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Manufacture of soft cheese, E. B. von Heyne {Hoard's Dairyman, 33 {1901), 

 No. IS, p. 3S4). — Methods employed in the manufacture of Fromage de Brie, Camem- 

 bert, and Neufchatel cheese in Minnesota. 



Condition of the cheese industry in New Zealand, J. A. Ruddick {Arner. 

 Chemnnahr, 16 {1901), Xo. 184, PP- 1,~)- 



Dairy products at the Paris Exposition of 1900, H. E. Alvoro ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr. Yearbook 1900, pp. 599-6;24, pis. 5). — A detailed account of the exhibits of differ- 

 ent countries and the awards of the jury. 



VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



The stock-poisoning' plants of Montana, preliminary report, V. K. Chesnut 

 and E. V. Wilcox ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Division of Botany Bui. 26, pp. 150, pis. 37). — 

 This bulletin contains a report on an investigation of the poisonous plants of the 

 State during 1900, together with observations previously made along the same line. 

 The subjects considered in the report include the following: Summer and winter ranges 

 for sheep; effect of alkali on stock; herding and other details of the management of 

 sheep; water supply on the ranges; altitude of the ranges; climatic conditions of the 

 season of 1900; influence of heavy rain storms, snow storms, driving and trailing sheep, 

 hunger, state of vegetation, and stage of the growth of plants, upon the poisoning of 

 sheep; acclimatization of stock to the range; variation and localization of the poisonous 

 substances in plants; variations in the feeding habits of stock, with reference to poison- 

 ous plants; extent of stock poisoning; experiments on rabbits; displacing poisonous 

 plants by forage plants; herding stock away from dangerous areas; eradication of 

 poisonous plants by digging; popular methods of treating poisoned animals; per- 

 manganate of potash as a chemical antidote and directions for using it; method of 

 drenching; bloat; nonpoisonous plants which are mechanically dangerous, and a 

 special discussion of the more important poisonous plants, species of less importance, 

 plants which are suspected of being poisonous, and doubtful plants which have been 

 suspected. The most important poisonous plants of Montana are considered to be 

 Zygadenus venenosus. Delphinium glaucum, D. bicolor, Cicuta occidentalis, Aragallus 

 spicatus, A. lagopus, A. splendens, Lupinus leucophyllus, L. sericeus, and L. cyaneus. 

 Besides these more important species, evidence is given on the poisonous nature of 

 12 plants of less economic importance, and brief notes are given on the economic 

 value or harmlessness of 14 species which have been suspected by stockmen of being 

 poisonous. Besides these species brief notes are given on 23 other plants which 

 have been suspected of being poisonous, but concerning which evidence is not suffi- 

 cient to warrant a positive declaration. 



Many experiments were made in the treatment of poisoned animals and especially 

 promising results were obtained from the use of permanganate of potash as an oxi- 

 dizing agent to be administered as soon as possible after the symptoms of poisoning 

 are manifested. From experiments with this substance on sheep and cattle it was 

 found that the majority of animals recover from the effects of poisoning rather rap- 

 idly after administration of solutions of potassium permanganate directly into the 

 stomach. The methods for administering the permanganate included drenching the 

 animals and injecting through the body walls directly into the stomach. No strik- 

 ing advantage was noted in favor of one or the other method, but the direct injec- 

 tion into the stomach is perhaps to be preferred where the stockman has had some 

 experience in administering medicines in this manner. 



Experiments on sheep and cattle were supplemented by numerous experiments on 

 rabbits during which these animals were fed on specimens of suspected plants or 

 extracts made from these plants. 



Some poisonous plants of the northern stock ranges, V. K. Chesnut ( T. .V. 

 Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1900, jjp. 305-3U, pis. 3, figs. .#).— This article contains notes on 



