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intravenous injections of corvosive sublimate had no effect on the development of the 

 disease or the multijalication of the organisms in case of injections varying in size 

 from 1 to 5 mg., and varying in proportion to the total weight of the blood from 

 1: 150,000 to 1: 130,000. It is believed, therefore, that this method of treatment can 

 not be adopted with expectation of success in other animal or human diseases. 



Farm management of g-erm diseases, J. J. Repp {Breeders' Gaz., 41 {1903), 

 Nos. 7, pp. 309, 310; 8, jip. 364, 365). — The author gives a popular discussion of the 

 various methods by which the different infectious diseases may be transmitted from 

 one locality to another, and outlines practical remedies which may be applied in 

 preventing the transmission or in disinfecting premises after the occurrence of 

 contagious diseases. * 



AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 



Sanitary engineering; a practical manual of town drainage and sewage 

 and refuse disposal, F. Wood {London: Charles Griffin & Co., Ltd.; Philadelphia: 

 J. B. Lippincott Co., 1903, pp. 304, figs. 181). — In this book the attempt is made to deal 

 with the principles of the subject " in a comprehensive, concise, and easily intelligible 

 form, ' ' with a view to meeting the needs of ' ' sanitary authorities, engineers, inspectors, 

 architects, contractors, and students." In addition to a brief introduction, the book 

 contains chapters on hydraulics; formulpe for velocity of water in pipes; earth pres- 

 sure and retaining walls; power; house drainage; land drainage; sewers, separate 

 system (for sewage and rainwater); sewage pumping; sewer ventilation; drainage 

 areas; sewers, manholes, lampholes, etc.; trade refuse and river pollution; sewage 

 disposal; bacteriolysis (bacteriological purification of sewage); sludge disposal; con- 

 struction, materials, and cleansing of sewers; refuse disposal; and chimneys and 

 foundations. The subjects of refuse destruction and refuse destroyercs receive 

 special attention. "Two chapters are specially devoted to the study of sewage dis- 

 posal, and most of the well-known systems are briefly and sufficiently described 

 to give a fair idea of the methods of working them. A chapter has been allotted to 

 bacteriolysis, which is more fully and amply discussed owing to the special imjjor- 

 tance which has been attached to it in recent years, and to the large amount of data 

 available." 



Irrigation farming, L. 'M. Wilcox {New York: Orange Judd Co., 1902, rev. and 

 enl. ed., pp. 494, pi. l,fig><. 113). — The first edition of this book appeared in 1895. 

 The revision and enlargement in the present edition consists mainly of the addition 

 of the following sections: Addition of silt, manure on irrigated soil, the Newsom 

 system of water supply, the drop-head, silting of reservoirs, the arc stave flume, 

 advantage of large heads, the Stokes measuring gate, a simple method of measuring 

 water, importance of grading, the dammer, a caution against erosion, the depth of 

 soaking, the contour system, wheat by subirrigation, rhubarb, roses, cultivation, the 

 plowsole, nuts, foreign gi-apes, cranberries, Turkestan alfalfa, grain with alfalfa, 

 alfalfa in rotation, the alfalfa sandwich, capacity of windmills and reservoirs, battle- 

 ax windmills, the merry-go-round, the propeller pump, hot-air engines, pumping 

 from quicksand, the A^an Horn tap gate, simple grade levels, a ditch cleaner, a 

 tandem hitcher, manure vat, the corrugated roller, and irrigation hardpan. New 

 chapters are added on the following subjects: Seepage and drainage, electricity in 

 irrigation, irrigation in humid climates, and winter irrigation. There has l)een no 

 correction of the scientific inaccuracies so conspicuous in the earlier edition (E. S. 

 K., 7, p. 431). 



Irrigation in humid climates, C. S. Phelps {Massachusetts State Bd. Agr. Rpt. 

 1901, pp. 398-415). — This article discusses the importance of irrigation to the New 

 England farmer, gives instances of successful irrigation, makes suggestions regarding 

 means of making water available (rams, windmills, steam power), and describes 

 methods of applying water. 



