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Feeding for milk (Mi>isis>iippi Sla. Rpt. 1S93, pp. 30-32). — Short accounts of work 

 ineviously pulilislicd in Bulletins 13 and 15 and reprinted in the Annual Reports of 

 the station for 1890 nud 1891 (E. S. R., 2, pp. 362, 658; 3, pp. 166, 875). 



Salting cow^s (Mississ'qypi Sin. Rpt. 1893, p. 33). — A reprint from the Annual Report 

 of the station for 1888 (E. S. Bui. 2, pt. 1, p. 108). 



Milking {JJissis-sippi Sia. lipt. 1S93, pp. 32, 33). — A reprint from the Annual Report 

 of the station for 1888 (E. S. Bnl. 2, pt. 1, p. 108). 



The preparation of food for swine, Werxkr (Braunschw. huulw. Zfg., 63 ( t.^95), 

 jVo. 4, pp. 14, 15). — Grinding and steaming grain, the ]»reparatiou of potatoes and 

 Jerusalem artichokes and roots, the effect of dillcrent foods on character of flesh 

 and lard, and the amounts of diflereut foods required to produce 1 kg. of increase 

 in live weight are briefly discussed. 



VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



Cerebro spinal meningitis in horses, A. T. ISTeale {I)elau-are Sta. 

 Rpt. 1893^ i)p. 23-30). — The subjects treated are the prevalence, symp- 

 toms, postmortem appearances, theories as to the causes, and experi- 

 mental studies on the causes of tliis disease. 



The following food stuffs were suspected of having caused the 

 disease: Good corn silage, decayed corn silage, musty-blade fodder, 

 musty-top fodder, mu.sty oats, and Avheat bran. All of these foods were 

 fed to animals believed to be susceptible, but with negative results. 

 German veterinarians believe that wheat cockle {A grostemma git hago) 

 under certain conditions that are not well understood causes death in 

 horses. Hens fed largely on ground cockle died, their symptoms 

 being those of narcotic ])oisoning. But another Hock of fowls ate per- 

 fectly dry cockle seed without visible injury; grain screenings contain- 

 ing a large pro])ortion of cockle were fed to a colt with negative results. 

 The results were also negative when screenings were first fermented and 

 afterwards dried and ground. 



To determine whether stinking smut of wheat {TiUetia kevis) had 

 any connection with meningitis, wheat bran infested with this fungus 

 was fed to a horse with negative results. The feeding of oats contain- 

 ing Aspergillus fumigatus also gave negative results. 



Hydrophobia in farm stock, A. T. ^eale and P. Gibier ( Dela- 

 icare Sta. Rpt. 1893, pp. 48-59, Jig. 1). — Two outbreaks of hydrophobia 

 in Delaware are noted. A general discussion of hydrophobia and an 

 abstract of the German laws on the subject are given, as well as brief 

 notes on a horse and dog successfully treated with vaccine after being 

 bitten. 



"A temperature of 70° C. (158^^ F.) will destroy the microbe [of hydrophobia] 

 after a few minutes' exposure; desiccation destroys it in a few hours . . . and acids 

 and disinfectants destroy it easily; but it resists putrefaction for a time and keeps its 

 virulent properties for several weeks when it is kept cold. . . . The virus of hydro- 

 phobia can be put with impunity in contact with the skin or taken through the 

 mouth without causing any disturbance. . . . The almost unique way of propagat- 

 ing the disease is by a bite. ... It is not necessary to submit the stables or yards 

 in which cattle atFected with rabies have been conflned lo the same disinfection 

 which would be required for anthrax or glanders. Washing with hot water contain- 



