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spread acquiescence in the use of the tubercuHn test, would never 
have come had it not been for a large number of public demon- 
strations held in various parts of the State.. He proceeds to say : 
" We have gone as far as this in legislation : that after Decem- 
ber 1, 1910, all animals sold for breeding or milking purposes 
must first be tuberculin tested. This, I believe, is a step farther 
in advance than has been taken by any other State. It shows 
well the tone and temper of our farmers and the work which has 
been done to acquaint them with a true understanding of the 
situation. It is needless for me to say that if they are for the 
law, or any law, it goes ; if they are against it, it is at best a dead 
letter. It is worth a great deal in the promotion of such objects 
to have a livestock sanitary board in a State, that will take hold 
and lead in this work. In too many instances these organizations 
are purely negative in their influence, and so nothing is done. 
There is a notable lack of funds to bear the expense of demon- 
stration work. The farmers everywhere would willingly be 
taxed for its support. Municipalities could well afiford to have 
such expense for the sake of the education it would afford to 
consumers of meat and dairy products." 
Beef Raising in Canada. This is bulletin No. 13 of the live- 
stock branch of the Canadian Department of Agriculture, and a 
big one, too, for it contains 112 pages and is handsomely illus- 
trated. While much of its technical information and advice will 
not be applicable to cattle raising in these islands with their mild 
climate, there is a great deal that will prove both interesting and 
valuable to Hawaiian ranchers, dairymen and farmers. The 
pamphlet will be placed in the library at the government nursery. 
Horse Breeding and Rearing of Colts is bulletin No. 14 from 
the same scource as the last mentioned. It contains but 13 pages 
of letterpress, yet appears to be as full of practical information 
as an egg is full of meat. In the introductory remarks, Dr. Ruth- 
erford (the author and the man named above as chairman of the 
International Commission on Bovine Tuberculosis) says *'the 
scrub horse is always a drug in the market, and is sure to be less 
and less in demand as time passes and public taste in this respect 
becomes, more fastidious. On the other hand, the good horse 
was never in greater request than he is today. All over the 
civilized world the prices paid for the good horse of any distinct 
class are on the rise, and the man who has him or can breed him 
is sure of his market and his money. This being the case — and 
that it is so is capable of easy demonstration — it behooves us to 
do our best to find out how to obtain him." 
Proceedings of the Agricultural Conference Held in Connec- 
tion with the United Provinces Exhibition at Allahabad in Jan- 
uary, 1911. This is a pamphlet of 134 pages. Its contents give 
