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The plans are also outlines for improving the three local breeds of buffji- 

 loes by the use of Delhi sires brought in by the government. The cost «»f 

 raising young buffalo stock is also estimated. The expenses per head, except 

 where grazing is cheap, were found to exceed the value of an adult of the 

 native breeds. 



Buffaloes' milk collected at the dairy for analysis in 1917 (146 samples) 

 averaged 7.1 per cent of butter fat, while the cows' milk (37 samples) aver- 

 aged 4.2 per cent. To produce a i^ound of butter required 11 lbs. of buffaloes' 

 milk or 19.5 lbs. of cows' milk. 



Fifth annual report of the creamery license division for the year ending 

 March 31, 1919, O. E. Reed and T. H. Broughton (Indiana Sta. Circ. 03 (1919), 

 pp. 3-56, /i(/s. Ji). — This rep<^rt contains the names of licensed testers in Indiana, 

 a list classilied by counties of the licensed creameries, cream stations, milk 

 stations, condenseries, etc., in the State, and miscellaneous matter similar 

 to that in preceding reports (B. S. Il.,39, p. 8S4). 



VETEEINAEY MEDICIITE. 



Report of the twenty-second annual meeting of the United States Live 

 Stock Sanitary Association (Rpt. U. S. Lvvo Stack Sanit. Assoc, 22 (1918), pp. 

 VIII +213, figs. 14 ) . — This report of the proceedings of the annual meeting held 

 at Chica.w, December 2 to 4, 1918, includes the foUowinjx papers: Tubercu- 

 losis Eradication, by J. A. Kiernan (pp. 29-52) (E. S. K.,40, p. 681); The 

 Retest of Reacting Cattle, by J. G. Wills (pp. 53-84) ; Efficiency Principles 

 Applied to tlie Animal Tuberculosis Problem, by B. II. Rogers (pp. 84-95) ; 

 Blackleg Immunization, by A, Eichhorn (pp. 102-112) ; Hemorrhagic Septi- 

 cemia, by R. Graham and E. Records (pp. 113-124) ; Some Phases of Para- 

 sitism, by A. T. Kinsley (pp. 125-134) ; Necrobacillosis, by C. P. Fitch (pp. 

 135-147) (E. S. R., 41, p. 87) ; Relation of the Sanitarian to the Stock Breeder, 

 by D. A. Wallace (pp. 161-163) ; Observations Concerning the Dissemination 

 of Hog Cholera by Insects, by M. Dorset, E. N. McBryde, W. B. JSTiles, and 

 J. H. Rietz (pp. 163-174) (E. S. R., 41, p. 578). Reports of committees re- 

 lating to hog cholrea control, tick eradication, accredited hci-ds, tuberculosis 

 eradication, infectious abortion, etc., are included. 



Report on operations of the veterinary sanitary service of Paris and the 

 Department of the Seine during the year 1917, H. Maktel (Rap. Op6r. Scrv. 

 V6t. Sanit. Paris et D6pt. Seine, 1917, pp. 150, figs. 6). — This is the usual annual 

 report (E. S. R., 39, p. 679), with the usual tabular data. 



Annual administration report of the civil veterinary department in Balu- 

 chistan for the official year, 1918-19, J. G. Catteli. (Ann. Admin. Rid. Cia. 

 Vet. Dept. Balucliista7i, 1918-19, pp. 14). — This report includes tabular data 

 wiiich show the number of deaths from contagious diseases among animals 

 (luring the year under report. 



Annual administration report of the Bombay Veterinary College and civil 

 veterinary department in the Bombay Presidency (including Sind) (Ann. 

 Admin. Rpt. Bombay Vet. Col. and Civ. Vet. Dept. Bombay, 1916-17, pp. 58; 

 1917-18, pp. 52). — These reports include data on the number of deaths from 

 contagious disease's among animals. 



Theory of invasion by infective agents, A. G. McKendrick (Indian Jour. 

 Med. Research, 6 (1919), Ko. 4, pp. 614-632, figs. 6). — Certain considerations re- 

 garding the formation of antibodies in response to the invasion of the body by 

 infective agents are discussed and summarized as follows: 



"The introduction of organisms (or their products) into the body system 

 causes an acceleration in the rate of production of antibodies. It is reasonable 



