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of success in the application of this method to other diseases, 

 should not be lost sight of. The importance of this so-called 

 "autogenous" treatment was first brought out two or three years 

 ago when it was heralded as a ''cure-all," and naturally soon be- 

 camfe discredited. Pneumonia, gonorrhea, pyemia and numerous 

 other specific or non-specific infective diseases were reported cur- 

 ed after but one or two successful experiments with the applica- 

 tion of either heated or filtered virus or virulent discharges, but 

 the unreported, unsuccessful cases soon became numerous enough 

 to assert themselves. In veterinary medicine, however, where 

 herds or flocks rather than the individual were experimented 

 with, the method continued and gained in favor, and the sore- 

 head or chicken pox vaccine is the first staple result of these ex- 

 perirrients and one which promises new life to the poultry indus- 

 try. The publicity given to the Hawaii experiment has brought 

 forward the fact that numerous people have quit the raising or 

 even keeping of poultry solely on account of this disease, and that 

 they would willingly take it up again if there was any way of 

 protecting their birds against sore-head. It is, therefore, to be 

 hoped that the experiment now under way will prove successful, 

 as the disease we are now dealing with is of the most virulent 

 type and the birds, young turkeys, are recognized as the most 

 delicate and difiicult birds to raise, and if a satisfactory per- 

 centage of the flock can be saved and the method of treatment 

 simplified to a point where any intelligent individual can prepare 

 and apply it, a special circular will be prepared, setting forth the 

 essentials of the method, and distributed among present and pros- 

 pective poultry raisers. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Victor A. Norgaard, 



Territorial Veterinarian. 



REPORT OF ASSISTANT VETERINARIAN. 



Honolulu, Dec. 17, 1915. 



Dr. Victor A. Norgaard, 



Chief of Division of Animal Industry. 



Sir : — I begf to submit the following report for the month of 

 November, 1915: 



Tuberculosis Control. 



The following dairy cattle received the tuberculin test: 



