506 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Some diseases of poultry, Huneberg {Transvaal Agr. Jour., 3 (1905), No. 10, 

 >27_ >si)— While fowl cholera is considered incurable the vaccination of fowls 

 against this disease is strongly recommended. In one instance 300 fowls were vacci- 

 nated and rendered immune while only 2 cases of cholera developed among the 

 whole flock. The symptoms and post-mortem lesions of the disease are described in 

 considerable detail. Notes are also given on diarrhea, tuberculosis, pip, and liver 



diseases. 



Diseases and parasites of poultry, F. C. Elford {Canada Dept. Agr., Poultry 

 Div Bui. 9, 1905, pp. 15).- -The prominent diseases of poultry are classified accord- 

 ing to their nature and cause. The author gives a description with notes on the 

 symptoms and treatment of gapes, rheumatism, intestinal troubles, limber neck, egg 

 eating, roup, cholera, blackhead, and infestation by various species ot lice, mites, 

 and intestinal worms. 



RURAL ENGINEERING. 



The science of irrigation, C. S. Moncrieff {Nature {London), 72 {1905), No. 

 1871, pp. 465-471).— This presidential address before the engineering section of the 

 British Association is a review of the growth and development of irrigation in Italy, 

 Egypt India, and America, and has been noted editorially (E. S. R., 17, pp. 105-108). 



"irrigation and drainage investigations in Montana, J. S. Baker ( Montana 

 Shi Rpt. 1904, pp. 249-275, pis. 6) .—A brief account of work carried on by the Mon- 

 tana Station in cooperation with this Department in duty of water experiments 

 and drainage investigations, and including discharge tables of the principal rivers of 



the State. 



Report of progress of stream measurements for the calendar year 1904 ( ( . 

 S. Geol. Survey, Water Supply and Trrig. Papers Nos. 1U-1S5).— U The chief feature of 

 the work is the systematic study of the flow of the surface waters and the conditions 

 affecting the same. . . . The general plan of stream gauging which has been devel- 

 oped is to obtain eventually data in regard to the flow of all the important streams 

 in the United States. 



" These papers contain the data that have been collected at the regular gauging sta- 

 tions, the results of the computations based upon the observations and such other 

 information that has been collected that has a direct bearing on these data, including, 

 as far as practicable, descriptions of the drainage areas and the streams draining 

 them." 



The following is a list of the different parts in which this work has been reported : 

 Pt. 1, Atlantic Coast of New England drainages, J. C. Hoyt (No. 124, pp. 157, pis. 

 2, fig. 1) ; pt. 2, Hudson, Passaic, Raritan, and Delaware River drainages, R. E. Hor- 

 ton, N. C. Grover, and J. C. Hoyt (No. 125, pp. 114, pis. 2, fig. 1); pt. 3, Susque- 

 hanna, Patapsco, James, Roanoke. Cape Fear, and Yadkin River drainages, N. C. 

 Grover and J. C. Hoyt (No. 126, pp. 125, pis. 2, fig. 1); pt, 4, Santee, Savannah, 

 Oeechee, and Altamaha rivers and Eastern Gulf of Mexico drainages, M. R. Hall 

 and J. C. Hovt (No. 127, pp. 192, pis. 2, fig. 1); pt. 5, Eastern Mississippi River 

 drainage, M. R. Hall, E. Johnson, jr., and J. C. Hoyt (No. 128, pp. 168, pis. 2, fig. 

 1)- pt. 6, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River drainage, R. E. Horton, E. Johnson, 

 jr.', and J. C. Hoyt (No. 129, pp. 150, pis. 2, fig. 1); pt. 7, Hudson Bay, Minnesota. 

 Wapsipincon, Iowa, Des Moines, and Missouri River drainages, C. C. Babb and J. 

 C. Hovt (No. 130, pp. 204, pis. 2, tig. 1); pt. 8, Platte, Kansas, Meramec, Arkansas, 

 and Red River drainages, M. C. Hinderlinder and J. C. Hoyt (No. 131, pp. 203. pis. 

 2, fig. 1); pt. 9, Western Gulf of Mexico and Rio Grande drainages, T. U. Taylor and 

 j'. C. Hovt (No. 132, pp. 133, pis. 2, fig. 1); pt. 10, Colorado River and the Greal 

 Basin drainage, M. C. Hinderlinder, G. L. Swendsen, and A. E. Chandler (No. 133, 



