IIIG EXPJ]EIMENT STATION RECORD. 



77). — Tliis report includes the following addresses: Dairying in France, by H. E. 

 Alvord; Creamery and Dairy Practice, by G. A. Smith; Some Points of the Dairy 

 and its Adjuncts, by F. L. Davis; and New Hampshire Dairy Products at the Pan- 

 American Exposition, by W. D. Baker. 



Officials, associations, and educational institutions connected -with, the 

 dairy interests of the TJnited States for the year 1903 {U. >S. Depf. Agr., 

 Bnreaii <if Aninnd TndiiMnj Circ. 40, pp. U). 



VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



The first Nor'weg'ian veterinary meeting' {Mdniu'daskr. Di/rlnyrr, 14 {1902), 

 N()i<. n, ])p. ,Jf>.i-SO.i; 7, p)). S1S-S94; 8, jij). 40.1-409; 9, pp. .^^1-520). — Among the 

 large numln-r of papers read at this meeting l)rief notes may be given on the fol- 

 lowing: 



CombatiiKj bovine luberculosU, J. Fibiger (pp. 25.3-255). — The author's experiments 

 indicate that tubercle bacilli obtained from a young child were highly virulent for 

 calves, and that therefore the disease as observed in man and animals can not be 

 considered essentially different. 



The work of cornbaliiig borhie tiibercul<»ih in Kuriva;/, ^[(^lni (pj). 25!t-274). — This 

 work is said to have begun in LS91 and lias since been pro.Mecuted actively, with the 

 aid of gov'ernment a])])ropriati()n. Tables are ])resented showing the number of 

 localities in whicii infected herds are found, the breed of animals affected, and the 

 percentages of tuberculous cattle as shown by tuberculin tests. 



Combating tubercidosis in Sweden, (•!. Jicgnir (pj).- 274-286). — Detailed notes are 

 given on the temperature reactions in 250,321 cattle tested with tuberculin during 

 the years 1897-1901, and otlier tables are given showing the percentages of infected 

 animals in different herds. 



The control of food inote.rials vith upcriol regard 1o jirexcrratives for meat, A. Jacob.'^en. 

 (pp. 318-.34()). — Notes are given on the etiology of cases of meat poisoning whicli 

 have l)een found to be due largely to the presence in meat of Bacillus roll communis, 

 B. enterifidis, B. morbificans bovis, and B. jn'oteus vulgaris. Special attention is given 

 to the effect of various preservatives upon these bacteria and upon the keeping 

 quality of meat, as well as upon the health of human beings. 



Castr(dion of Cryptorchids, F. Tr(»^v (pp. .358-388). — The literature of this subject 

 is briefly reviewed and detailed descriptive notes are given on the various methods 

 whicli have been devised and successfully useil ])y various veterinary surgeons in 

 performing tliis operation. 



liesults obtained bg neurectomy, especi(dly in cases of .tpavin, L. 3forleberg (pp. 403- 

 433). — Detailed descriptions are given of a large number of cases in which neurec- 

 tomy was performed for the cure or relief of spavin. In many cases double neurec- 

 tomy is required, but according to the author's experience this method may be 

 depended upon to bring about the desired results in about 70 per cent of cases. 



Artificial imeminatio)) in mares, Sand (pp. 481-489). — The author believes that this 

 operation may be resorted to witii good results and may prove an important eco- 

 nomic device under certain circumstances connected with the breeding of horses. 



Aspergillosis in animals artificially fed upon milk, von Ilellens (pp. 512-520). — A num- 

 ber of cases of this disease were observed by the author, especially in colts. The 

 pathological anatomy of the disease sometimes gives rise to confusion with tuber- 

 culosis, and notes are given on the means of making a reliable differential diagnosis. 



Report of chief veterinary inspector, J. G. Rutherford [Rpt. Min. Agr. Canada, 

 1902, pp. 71-152). — This report includes, besides a general account of the health of 

 animals by the chief inspector, a large number of reports of veterinary inspectors in 



