A comparison in laying of breeds: S. C. W. Leghorn, Rhode-Island Red, and Black la Bresse. N. Fiat and B. Spilberg. Hassadeh, Vol. XII, No. 5, Feb. 1932. Mikveh Israel Agricultural School, Palestine (Hebrew).

The comparison was made on birds of general flocks, all of which were trapnested.

Effect on various Breeds of Poultry of the Lack of Vitamin A. Sul comportamento di alcune Razze di Polli sottoposti a carenza di Vitamine A. Dr. A. Scaccini. Rivista di Avicultura, 1935, p. 359.

Rhode Island Chickens appeared to be more sensitive than White Leghorns to the lack of Vit. A.

Agglutination of Pullorum Bacilli. Sur l'Agglutination du Bacillus pullorum. A. Staub. Comptes rendus de la Société de Biologie, 1935, Vol. 120, p. 341.

1. 1. The best agglutination takes place at a pH of 7.5–8.

2. 2. The reaction is of much more importanec in old serum than in fresh. In fresh serum agglutination is visible at a pH of 6 or 9 but not in old serum.

Comparative Experiments in concrete and in zinc Poultry Houses. N. Fiat. Hassadeh, Vol. 13, 1932, No. 5, p. 204–208. Palestine (Hebrew).

Due to the fact that the many cracks found in wooden chicken houses, harbour the ticks Argas Persicus, which cause the very fatal disease, Spirochaetosis, to the chickens, and since it is very difficult to keep wooden houses free from the ticks in Palestine, concrete and Zinc (Corrugated iron) chicken houses are built.