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have it killed without appraisal or payment. The expense of killing 

 and burying is borne by the State. If after slaughter the animal proves 

 free from the disease for which it was condemned a reasonable sum 

 shall be paid to tlie owner by tbe State : ^^ Provided, hoicever, That when- 

 ever any cattle afflicted with the disease of tuberculosis are killed under 

 the i)rovisions of this section one half of the value thereof at the time 

 of slaughter for food or milk purposes, and witliout taking into consid- 

 eration the existence of such disease, shall be paid to the owner thereof 

 out of the treasury of the Commonwealth if such animal has been 

 within the State G months continuously prior to its being killed, 

 provided such person shall not have, prior thereto, willfully concealed 

 the existence of tuberculosis or by act or willful neglect contributed to 

 the spread of such disease.'' 



Cattle coming into the State from other States may be seized and 

 quarantined at the exi^ense of the owners or consignees, or may be killed 

 witliout appraisal or payment for the same. Texas cattle or other cat- 

 tle of this class shall not be driven outside the stock yards contrary 

 to an order of the board of cattle commissioners, and such cattle shall 

 be kept in different pens from those in which other cattle are kept. 



The contagious diseases covered by this act are glanders, farcy, con- 

 tagious pleuro pneumonia, tuberculosis, Texas fever, foot-and-mouth 

 disease, rinderpest, hog cholera, and rabies. 



Experimental study of symptomatic chaibon and its relations to malignant 

 CBdema, H. Duenschmanx (Ann. Inst. I'astenr, S {1804), No. 6, jjp. 403-434). 



Tuberculosis in domestic animals, G. Schneidemuhl {Fiihling's landw. ZUj., 43 

 (1S94), No. 13, pp. 397-405). — A discussion of means of dissemination, diagnosis, and 

 prevention. 



The Koch test for tuberculosis, H. P. Armsby {Fennsijlvanla Sta. Rpt. 1S92, pp. 

 94-97).— A reprint from Bulletin 21 of the station (E. S. R., 4, p. 359). 



Report of the special committee on abortion in cattle, J. II. Thorold {Jour. 

 Boy. Jf/r. Sac. Enyhind, scr. 3, 5 {1394) No. IS, pp. 313-317). — A brief history of the 

 disease, summary of breeders' evidence, and recommendations. 



Spaying cows, W. J. S. McKay {Agl. Gaz. N. S. IF., .7 (1894), No. 5, pp. 334-344, 

 figs. 12). — An account of implements, stanchions, methods of oiierating, and results 

 of spaying 12 head of cattle. 



Tuberculosis, L. Pearson (Pennsylvania Sta. lipt. 1892, pp. 98-107). — A reprint 

 from Bulletin 21 of the station (E. S. R., 4, p. 359). 



Typhoid fever, H. L. IJolley, North Dakota Sta. Bui. 13, Apr., 1894, pp. 27-31, 

 fig. 1). — A general discussion of typlioid fever, of the organism iiroduciug it, and ot 

 the precautious necessary to prevent the spread of the disease. 



DAIRYING. 



The investigations of J. Lehmann on the casein of human milk 

 and cows' milk, W. Hempel {rfii<jcr\^ Arch. Pht/Kiol., 50, Ro. 10, 11, 

 and 12, pp. .558-578).— The late Prof. Julius Lehmann, of Dresden, 

 devoted the last years of his life to the study of the chemical nature of 



