CONTENTS. Vn 



Page. 



Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense), Giissow 281 



Diagnosing infections with the Preisz-Nocard bacillus, Forgeot and C'esari 281 



Diagnosing anthrax with bone maiTow, Wul£f 281 



Epizootic abortion in the mare, Dassonville and Rivifere 281 



Persistence of B. abortus in tissues of inoculated animals, Fabyan. 282 



A note on the presence of B. abortus in cow's milk, Fabyan 282 



Excretion of abortion bacillus in milk of infected animals, Zwick and Krage . . 282 



The destruction of the virus of foot-and-mouth disease in manure, Loeffier 283 



Influence of subcutaneous mallein test on examination of the blood, Marcis 284 



The laboratory diagnosis of glanders, Wade 284 



The pathologic anatomy of chronic diarrhea in bovines, Moussu and Faroy . 284 



Present status of vaccination against coast fever, Wolfel 284 



The comparative pathogenicity of Johne's bacillus, Twort and Craig 285 



In regard to our knowledge of Malta fever, Izar 285 



Experiments on the efficiency of antirinderpest serum. Ward and Wood 285 



Use of antiformin for detecting open tuberculosis, Schmitt and Proscholdt 285 



Tissues rich in tuberculous granulation as antigens, Gaucher et al 285 



Fowl tuberculosis, so-called fowl leukemia, and normal fowl blood, Burckhardt 285 



Prevalence of human and bovine types in bone and joint tuberculosis, Eraser.. 286 



The early stages of tuberculosis in bovines, Joest and Kracht-Palejeff 286 



Combating tuberculosis among bovines in barns, von Amim 286 



The repression of tuberculosis in dairy herds, Stewart 287 



Action of arsenical dips in protecting cattle from ticks, Graybill 287 



[Epidemic interstitial pulmonary emphysema in milch cows], Knese 287 



Hookworm disease in sheep and other animals 287 



Fixed hog cholera virus, Reichel 287 



A tj-phoid-like disease in rabbits caused by Bacillus suipesticus, Ordway et al . . . 288 



Bacillary white diarrhea of young chicks, Rettger et al 288 



RURAL ENGINEERING. 



Civil engineer's pocketbook, Frye 289 



Facta, figures, and formulas for irrigation engineers, compiled by Buckley 289 



Ninth biennial report of state board of irrigation, highways and drainage 289 



Seepage losses in irrigation systems, Hopson 289 



Earth reservoir dams, Meyers 289 



Yakima Indian Reservation drainage project, Martin 289 



The drainage experimental field in Josephsdorf, Kjiiger 290 



United States Government specifications for Portland cement 290 



Specifications for drain tile and sewer pipe, Marston, Dean, and Warrington. . . 290 



Studies of coefficient of friction in reenforced concrete pipe, Newell 290 



Concreting in cold weather 291 



Papers, addresses, and resolutions before the American Road Congress 291 



Proceedings of third convention of Inter-Mountain Good Roads Association. . . 291 



Proceedings of tenth meeting of Ontario Good Roads Association, 1912 291 



Jacket water requirements of internal combustion engines, Trautschold 292 



Reciprocating pump curves, Daniels 292 



Slippage of reciprocating pump, Baer 292 



New features in construction and operation of plowing implements, Gisevius. . 292 



Report of test^ of potato sprayers, Lako et el 292 



The army horseshoer 292 



[Plans for the construction of a swine-fattening establishment], von Braun 292 



How to build a "hendwel" to house 1,000 hens, Lawry 293 



Improved New York gasoline-heated colony-house brooding system, Rogers. . . 293 



A new type of sewage sedimentation tank. Mount Washington, Md., Oliver... 293 



Mosquito extermination and its problems, Winship 293 



RURAL ECONOMICS. 



The farmer of to-morrow, Anderson 293 



Farm accounts, Orwin 293 



Commerce and products of agriculture, Poher 293 



The problem of agricultural distribution, Butterfield 294 



Marketing farm products, Spillman 294 



Farmers' selling agencies, Teimey 294 



Organizations for furthering agriculture, Eliessling 294 



