778 EXPERIMENT STATIOX RECORD. 



importiinco in iue:it iu.si)ecUuii (pp. 102-1'.).".); preservation uf uieal— tanlviuf: 

 of condemned meut (pp. 19G, 197) ; legal regulation of meat inspection in the 

 T'nitecl States 0>1>- 108-240) ; and educational requirements for inspectors (pp. 

 241-254). All material not applicable to American conditions has been omitted. 

 Some 80 pages relating to German laws, regulations, and diseases which do not 

 occur in the I'nitod States have thus been replaced with American laws, regula- 

 tions, and ediicalional nMpiircnients for insjiectors, and matter relating to dis- 

 eases not discussed by the author. The most recent regulations of this Depart- 

 ment governing meat insi)ection are noted al>ove. 



Handbook of meat inspection, It. von Ostkutag (JI and b tick drr FlciHih- 

 heiichuu. atuttgart: Ferdinand Enlce, 6. rev. and enl. cd., vol. 2, pt.i. 1 {1910), 

 pp. T//+//7.2, figs. 120; 2 {1913), pp. XVl-\-890, pis. 3, figs. 258).— The sixth 

 revised and enlarged edition of this work (E. S. R., IG, p. 06), 



Stock poisoning- plants of California, II. M. Hall and II. S. Yatj:.s {Cali- 

 foniia »s7(/. liitl. 2.'i!l {191.',). yp. 219-2'/7, fiu-s. 7). — Among the more important 

 ])oisonous plants here dealt with are the water hemlock (Cicuta sp.), death 

 camas {Ziigadc^ius rcncwo.sf/.s). larkspurs ( Dclphiniiirn spp.). milkweeds ( As- 

 clepias spp.). lupines {Lupinii.^ spP-). 5<J(-**^' weeds (Astrai/aJus- spi).), etc. A 

 bibliograi)hy is appended. 



Some observations on arsenical dipping fluids, I^. Cohkx (Agr. (Saz. N. 8. 

 Walci^, 25 {1914), No. Jl, pp. 937-9Ji.'i). — This pajier discusses the iiveparation of 

 standard dip fluid and the maintenance of standard strength. 



[First biennial report of the office of state veterinarian], \V. II. Lytlk 

 (Bicn. Rpt. Greg. Lice Hiock ^<niit. lid.. I {1913-1',). pp. l',-.',l). — This report 

 deals with milk and meat hygiene; diagnostic serums; curative and r-reventive 

 vaccines; and the various infectious disea.ses which occurred in Oregon during 

 the year Rabbit eradication is also briefly discussed. 



Report of proceedings under the diseases of animals acts for the years 

 1912 and 1913 {Dept. Agr. and Tech. InMr. Irchnid, Rpt. Diseases Anim.. 1912, 

 pp. 55; 1913, pp. 63, pi. 1). — The.se annual reports (E. S. R.. 27, p. 781) deal 

 with the occurrence of the infectious diseases of domestic animals scheduled 

 under the diseases of animals acts in Ireland. Much statistical data relating 

 thereto are ai>i)ended to the reix>rts. 



Determination of the protein content of the serum of domesticated ani- 

 mals by refractometry, G. Csoxka {Kozhni. O.'^szeliasonl. I'Aet cs Kortnn 

 Korebol, 10 {1913), No. 7S, pp. 257-292, figs. 2; al)S. in Berlin. Ticrdrztl. 

 Wchnschr., 29 {1913), No. 46. p. 820). — The refraction coefficient of the blood 

 .'-•eruni of sound animals is very variable, but between 1.345 and 1.35185. An 

 abnormal increase in the refraction occurs when the animals receive too little 

 water or lose much water, as in the dysentery noted in intestinal forms of hog 

 cholera. An abnormally low coefficient is noted in cardiac and renal insuffi- 

 ciency, in anemic and cachectic conditions, especially in distomatosis of sheep. 



The refraction is a sensitive method for detecting hydramuia. In heart dis- 

 eases it is possible by the method to note the variation in the utilization of feed- 

 .stuffs by the circulating blood and also to determine the variation in velocity of 

 the circulation. The cryoscopic method is jireferable for determining the degree 

 of renal insufficiency. 



Anthrax or charbon. — Points of popular interest, H. Morris (Louisiana 

 8tas. Bui. 152 {1915), pp. 3-11. figs. 3). — This bulletin answers in brief form 

 questions regarding the nature and control of anthrax. 



Foot-and-mouth disease {Jour. Bd. Agr. [London], 21 {1915). No. 10. pp. 

 873-S77. pis. 2). — A brief sununarized account. 



Dealing with foot-and-mouth disease, W. J. Hartman (Breeder's Gaz., 67 

 {1915). No. 7. pp. 331, 832. figs. 9). — It is pointed out that while the disease 



