1916] CONTENTS. VII 



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Immunity: Methods of diagnosis and therapy, Citron, trans, by Garbat 73 



A laboratory course in serum study, Zinsser, Hopkins, and Ottenberg 73 



Ftnther researches on combined vaccines, Castellani 73 



The origin of the antibodies of the lymph, Becht and Luckhardt 73 



Studies on the Abderhalden reaction, Weise 73 



Fixation of salvarsan and neosalvarsan by tlie blood, Young 74 



Identification of antlirax by the precipitation method, Schutz and Pfoiler 74 



Experiments in vaccination against anthrax, Eichhorn 74 



Proceedings of conference on combating foot-and-mouth disease, Chicago, 1915. 74 



Foot-and-mouth disease in man, Sutton and O'Donnell 75 



Active immunization against glanders, Marxer 75 



Leishmaniasis in animals, Laveran 75 



The Negri bodies in some animals which hibernate, Sanfelice 75 



Inliibitory properties of magnesium sulphate and application in tetanus, Meltzer 75 



Tuberculosis in the dog and cat, Blair 75 



Graphic chiu'ts 75 



Monascus 'purpureas not a causative factor in forage poisoning, Himmelberger. 76 



Investigations on the intestinal flora of healthy oxen, Fischer 76 



Contagious abortion in cattle in Rhodesia, Bevan 76 



Coccidiosis in cattle and cai'abaoa in the Philippine Islands, Schultz 76 



The distribution and abundance of the ox warbles, Bishopp 76 



The treatment of Johne's disease, M'Fadyean, Sheather, and Edwards 76 



Studies on Texas fever. First communication, Sd and Cunha 77 



The occurrence of pleomorphism and mutation among members of the hemor- 

 rhagic septicemia group of organisms, M 'Gowan and Chung Yik Wang 77 



Vaccinations against hemorrhagic septicemia, Hardenbergh and Boeruer, jr. . . 77 



Septicxmia pluriformis ovium and its control, Raebiger et al 77 



Sheep scab, Imes 78 



Nematode parasites observed in the alimentary canal of sheep, Boulenger. ... 78 



Ostertagia tri/urcata in the abomasum of a sheep in England, Cave 78 



[Hog-cholera studies] 78 



Hog cholera and its prevention by the use of antihog-cholera serum, Flowe. . . 78 



Stamping out hog cholera, Connaway 78 



Final report of the departmental committee to inquire into swine fever 78 



A plerocercoid found lu the pig, Ratz 79 



Occurrence and importance of Strongyloides longus in swine, Reisinger 79 



Swine tuberculosis and possibility of practical control, Bang and Holm 79 



A hyperimmune serum for infectious abortions in mares. Good and Sniilli. ... 80 



Nature, cause, and therapy of pernicious anemia of the horse, Seyderhelm. ... 80 



Swamp fever 80 



A little-known rabbit ear mite (Psoroptes niniculi), Duckett 80 



Transmission from mother to offspring of immunity against fowl cholera, Hadley. 80 



On the anatomy of a fowl tapeworm, Amoebotpenia sphenoides, Meggitt 81 



RURAL ENGINEERING. 



A new irrigation weir, Cone 81 



Fourth report of the Department of Engineering of California, 1912-1914 82 



Report on irrigation for the year 1914 82 



Duty of water experiments and farm demonstration work 82 



Report on climatic and soil conditions near Calgary, Alberta 82 



Geology and water resources of Sulphm- Spring Valley, Meinzer and Kelton ... 83 



The Ohio water problem, Sherman 83 



Flood protection in Indiana, Hatt 83 



Report from the water laboratory, Barnard 83 



Limits of potability of the waters of the Province of Buenos Aires, Mazza 83 



Sewage treatment and disposal, Ashley 83 



Activated sludge method in England 83 



A new method of land clearing, Scudder 84 



Eleventh Convention of American Road Builders' Association, 1914 84 



Mineral composition and rock structure of road materials, Lord 84 



New penetration needle for testing bituminous materials. Reeve and Pritchard . 85 



The use of hydrated lime in Oregon State concrete roads, Edwards 8G 



Loading of bridge floors 86 



Charts for estimating the strength of bolts, Fisher 87 



Explosion period in gas engine, King 87 



