VI CONTENTS. [Vol. 86 



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Report of the department of poultry husbandry, Lewis and Thompson 869 



Influence of close inbreeding 870 



The production of eggs for hatching, Atwood 871 



The incubation of hen eggs, Atwood 871 



Brooding and feeding Little chickens, Atwood 871 



Turkey raising, Weiant 871 



Report of the department of biology. Nelson 871 



DAIRY FARMING DAIRYING. 



Report of the department of dairy husbandry, Cook 871 



Efficiency of protein concentrates for milk production. Hart and Humphrey. . . 872 



Straw for growing dairy heifers, Morrison et al " 873 



A study in the cost of producing milk on four dairy farms. Cooper et al 873 



Dairying industry of Ontario, Taggart 874 



Third report of the commission on milk standards 874 



Milk and cream regulations, Weld et al 874 



Advantages of carbohydrate medium in bacterial examination of milk, Sherman . 876 



A. T. C. classimeter, Charron 875 



The effect of feeding on the composition of butter, Cranfield 875 



Why gelatin is required and its effect on quaUty [of ice cream], WilUams 875 



Correct payment for cheese factory milk by the Babcock teBt,"Sammis 876 



Comparison of the imported and domestic Swiss cheese, Sammis 876 



Effect of silage on quality of Swiss cheese, Sammis 876 



Cheese making in Vermont, Ellenberger 877 



Skimming -whey at Vermont cheese factories, Ellenberger and Tolstrup 877 



The pasteurization of skim milk and whey as food for calves, Moore 877 



VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



Anaphylaxis to the separated proteins of horse serum. Dale and Hartley 877 



The action of hypochlorites and allied substances on proteins, Milroy 877 



Effect of various chemical substances on the hemolytic reaction, Sherwood 878 



The passive transference of nonspecific antibodies, Olitsky and Denzer 878 



Comparative examination of blood of certain Australian animals, Buchanan . . . 879 



The occurrence in nature of certain yeastlike fungi, Emig 879 



Reports of civil veterinary department, Assam, 1914-15 and 1915-16, Harris. . . 879 



Reports of civil veterinary department, Bihar and Orissa, Quinlan 879 



Report on the civil veterinary department, Burma, for 1916, Evans 879 



Regulations adopted and the live-stock sanitary law of Alabama, 1916 879 



Notes on fowl pest and foot-and-mouth disease, Belfanti and Ascoli 879 



Bacillus anthracis-sy inptomatici and alUed organisms, Todd 880 



The conglutination reaction in the diagnosis of glanders, Scotti 880 



Piroplasmosis and other parasite diseases in the Balkans, Markoff 880 



Cell proliferative changes in diagnosis of rabies, Mardenbergh and Underbill . . 880 



Rabies eradication in Nevada, Piper and Sans 880 



Proposed law for immunization of cattle and carabaos in Philippines, Martin. . 881 



The diagnosis of open cases of tuberculosis, Udall and Birch 881 



Tuberculosis of fowls 881 



Special report on diseases of cattle 881 



Some facts about abortion disease, Schroeder and Cotton 881 



The present status of the abortion question, Eiclihorn and Potter 882 



Contagious abortion of cattle, Eichhorn and Potter 883 



Practically significant facts about abortion disease, Schroeder and Cotton 883 



Possibilities and limitations in control of al^ortion, Marshall 883 



Occurrence of onchocerciasis in cattle and associated animals. Sweet 883 



Serum studies on hog cholera 884 



[Hog cholera inoculations with serum globulin], Minkler " 884 



Special report on diseasies of the horse 884 



[Poultiy disease obstjrvations], Lewis and Thompson 884 



Campaign to eliminate bacillary white diarrhea 884 



Intradermal test for Bactenum piillorum infection in fowls. Ward and Gallagher. 884 



Poultry farm disinfection, Paige 885 



American records of Dioctophyme renale, Hall 885 



