1J11ft l RURAL ENGINEERING. |s;; 



An epizootic of poliomyelitis among: dogs. H. (Jiairiv and W. I.. JoHl 

 {Med. Ree. [.v. F.]. 92 (1917), No. 80, pp. 999 8 1 '. ft** 8; so«. In /ow. '/n,,,. 

 fcferf. and ////.»/. [London], tl (1918), No. 8, pp. 34 86). The authors report apon 

 m small epizootic among collie dogs .-it Jamaica, N. v., in which the lestona round 



In tho central nervous system were similar to those which ;irv found in . . • 

 of poliomyelitis in man. A Gram-negative, pleomorphic bacillus was Isolated, 

 a culture of which upon Intravenous Inoculation Into a young dog dally for four 

 successive days resulted in the appearance <>f typical symptoms (paraplegia and 



fever) and lesions. 



In referring to a similar epidemic reported by Plerson among Eskimo d 

 (E. S. R., 30, p. 781). it is pointed out that the collie ;md Eskimo doga are l 

 relatives. 



The anatomy of the domestic fowl, I?. F. Katjpp {Philadelphia and London: 

 W. />'. Saunders Co., 1918, pp. 873, pi. l, figs. 88; rev. in Cornell Vet., 9 {1919), 

 No. 1, pp. 68-65). — The subject is dealt with under die headings of osteology 

 <pp- 17-55), arthrology (pp. ~>n 69), myology (pp. 70 134), splanchnology (pp. 

 185-168), the urogenital system (pp. 169-189), the ductless glands (pp. 190 -205), 

 angiology (pp. 200-263), neurology (pp. 2»M 3(12). osthosiologv (pp. 303 308), 

 structure of appendages (pp. 309-317). and embryology of the chick (pp. 

 318 353), and includes an outline for laboratory study of the chick and a 

 bibliography Of 19 titles. 



Observations on an outbreak of favus, R. A. BEACH and J. 0. II u pin (Jour. 

 Agr. Research [U. ft], 15 (1918), \o. 7. pp. 415 lis, pi. t).— This is a report of 

 studies of favus, due to Achorion schonlcinii, made ;it the Wisconsin Experiment 

 St;it ion, in which State several severe outbreaks of the disease have occurred 

 among poultry during the last few years. 



The experiments show that "favus is primarily a wonnd-infection disease of 

 the unfeathered parts of the head. It occurs usually as an enzootic. An oint- 

 ment composed of vaseline and formaldehyde is an effective remedy. Infection 

 by the digestive tract is impossible. Intravenous inoculations are Incapable of 

 Starting infections. The organism isolated and studied by us is specific, as 

 shown by the fact that typical cases of the disease were produced in hens inocu- 

 lated with laboratory cultures." 



A chromogenic bacillus from a case of roup, B. F. Kavpp (Jour, hi fret. 

 Diseases, 23 {1918), Xo. 6, pp. 568-571). — This is a report of studies made :it 

 the North Carolina Experiment Station of a new chromogenic bacillus which 

 was obtained in an almost pure culture in smears from the lower third of 

 the trachea of a fowl affected with roup. This bacillus, to which no name is 

 given, is highly pathogenic for rabbits, killing of septicemia in from 10 to L'n 

 hours, and shows some pathogenic properties for fowls when injected into 

 injured tissues. 



RURAL ENGINEERING. 



Legislation concerning water rights, O. W. Israki.sf.n (Utah stn. Cirr. 88 

 ( WIS), pp. 3-26, fig. 1). — This circular brings out the salient points of legisla- 

 tion in the Western Stiites concerning water rights for Irrigation. It Is brought 

 out that nearly every available means Of increasing the water supply of Utah 

 and of other Western States is in some degree dependent on water rlghta It 

 is the opinion of the author that legislation concerning water rights, to be 

 complete, must provide for (1) the acquirement of new rights, (2) the defining 

 of rights which have vested through use, and (3) the public distribution of 

 water according to established rights. Rights to water which have become 

 vested through use before laws governing the acquirement of rights wera 



