687 



RURAL ECONOMICS. 



Proceedings of the ninth Rural Life Conference 688 



A rural siu-vey of Lane County, Oreg., Ayer and Morse 688 



[Rural reforms in organization of Spanish agriculture], Fernandez de la Rosa. . 688 



Semicentennial history of the Patrons of Husbandry, Atkeson 688 



History of state agricultural society of South Carolina, Clark et al 688 



[Agiicultural law of New York] 688 



The federal farm loan system, Myrick 688 



The farm mortgage handbook, Robins 688 



The land credit problem, Putnam 689 



The agricultural bank of the Philippine Government, Manning 689 



Cooperation in the New World, Smith-Gordon 689 



Report on the cooperative societies in Bihar and Orissa for 1915-16 689 



A manual on the preparation of crop forecasts in India 689 



Monthly crop report 689 



Monthly crop report 689 



Missouri crop review for 1916, Nelson 689 



Farm lands in New Jersey, Dye and Lipman 689 



''Agricultiu-e in Argentina], Miatello 689 



Agricultiu*al statistics of Argentina] 690 



Agricultural statistics of Sao Paulo], de Moraes Barros 690 



Agricultm-al statistics of Uruguay 690 



Acreage and live stock returns of England and Wales 690 



Agricultmal statistics of Portugal 690 



[Agriculture in Sweden], edited by Guinchard 690 



Agriculture [in Japan], Sato 690 



