STATISTICS MISCELLANEOUS. 197 



Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 1899 ( I'. S. 

 Di/)t. At/r., Bm-idH nf Anhiud Lulustri/ Rpt. IS'jQ, pp. 7!>0, jils. 41, lig^. .}.■-,), — This con- 

 tainsJ the report oi thi- cliief, reviewinji the work of the Bureau during the year; a 

 nuniber of articles noted elsewhere; reprints from the Yearl)ook of the Department 

 for 1899 of articles entitleii Some examples of the development of knowleilge con- 

 cerning animal diseases (E. S. R., 12, p. 488), Administrative work of the Federal 

 Govermnent in relation to the animal industry (K. S. R., 12, p. 488), and Dairy 

 development in the United States (E. S. R., 12, j). 484); reprint of Bulletin 24 of the 

 Bureau entitled Notes upon dairying in California and the export of California but- 

 ter to the Orient (E. S. R., 12, p. 89); reprint of Farmers' Bulletin 100 entitled Hog 

 raising in the South (E. S. R., 11, p. 381); abstracts of 10 station bulletins reporting 

 investigations along lines embraced in animal industry; brief miscellaneous articles 

 taken in part from correspondence and consular reports, dealing with hog cholera 

 and swine i)lague investigations in Iowa, a correction to an article appearing in the 

 report of the Bureau for 1898 on the cattle tick and tuberculosis in New South Wales, 

 sale of American thoroughbred horses in England, the exhibit of the Bureau at the 

 Trans-Mississippi and International F^xposition at Omaha in 1898, experiments with 

 lime-and-sulphur dip, disinfection of hides of cattle shipped to the United States, 

 injury to hides by branding, successful treatment of lumpy jaw, cattle notes of south- 

 western Texas, a report concerning the cattle of Porto Rico, Texas cattle, some 

 statistics of cattle and cattle products of the Argentine Republic, decrease in Cana- 

 dian-British cattle trade, shipments of Venezuelan cattle to Cuba, trade of Liverpool 

 with the United States, United States sausages in (Gibraltar, Germany's wool import, 

 Silesian wool, American boots and shoes in Denmark, leather manufactures in Ger- 

 many, leather industry in Japan, leather industry in Russia, exports and imports of 

 animal products of Cape of Good Hope, Siberian dairy notes, potato bread for horses 

 in Germany, and the distribution of tuburculin, mallein, and blackleg vaccine by 

 the Bureau; a list of sanitary officers for the control of animal diseases in the various 

 States; statistics for 1899 of the number and value of farm animals, the world's wool 

 clip, and the receipts and shipments of farm animals at leading cities; rules and 

 regulations of the Bureau of Animal Industry issued in 1899; and laws for the con- 

 trol of contagious diseases of animals in the different States. The report also 

 contains several statistical articles dealing with the trade of Porto Rico in animals 

 and anin)al products, imports of animals and animal products into the United King- 

 dom, imports and exports of animals and animal products, and the number of live 

 stock in foreign countries. • 



Investigation of the great plains — field notes from trips in eastern 

 Colorado, J. F>. Payxe {Colorado Sta. Bid. 39, pp. 16, ph. 2, map 1). — The author 

 traveled over 1,300 miles, mainly in Kit Carson and Arapahoe counties, interviewing 

 settlers and obtaining information as to the methods employed and results obtained 

 in tree planting, fruit growing, and stock raising. Notes are also given on methods 

 of irrigation, the results obtained with different field crops, character of the soil, 

 weeds, insects, etc. 



Farm and dairy industries of America, C. >^E\hEy {Queenslaitd Agr. Jour., 

 8 {1901), Xo. 1, pp. 12-16'). — A report on an extended t()ur tlirough Canada and the 

 United States. 



Perfume farm in Western Australia {(Queensland Ayr. Jour., 8 {1901), No. S, pp. 

 215, 216, fig. 1). — A description of a perfume farm lately started in Western Aus- 

 tralia. Wild verbena is the plant principally grown at the present time. An illus- 

 trated description is given of a box successfully used in extracting scent from 

 tiowers. 



The plant breeding station at Svalof in Sweden {Milt. Deut. Landw. GesclL, 

 16 {1901), Xo. 9, pp. 49-6I). — An article giving the history and describing the man- 

 agement and iJurjMjse of the institution. 



