VETEKINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 599 



A biological note on Gastrophilus equi, J. Erickssox {Ent. Tiili^kT., 21 {1900), 

 No. 1, ]>p. 47, -fS). 



Dehorning steers, J. H. Grispale [Canada Expt. Farms lipts. 1899, pjp. o8, 59). — 

 The author reports observations upon a number of steers which were dehorned. 

 No definite statement is made as to the exact cost of dehorning, and no decided dif- 

 ference was noted in the effect of different instruments used in the process. These 

 instruments were a saw and 2 forms, of patented horn clijipers. Some loss of weight 

 was noted during the first few days succeeding the operation, and a corresponding 

 loss of weight was observed in check animals, which were apparently worried by the 

 action of the animals which were dehorned. All animals recovered their original 

 weight within about a month. 



A contribution to the study of so-called disinfectant soaps, with special 

 reference to creolin soaps, C". Tonzig [Extr. Gaz. Osp. e Clin., 21 {1900), No. 6, ])j). 

 12). — From experiments conducted with various soaps, to which different disinfect- 

 ants had been added, the author concludes that simple soaps are not rendered any 

 more effective liy the addition of creolin, l)ut that on the contrary they lose a por- 

 tion of the disinfectant power which they possessed. Corrosive sublimate when 

 added to soaps is transformed into the inert oleate and stearate of mercury, while 

 boric acid and salicylic acid become transformed into soda and potash salts. 



STATISTICS— MISCELLANEOUS. 



Twenty-third Annual Report of Connecticut State Station, 1899 {Connrrti- 

 cxd State Sta. Ilpt. 1S99, pt. 3, pp. I-XV). — These pages contain the organization list 

 of the station, reports of the director and board of control, and a financial statement 

 for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1899. 



Eleventh Annual Report of Kentucky Station, 1898 {Keutiicki/ Sta. I'pjt. 



1898, pp. XXXIX A- 236) . — The report proper contains a list of officers of the sta'Jon; 

 a financial statement for the fiscal year ended .June 30, 1898; a general review of 

 station work 1)y the director; and reports of the heads of the divisions of chemistry, 

 entomology and botany, horticulture, and meteorology, parts of which are noted 

 elsewhere. Eeprints of Bulletins 72-79 of the station on the following subjects are 

 appended: Potatoes — Tests with fertilizers (E. S. R., 10, p. 344), exiieriments for 

 the control of potato scab (E. S. R., 10, p. 363); strawberries (E. S. R., 10, p. 355), 

 the chinch bug (E. S. R., 10, p. 372), earthworms a source of gapes in poultry 

 (E. S. R., 10, p. .393), commercial fertilizers (E. S. R., 10, pp. 336, 734; 11, p. 137), 

 wheat (E. S. R., 10, p. 842), red rust of wheat (E. S. R., 10, p. 864), ginseng— its 

 nature and culture (E. S. R., 10, p. 958). 



The M.aine Experiment Station, C. D. Woods {Maine Sta. Bid. 62, pp. 45-74)- — 

 This bulletin contains a l)rief historical and descriptive account of the station from 

 its establishment in 1885, a summary of the more important experimental work 

 undertaken, and lists of the subjects treated in the 15 annual rejiorts and 61 bulletins 

 issued by tlie station since its organization. 



Twelfth Annual Report of West Virginia Station, 1899 ( Wi:M Virginia Sta. 

 Rpt. 1899, pp. 4.5) . — A financial statement is given for the fiscal year ended June 30, 



1899. A report of the director gives a general review of station work during the 

 j^ear and reports of the agriculturist and chemist review in greater detail the work 

 of their respective departments. Reports of the entomologist and horticulturist are 

 noted elsewhere. 



A half century of agricultural experiments at Rothamsted, A. Ronna {Ann. 

 Sci. Arjron., 1900, II, No. 1, pp. 139-160). 



The work of the society for agricultural education, W. J. Beal {Science, n. 

 ser., 12 {1900), No. 296, pp. 328-334).— This is the president's address at the twenty- 

 first meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science. 

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