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prophylaxis of the disease, [n controlling fowl plague, it is recommended that the 

 shipment of living or dead I tin Is from infected localities be absolutely prohibited and 

 that thorough disinfectant measures be put in operation. 



RURAL ENGINEERING.* 



Irrigation work in cooperation with the Office of Experiment Stations, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, 1903 and 1904, .1. '.. Henry and 

 < ». II. Elling Kansas Sta. /»'"/. 1X8, pp. 279-286,301 S15). — An account is given of 

 prospecting for underground water :it the Fori I [aj - Substation, tin- sinking of wells, 

 the installation of a t-in. vertical centrifugal pump, and the utilization of the water 

 supply thus secured in the irrigation <>t' a variety of crops, including corn, Kafir corn, 

 sorghum, potatoes, cabbage, Boy beans, cowpeas, mangels, and Bugar beets, with obser- 

 vations "ii tin- cost <>t' sinking the well and irrigating by this means. 



The experiments in L903 were of a preliminary character ami were rendered incon- 

 clusive by the heavy rains during the growing season. In L904 "the irrigation work 

 was considerably extended and good results were obtained. However, it appears 

 that the method of pumping water is loo expensive to warrant irrigating the common 

 crops. Potatoes ami other vegetables, ami perhaps a Italia, will give profitable returns 

 for irrigation." 



Conference on water conservation and irrigation (Sydney: Gov. Prink r, /.'"/". 

 //.. K.XIX .::. maps 8). — This is an account of the proceedings of a conference of 

 delegates from different parts of New South Wales, called by the prime minister of 

 the colony to consider mainly the legal rights of the colony in the water of the Mur- 

 ray River and its tributaries, particularly with the view to making an effective agree- 

 ment among the three states interested regarding the utilization of these water- for 

 purposes of water conservation, irrigation, and navigation. The draft of a proposed 

 law covering the case is given. 



Water conservation and the equitable distribution of water for irrigation 

 and other purposes, II. <J. McKinney [Jour, mnl Proc. Roy. Soc. A*. S. Wales, Engin. 

 Sri., .;; (1908), [>i>. V-XIV).—A brief preliminary discussion of this subject as 

 applied to New South Wales conditions. 



Property in water, (J. Cbamier (Jour, and Proc. Roy. Soc. A'. S. Wales, Engin. 

 Sect., S? I 1908), />/'. XIV-XXII1 I.— A discussion of riparian rights as affecting use of 

 water in irrigation in New South Wales. 



Irrigation geologically considered with special reference to the artesian 

 area of New South Wales, E. F. Pittman and T. W. E. David (Jour, and Proc. 

 Roy. Soc. A", x. Wales, Engin. Sect., 87 I 1908), />}>. CHI-CLIII, pis. ?).— The presenl 

 state^f knowledge is explained and the desirability of more accurate information 

 is pointed out. A list of papers bearing on the subject, compiled by W. S. Dun, is 

 given. 



Artesian water supply, W. <.. Cox I Agr. '.'":. .V. ,v. Wales, 16 i 1905), No. 8, pp. 

 258-257, fig. 1). — The author states that "the mechanical power derivable from the 

 pressure given in the outflow from artesian wells, although it varies m different 

 bores, is a constant mechanical asset, the value of which is little understood in Aus- 

 tralia, and its prospective value, w hen the bores become multiplied over the face of 

 the land, can scarcely he estimated or realized." A statement is given of the pres- 

 sure and resultant horsepower- of a number of artesian well- m N<\\ South Wales 

 ami Queensland, and the utilization of this power in hydraulic turbines is briefly 

 discussed. 



A review of water conservation in New South Wales, I.. A. B. Wade (J<>"r. 

 and Proc. A'"//. Soc. A'. S. Wales, Engin. Sect, 81 1908), pp. LXVT-LXXXV, fig. 1). 



Reservoir outlets, M. Ringelmann {./<>nr. Agr. Prat., it. ser., 9 {li'Oo), Su. ju, 

 pp. 688-642, figs. 



