404 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The production of butter and the butter control in the Netherlands ( Rjttx. 

 and Mem. [Netherlands'] Agr. DepL, J904, No. 1, pp. 45, chart 1). — This is a descrip- 

 tive, historical, and statistical report on butter production in the Netherlands, with 

 a description of the cooperative system, dairy associations, and the operations of the 

 butter control stations. 



Report of the chemist: Division of foods and feeding, J. B. Lindsey (Massa- 

 chusetts Sta. Rpt. 1903, pp. 87-44)- — This part of the report is an outline of the work 

 done during the year. Statements are made concerning the extent and character of 

 the chemical work done, the results of the inspection of feeding stuffs, the execution 

 of the dairy law, and the testing of dairy herds. 



VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



Report of the State veterinarian, D. F. Lucky {Ann. Rpt. Missouri State Bd. 

 Agr., 36 (1903), pp. 33-48, 351-367). — During the year under report the author's 

 attention was chiefly occupied in the study of outbreaks of Texas fever, glanders, 

 si eep scab, cattle mange, hog cholera, malignant catarrh, rallies, and tuberculosis. 

 A detailed list of the visits made by the State veterinarian in fulfilling his duties is 

 also presented. It is recommended that more of the control work be left in the 

 hands of deputy veterinarians in order that the traveling expenses may be reduced. 

 The desirability of publishing bulletins containing popular information on animal 

 diseases is also suggested. 



Veterinary department, L. L. Lewis (Oklahoma Sta. Rpt. 1904, PP- 46-52). — The 

 author discusses vaccination for black leg, the treatment of cattle mange, lumpy 

 jaw, and hog cholera. As a dip for the cure of cattle mange the author recommends 

 zenoleum, or chloro-naphtholeum in li to 2 per cent solution. 



Report of the bacteriological station of the Kharkov Veterinary Institute 

 for 1902 [Kharkov, 1903; rev. in Zhur. Opuitn. Agron. [Jour. Expt. Landw.], 5 (1904), 

 pt. 1, p. 141). — The report contains an account of the results obtained by the use of 

 anthrax vaccine in controlling this disease among sheep, horses, and cattle. During 

 this work the double vaccine was used, the interval between vaccination being 13 

 days. The losses from vaccination did not exceed 1 per cent for sheep and 0.25 per 

 cent for horses and cattle. Immunity against anthrax appeared to exist for a period 

 oi 2 years. — p. fireman. 



Second annual report of the superintendent of government laboratories, 

 P. C. Freer (Ann. Rpt. Philippine Com., 1903, II, pp. 342-387, pis. 13).— The author 

 outlines briefly the growth of the laboratory, the p reparation of serum, and gives an 

 account of the buildings and equipment. Mention is also made of the biological and 

 entomological work in these laboratories. 



A special report on the work of the serum laboratory is p resented by J. W. Jobling. 

 In this laboratory a great amount of work has been done in the preparation of rinder- 

 pest serum and a study of the pathological anatomy of this disease, methods of trans- 

 mission, symptoms, and preventive measures. Various methods of immunization 

 were tested including the use of a mixture of glycerin and bile from affected animals, 

 the serum method, and the defibrinated blood method. 



Report of the director of the biological laboratory, R. P. Strong (Ann. Rpt. 

 1 hilippine ' '<>hi., 1903, II, pp. 411-594, pis. 29, Jigs. 64). — Considerable work was done 

 in this laboratory in a study of amebic dysentery and in making blood tests and 

 doing other routine work for physicians. A special report on trypanosoma, with 

 r< ference to surra in the Philippine Islands, is presented by VV. E. Musgrave and 

 M. T. Clegg. This part of the report has already been noted from another source 

 (E. S. R., 15, pp. 1131 and 1132). 



