1008 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



OklaliDina, Kansas, Missouri, ami In<liaii Tci ritnry wliicli affect flic slii]iiii('iit of cattle 

 from and into Arkansas. 



Report of inspectors of stock for the year ended March 31, 1903, T. A. 

 FuASKK ET Ai;. {Ncw Zealand Jkpl. A<jr. Itpt. lOO.i, ])j>. 04-189). — Detailed reports are 

 presented for various inspectons in different parts of New Zealand regardinj^ the con- 

 dition of fjrazin^ lands and ])astures and the prevalence of diseases in different farm 

 animals. Notes an' also j^iven on slaus^hterhonse inspecti<jn, the destruction of inju- 

 rious mammals an<l hirds, the inspection of milk in daii'ies, and other related topics. 



Veterinary, sanitary, and zootechnical problems of the Steppes, A. I. 

 Kasatkin {Arch. Vet. Nank, St. Petersiiarg, S.i [190.3), Nos. 11, pp. 11(10-1200; 12, pp. 

 1S2G-1357). — Notes are ^iven on the most important diseases which prevail among 

 domestic animals in the regions of the Russian Steppes, ami also on the various 

 problems of hi-eeding and care of these animals. 



Interstate veterinary conference [Agr. Jour. Cape Good Hope, 24 {1904), No. 1, 

 pp. 81-90). — A conference was held November 4-(), 1903, at Bloemfontein, at which 

 representatives of all the British South African States, German South ^Vest Africa, 

 and Pijrtuguese East Africa were present, for the purpose of discussing measures 

 calculated to suppress animal diseases in South Africa. 



I). Hutcheon S{)oke on the subject of pleuro-pneumonia and rinderpest. In the 

 discu.ssion regarding these diseases Koch stated his opinion as being that immunity 

 against rinderpest was best accomplished by the use of pure serum. Other speakers 

 agreed with Koch, but Flintoff referred to satisfactory experience which he had had 

 in Orange River Colony in the use of bile. Dr. Koch also piresented an account of 

 the African Coast fever. In the discussion of this trouble A. Theiler argued that 

 this disease would probably be confined to the areas in which ordinary Texas fever 

 is at present found. A resolution was adr)pted to the effect that the different govern- 

 ments of South Africa be requested to collect information and conduct experiments 

 with regard to the possibility of exterminating ticks. 



The subject of sheep scab was also discussed by AVoollatt, Hutcheon, Tooke, and 

 others. Hutcheon defended the use of the lime-sulphur dip, which he stated pos- 

 sessed an efficacy superior to that of most dips. 



The imperial la^v concerning' food animals and meat inspection of June 3, 

 1900, with related decrees of the Federal Council {Das Reklisgenetz Jjetreffeiid 

 die ScJdachtricJi- vnd Flehrldn'schan. Berlin: Carl Ileipininn, 1903, pp. 381). — A copy of 

 the text of the German imperial meat inspection law is given, together with vari- 

 ous decrees of the Federal Council by which the different sections of the law were 

 put in force and recent decisions of Prussian authorities regarding the execution of 

 the law in the control of meat traffic and animal diseases. 



Necrosis as the result of Bacillus necrophorus, H. A. Vermfalex {Tijihchr. 

 VeearUenijk. Maandhlad, 30 {1902), No. 3, pp. 102-111).— The literature of this sub- 

 ject is briefly discussed. The author presents detailed clinical notes on a number of 

 cases which came under his observation. In 1 case in a cow the liver was exten- 

 sively affected with the process of necrosis, while all other organs were found to be 

 in a normal condition. Notes are also given on the occurrence of Bacillus necroplior 

 Tus in cases of quittor and a brief account is given of the biology of the necrosis 

 bacillus. 



Gangrenous broncho-pneumonia caused by the a^xms of grasses, Dubois {Rer. 

 Yet. T(mlouse, 28 {1903), No. 9, pp. 542-546). — In a numlier of cases of broncho- 

 pneumonia which were characterized as gangrenous and evidently developed from 

 small foci the author found that the means of infection was furnished by punctures 

 produced by the awns of Hordenm murinum. 



Hair balls in sheep, J. A. Voelcker {Aiiahii<t, 28 {1903), No. 330, p. 203, figs. 

 2). — From 1 to 50 hair balls were found in the first stomach of laml)s and in some 

 cases caused death. A microscopical examination showed that these balls were 

 aggregations of the soft downy hairs which are fmnxl maiidy on the florets. 



