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for the Freuch soldiers. Bread from fine wheat Hour nud whole wheat meal is 

 discussed, and the latter recommended as preferahh;. 



The meat obtained from tuberculous animals as food, It. Raquet (Ann. Sci. 

 Agron., ser. 2, 2 (1S04-95), No. :1, pp. :'ifO-.149).—'Y]\\n article is a report made to the 

 International Congress of Agiicnltnre at Brussels. The wholesomeuess of flesh from 

 tuberculous animals for liuman food is discussed; and iu view of the success of the 

 plan in other countries the Belgian Goverumcnt is recommended to provide for the 

 construction of snitahle sterilizers to he used with such meat. Some experiments 

 by Petcrmann, Audre, and Stubbc with a sterilizer devised by Wodon, which gave 

 satisfaetory results, are quoted. 



Brotol (^/sc/»r. Xahr. rnieisiich. vnd Tliig., 10 (1S96), Xo. G, p. 114). — Brotiil is a 

 by-product in the refining of petroleum which has been recommended as a sulistitute 

 for vegetable or animal fat in cooking. Experiments made with man and animals 

 have sliown that this preparation produces vomiting, digestive derangements, etc. 

 It is therefore regarded as a harmful product. 



The amount of iron in ordinary dietaries, R. H. CriiTTENDEN {r>kt. and Jlyg. 

 Gaz., 12 (1S90), Xo. 1. pp. ,Ci-3;).— This is a resume of an article by Stockman {Jour. 

 Phijsio]., IS, p. 4S4). The amount of iron in various articles of food is given, as well 

 as the amount in the diet of persons of ditferent ages and occupations, 8 to 10 or 11 mg. 

 being the amount for healthy persons with a good appetite. 



Notes on hospital dietaries, E. H. RiciiAiiDs (Amer. Jour. Insaniii), 52 {1895), No. 

 11, pp. 214-217). — The author points out that the dietary suggested by A. Flint for 

 hospital patients (insane) when computed in terms of protein, carbohydrates, and 

 fat is much larger than the accepted standard in Germany. It is also quite expen- 

 sive. The diet is compared with several other American dietaries. 



Dietary of the Ne-'^r York State hospitals, C. H. Pilgrim {Amcr. Jour. Insanity, 

 52(189.')), Xo. 11, pp. L'^.S'-^-j.j).— Flint's dietary for insane patients is quoted in its 

 original and also in its revised form. The author finds by practical experience that 

 the diet is well suited to the purpose for which it was proposed, and various sugges- 

 tions regarding the preparation and serving of food in insane hospitals are given. 



A study in the economy of cattle foods, G. W. Suaw (Oregon Sta. Bnl. 39, pp. 

 31-52). — Terms used iu feeding experiments are discussed, and analyses of several 

 Oregon fodder plants (red clover, timothy, orchard grass, tall oat grass, cheat or 

 chess, aud oat straw) are given, as well as the calculated dry matter and digestible 

 matter per 100 lbs. 



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An investigation of the nature, cause, and means of preventing 

 the cornstalk disease (Toxcsmia niaidis) of cattle, V. A. Moore 



( U. S. Dept. A(/r.. ]>urcau of Animal Intlustrt/ Bui. li), pp. 0-70, 2)h. 2). — 

 This article records the results of an elaborate investigation of this 

 obscure disease from which cattle sometimes suffer when feeding- in 

 cornstalk fields in late fall and early winter. The afiection is restricted 

 in distribution to the middle and nortliern portion of the Mississippi 

 Valley, wlieie tlic farmers harvest their corn by picking tlie ears from 

 the standing stalks, cattle then being turned into the lields. Owing 

 to the iusidiousness of tlie disease and the frequent failure of veterina- 

 rians and butchers to find lesions sufficient to cause death, the disease 

 has been regarded as a most mysterious affection and almost invari- 

 ably fatal. The disease has been known to exist for 40 years. Various 

 theories as to its cans(» have been suggested — lack of salt and insnilTi- 

 cient water, eating cornstalks alone, stomach impaction, ingestion of 



