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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



animal sick. The final conclusion of the commission is that it seems 

 absolutely certain that the foot and mouth disease can be successfully 

 combated by means of inoculation. 



Report of the veterinary service and meat control in Norway 

 for 1895, O. Malm (Ber. om Veterinar-viisenet og Kjodkontrollen i 

 Norge, 1895, Norges Offic, Statistik, BakJce 3, No. 270. Christiania, 1897, 

 pp. 203). — This report has a resume in French. 



The only part of the report of general interest is that describing the 

 results of the tuberculin tests conducted since the spring of 1895 under 

 the auspices and at the expense of the Norwegian Government. All 

 owners of cattle who agree to comply with the regulations prescribed 

 for the control of bovine tuberculosis are entitled to have their cattle 

 tested free of charge. The sum of 10,000 kroner ($2,080) was appro- 

 priated to defray the expenses of the tuberculin tests in 1895-'96, and 

 for the two following years 15,000 ($4,020) and 18,000 kroner ($4,824) 

 were appropriated. The main results of the investigations are given 

 below. 



Up to date 2,195 different herds, aggregating 30,787 head of cattle, 

 have been examined. Of these 8.4 per cent were found to be tuber- 

 culous and 20.1 per cent reacted under the tuberculin test. In the 

 majority of herds only individual cases were found, and these, almost 

 without exception, were recently purchased animals. The results show 

 that in comparison with other Kuropean countries where similar statis- 

 tics are available, and particularly in comparison with Swedish, Danish, 

 and German cattle, tuberculosis is not so prevalent among the cattle 

 of Norway. The results of the examination are given in the following 



table : 



Distribution of bovine tuberculosis in Norway. 



The veterinarians making the tests reported repeatedly that consump- 

 tion in man was found, or had been found, on farms where bovine 

 tuberculosis was shown to be present. 



The laws and regulations governing tuberculin tests, meat control, 

 and other branches of the veterinary service are given in the report. — 



F. W. WOLL. 



Powdered soap as a cause of death among swill-fed hogs, 

 V. A. Moore {New York Cornell Sta. Bui. 141, pp. 409, 418). — An account 

 is given of a series of experiments in feeding pigs with powdered soaps 

 such as are used in washing dishes, etc., in hotels, and which eventually 

 find their way into swill barrels. 



