910 EXPEEIMENT STATION KECOKD. 



"At present, we are not prepared to yay that all cheese should ])e ripened in eold 

 storage; but we certainly think tluit cheese made during the hot weather, say in the 

 months of July and August, should l)e placed in cold storage as soon as possible 

 after they are made." The investigations are being continued. 



Plans and specifications of a cool cheese-curing' room, J. A. Ruddick [Ontario 

 DejA. A(/r., Ddiri/ Division Bui. 7, n. ser., 1903, x>p. 29, dgms. S). — The plans provide 

 for office, testing room, store room, etc., in connection with the curing room, and 

 are intended to illustrate the system of insulation and cooling rather than to serve as 

 a model as regards size and arrangement. The cooling is secured by means of ice. 

 No difficulty was experienced at the Brockville curing room in maintaining a temper- 

 ature between 54 and 60° F. from June 18 to 8ei)tember 30 by the use of 100 tons of 

 ice, during wliii-h time 6,644 cheeses were received. 



Fourth, report of the State Dairy Bureau, 1900-1902 [Rpt. OiUfornid Stale 

 Dairy Bureau, 4 {1900-1902) , pp. 56). — This containsa review of the work of the Dairy 

 Bureau during the 2 years ended October 1, 1902, statistics of the dairy industry 

 in California, analyses of a number of samples of butter and cheese, lists of creameries 

 and cheese factories in California, and the State dairy laws. 



Dairying- division, J. A. Kinsella {New Zealand Dept. Agr. Rjit. J903,j>j>. 1,15-218, 

 ph. 5). — Tins is a report on the progress of the dairy industry in New Zealand during 

 the year and on dairy conditions in Australia as observed by the author. Statistics 

 are given of the amount and value of butter and cheese exporte<l from New Zealand, 

 and numerous suggestions are maile as regards methods of making butter and cheese, 

 grading dairy products, building and ecjuipping factories, testing cows, etc. 



VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



The microbic diseases of animals, E. NocARDand E. Leclainche ( Z,e.s inaladies 

 microbiennes des unimaux. Paris: 3fasso)i d- Co., 1903, vols. 1, pp. 668; 3, pp. 645). — 

 The present edition of this work has been entirely rewritten and considerably 

 enlarged. Some chapters required ))ut little change while it was found jjossil^le to 

 contract the discussion of certain other subjects. A number of new subjects have 

 been introduced, among which the more important are the diseases due to hema- 

 tozoa, actinobacillosis, pseudotuberculoses, fowl plague, horse disease, canine typhoid, 

 and pasteurelloses of horses and calves. 



Manual of veterinary medicine, E. Couktexay {London: Balliere, Tindall &' 

 Cox, 1902, 2. ed., pp. X^b73). — The present edition has been revised and edited in 

 so far as was necessary by F. T. G. Hobday. The volume treats especially of the prin- 

 cipal diseases of horses and cattle, and includes the following subjects: Diseases of 

 the respirator}' system, strangles, lymi^hangitis, skin diseases, eye diseases, nervous 

 diseases, inflammation, diseases of the bones, wounds, diseases of the feet, teeth, stomach 

 and intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, and urinary system, glanders, variola, castra- 

 tion, pregnancy, azoturia, cardiac diseases, blackleg, and hog cholera. 



Outlines of veterinary hygiene for veterinarians and students, F. Niemann 

 and O. Profe {(Jrundrws der Veierimir-Hijgiene fiir Tiei'drzte and Studierende. Berlin: 

 Louis Marcus, 1903, pp. 418, figs. 50). — The purpose of this volume is to give a concise 

 account of various subjects relating to the hygiene of domesticated animals. Unnec- 

 essary details are omitted in order that the book may be most convenient for use by 

 practical veterinarians and sanitary officers. The volume contains an account of the 

 hygiene of stables, and the care and feeding of animals. The greater part of the 

 volume, however, is occupied with a discussion of animal plagues, methods of com- 

 bating them, and veterinary bacteriology. One chapter is devoted to an account of 

 knackers' estaV^lishments and methods for disposing of infectious cadavers. 



Practical veterinary advice for stock owners, A. H. Archer {London: Vinton 

 & Co., Ltd., 1901, 2. ed.,pp. 83), — The purpose of this volume is to assist stock owners 



