Improvement of Laying-Capacity. Come si può raddoppiare la Produzione invernale di Uova. R. Giuliani, Pollaio Provinciale di Firenze. Rivista Zootecnica, 31 Luglio 1932.

In order to decide the influence of a good cock on bad hens, 24 peasant hens were bought in 1930 in the vicinity of Florence. These were divided into 2 groups of 12 each. The average production of the first group amounted to: winterlaying 17.6 eggs, totally 97 eggs. Of the second group these figures were resp. 13.1 and 103.

The Preparation of Meat-scraps. Meat-scraps Problems. De Bereiding van Diermeel. Diermeelproblemen. Dr. B. J. C. te Hennepe. Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde, 1931, p. 918.

The author describes three different processes for the preparation of meatscraps used in the Netherlands, pointing out their advantages and disadvantages. (1) The wet process, (2) The dry process, (3) The extraction process by means of Benzin. A summary of the economical results obtained is being given. The author points further out, that according to his opinion the question, as to how far the intrinsic value of free fatty acids influences the feeding value of the meal, especially as regards chicken food, is quite entitled.

First International Pullorum Congress at Hannover, October 1931. Erste Europäische Konferenz von Fachleuten für Geflügelkrankheiten in Hannover am 23. und 24. Okt. 1931. Prof. Dr. Mieszner, Dr. te Hennepe, Dr. Berge and Dr. Schütt. Deutsche Tierärztliche Wochenschrift, 1932, p. 33.

At these Pullorum-days 26 specialists in poultry diseases from Germany, England, Turkey and Holland were present. The meetings were held in Prof. Mieszner's Institute in Hannover. During the opening speech, Dr. te Hennepe, Secretary for Europe of the World's Poultry Science Association, drew the attention to similar meetings in America already taken place, and that he, in conjunction with Prof. Mieszner, had taken the initiative for the present meeting.

Rats and Poultry. Rat Destruction. Das Rattenbuch. A collective Report regarding the economical and hygienic Significance of the Rat-Plague and the Combating of the Rats. By Dr. med. vet. R. Koller, Hallein, Austria. Editor: M. & H. Schaper, Hannover, 1932.

The damage caused by rats to the poultry farmers is enormous in all parts of the world; 1) owing to the destruction of poultry food, eggs, chicks, 2) to the dying of many fowls of rat poisons, 3) because rats are transferring dangerous infectious germs.