96 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECORD. 



In order that this method may give the best results, however, it is necessary to 

 make inoculations with material as fresh as possible. The glanders bacillus soon 

 loses its vitality in material wliich is kejit about the la])oratory. 



Statistical notes on periodical ophthalmia of horses, I. Shilzhexko (Arch. 

 Vit. Xauk, St. Petersburg, 29 {1899), No. 12, II, pp. 570-555).— Tabulated statements 

 with a discussion on the frequency of this disease in different governments of Russia. 



Composition of bones of sound horse and of bones of horse suffering with 

 osteoperosis, H. H. Huston and A. H. Bkyax [Indiana Sta. Rpt. 1899, pp. 7S, 74). — 

 The humerus of each animal was taken for analj'sis. The bone of the normal horse 

 was yellowish, while that of the diseased animal was gray and brittle. In the dis- 

 eased horse a small gain of ossein was noticed. The most conspicuous changes in 

 the bone of the horse suffering with osteoperosis were a re<luction in the amounts of 

 fat, phosphoric acitl, lime, soda, and nitrogen-free organic matter. 



Material for packing horses' hoofs, H. A. Htston and A. H. Bryan {Indiana 

 Sl<(. apt. 1899, p. 72). — A taV)le is given showing the composition of substances to be 

 used for th's purpose. 



On pseudotuberculosis, with special reference to pseudotuberculosis in 

 birds, R; Mrm {.lour. Path, and Bart., 5 {1898), Xn. 2, pp. 160-181, ph. «>).— The 

 author conducted feeding experiments with guinea pigs. The article contains a 

 discussion of the literature f)f the subject, with a bi1)liography. 



AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 



Description of experiment station piggery, H. PI Van Norman 

 {LuHana St,(. R^jf. lSOO,^>p. llf-O-U-i, 2''- ^-Mih i)-— The building is 

 described and a general view and floor plan are given. The main part 

 of the building is 22 by 46 ft. outside. On each side is a wing 12 by 

 14 ft. The front part only of the main building, 22 by 32 ft. , is two 

 stories high. The first floor contains 8 feeding pens, 4 of which com- 

 municate with sleeping pens in the wings of the building. The 

 remainder of the floor space is occupied b}" a brood-sow pen, storage 

 and attendant's room, scales, mixing vats, feed chutes, water hydrant, 

 etc. The upper story of the building affords storage room for bed- 

 ding, crates, and bin room for feed. '"The building is so placed as to 

 be centrally located among a series of feeding lots, all of which are 

 connected to the building by lanes leading up to it. Each lot contains 

 a small house for sleeping quarters." 



Irrigation, L. Jastremski {Ijouimma Planter, 24 {1900), No. 2,5, pp. 394-397) . — A 

 paper read before the Central Louisiana Agricultural Society. 



An electric-recording river gauge, W. ]\I. Filton ( Univ. Tennes.'^ee Record, 1899, 

 No. 11, pp. 232-24S,fi(j. 7) . — This is a description of a river gauge devised by A. Wade 

 in the mechanical shops of the University fif Tennessee. 



Petroleum motors and their employment in agriculture, K. (tagey {Bnl. 

 Dir. Acjr. it (hrn., .', {1900), Xn. 15, pp. 63-81, fig. 3). 



Tests of manure spreaders, Brctschke {Mitt. Deut. Landw. Gesell., 15 {1900), 

 No. 15, pp. 101, 102). 



