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resorted to tincture of iodine since in many instances, as an ap¬ 
petizer, and he has always obtained good results, principally dur¬ 
ing the convalescence of serious diseases, in animals which suffer 
from atony of the digestive apparatus, on those also which have 
had milk diet for a long time, and again in cases of rebellous 
loss of appetite with unknown cause and which refuse to yield to 
ordinary medical agents in use. 
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Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the B. A. I. for 
the year 1910, published by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C. 
As is usual at about this time of the year, that annual publi¬ 
cation has made its appearance, and the work done during the 
fiscal year by the officers of the Bureau is presented to the Gov¬ 
ernment and to the public as ordered by law. 
The volume this year does not differ from those that came 
before it, same form, same aspect, same printing, same prolific 
illustrations. The difference is in the contents; yet it is the same, 
always valuable, interesting and deserving careful and attentive 
reading to be appreciated. 
The 27th report begins by that of the Chief of the Bureau, 
Dr. A. D. Melvin. It is a general review of all the work done 
by the various departments of this vast organization, viz.: “ the 
meat inspection, the inspection of animals for export, that of the 
imported, the eradication of contagious and infectious diseases, 
their scientific investigations, those on the breeding and feeding 
of live stock and poultry and the work relating to 1 the dairy in¬ 
dustry. ” This enumeration is sufficient to show the importance 
of Dr. Melvin’s report. The doctor has clone ample justice to 
his task and in the many pages of said report one can at a glance 
realize that if he has good men under him to carry on the work, 
he is ever ready to make plain and show the great value of all the 
results that have been realized by the efforts of all his staff. 
Following the report of the Chief a good number of papers 
