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are printed, all of which present individually specific interest. 
Amongst them some draw principally the attention of veterina¬ 
rians. The “ Army Remount Problem,” by George M. Rommel, 
will be closely studied by our army confreres; “ State and Mu¬ 
nicipal Meat Inspection and Municipal Slaughter Houses,” by 
Dr. A. D. Melvin, will interest the sanitarians; “ Vaccination of 
Cattle Against Tuberculosis,” by Drs. E. C. Schroeder, W. E. 
Cotton, John R. Mohler and Henry J. Washburn, will be read by 
all and much valuable information will be obtained, and the con¬ 
clusion will he accepted by many, even if it reads in relation to 
the subject of the protective inoculation against tuberculosis that 
though “ results have been obtained which are very encouraging 
to the investigator and which prompt him to strive onward with 
renewed vigor and hope, no system of bovo-vaccination has 
reached a stage at the present time that justifies its use in com¬ 
mon practice.” The various methods for the diagnosis of gland¬ 
ers is a communication from Dr. John R. Mohler and Adolph 
Eichhorn; the regional lymph glands of food-producing animals . 
of great interest to meat inspectors, is by John S. Buckley and 
Thomas Castor. 
As I have said, these reports are to be read by the veterina¬ 
rians, but they are not the only ones of importance in the 27th 
report. The “ Principles of Breeding and the Origin of Domes¬ 
tic Breeds of Animals,” by J. Cossar Ewart, M. D., F. R. S., of 
Edinburg; the “Ancestry of Domesticated Cattle, by E. W. 
Mohore, are both of superior interest to zoologists. “ The Prog¬ 
ress and Prospects of Tick Eradication,” by Dr. Cooper Curtis; 
“ The Use of Arsenical Dips in Tick Eradication,” by Dr. B. H. 
Ransom and N. W. Graybill, with its handsome illustrations; and 
a few others with valuable consideration on their specific sub¬ 
jects, all of them co-operating to the completion of an excellent 
work which is ended by miscellaneous information concerning 
the live stock industry. 
With its nearly 600 pages of easily-read printing, with 42 
plates, of which few are colored, and with 75 text figures and 
its important and valuable contents, the 27th Annual Report will 
