Birds Protection—Continued United States. House. Foreign affairs com. Protection of migratory birds: report to accompany S. 1553, to give effect to convention between United States and Canada, concluded at Washington, Aug. 16, 1916. (U.S. 65th Congress, 2d session House rept. 243) 5p Ja '17 18 Apply to Congressmen Laws Migratory bird treaty: convention between the United Kingdom and the United States of America for the protection of migratory birds in Canada and the United States. In Canada. Comm. of conservation. Report, 1917, p 289-97 '17 Rhode Island. Comrs. of birds. Abstract of laws relating to birds and game. 4p '17 Legislation Canada and the U.S. will protect birds. Conservation 6:36 S '17 Federal migratory-bird law. In U.S. Dept.. of agric. Annual reports, 1917, p 265-6 '18 New South Wales-Bill giving protection to useful birds and native animals and scheduling birds and animals that may be destroyed. (Passed Council O 23 '17 In abeyance) Victoria-Act empowering governor-in-council to remove or add names to the schedule of protected birds and animals, providing for extension of close season over Sunday, for penalty for trespassing. (Passed Assembly Ag 9 Council S 4 '17) Organizations United States. Bur. of biological survey. Directory of officials and organizations concerned with the protection of birds and game, 1917. (B. S. doc. 108) 17p Ag 3 '17 Birth control Birth control. A. G. Keller. Yale R 7:129-39 O '17 Preventive medicine and birth control. S. A. Knopf. 15p '17 S. Adolphus Knopf, 16 W. 95th st, N.Y. Reprint from the Medical Times, April, 1917. Rights of the wife and mother. S. A. Knopf. 24p '17 S. Adolphus Knopf, 16 W. 95th st, N.Y. Reprinted from the Woman's Medical Journal, February, 1917. Birth rate Effect of the war upon the potential lives of the belligerent countries. Econ World ns 15:927 Je 29 '18 Japan's menacing birth rate: a study in population and land resources. W. E. Weyl. Asia 13:129-33 F '18 Significance of the declining birth rate. L: I. Dublin. Cong Rec 56:888-90 Ja 11 '18; Same. Science 47:201-10 Mr 1 '18 Address delivered before the American association for the advancement of science, Dec. 29, 1917. -Same. Reprinted from Congressional Record. 8p '18 Comparative Information New York (state). Dept. of health. Div. of pub. health educ. Comparison of the birth rates of native and of foreign-born white women in the state of New York during 1916. P. R. Eastman. 15p tables '18 Texas. Bd. of health. Bur. of vital statistics. Brief study of 2,000 birth certificates. W. A. Davis. 12p diag '17 Value of birth registration to the California child. G: D. Leslie. Cal State Bd Health Monthly Bul 13:506-7 Je '18 Statistics • United States. Bur. of the census. Birth statistics for the registration area of the United States, 1915: 1st annual report. 78p tables 20c '17 U.S. supt. of doc. Bituminous roads. See Roads, Bituminous Blanchard, Ralph H. bibl Liability and compensation insurance. *$2 '17 Appleton (Workmen's compensation) Blind Bringing daylight to the blind. Pauline Jackson. il N Notes of Cal Lib 13:155-61 Ap '18 • Bureau of philanthropic research. Care and treatment of the Jewish blind in the city of New York. Florina Lasker and others. (Pub. no. 3) 109p tables F '18 Abraham Öseroff, sec., 356 2d av, N.Y. Contains: Method of investigation; General description of 292 blind adults; Problems of relief; Problems of employment; Problems of recreation; Institutional problems; Problems of begging; General conclusion. Cleveland [O.] soc. for the blind. Blind in Cleveland. 72p il '18 Feeble-minded blind. J. T. Hooper. In Wisconsin state conference of charities and correction. Proceedings, 1916, p 21-4 '17 New lamps for old. Mrs E. B. Palmer. Pub Health (Mich.) n 3 5:507-11 O '17 Address delivered before the conference of the Michigan state association of corrections and charities, Lansing, October, 1917. Talking gloves for the deaf and blind: their value to men injured in the present war. H. T. Clark. 21p il fig '17 Harold T. Clark, 1201 Leader-News bldg., Cleveland, O. See also Libraries for the blind Comparative information Proportion of pupils blind from ophthalmia neonatorum in thirty-one state schools for the blind, 1916-1917; Proportion of pupils newly admitted to schools for the blind during the past ten years, who are blind from ophthalmia neonatorum. tables. In Nat. com. for the prevention of blindness. 3d annual report, 1917, p 13 '18 Indiana. Bd. of industrial aid for the blind. 3d annual report of the board and executive secretary for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1917. 30p '18 Massachusetts. Comm. for the blind. 11th annual report for the year ended November 30, 1917. (Pub. doc. no. 81) 39p il Enclose postage '18 Sec. of commonwealth New York assn. for the blind. 11th log of Light house no. 1 for the year ending November 1, 1917. 58p il tables '17 Winifred Holt, sec., 111 E. 59th st New York institute for the educ. of the blind. Year-book: 82d annual report of the board of managers, report of the principal, general information, 1917. 45p il tables '18 9th av at 34th st, N.Y. how blinded in battle: Light for the men women work for their re-education. Mrs P: C. Hewitt. N Y Evening Post sect 2 p 12 My 14 '18 Nos soldats aveugles: note pour les directeurs des écoles de rééducation professionelle. Eugéne Brieux. 2d ed 36p ? price '17 Librairie Delagrave, Paris Practical suggestions regarding the reeducation of blind soldiers in different vocations. Plans for reeducation of blinded soldiers to make them self-supporting after war. Official Bul 2:15 Mr 21 '18 Vocations for blind soldiers. Saint Nihal Singh. il Southern Workman 46:671-82 D '17 War council of the Red cross has appropriated the sum of $100,000 to be expended by the department of military relief in defraying all expenses incident to the establishment and maintenance of the Red cross institute the for reeducating blind The soldiers. work of the institute will be carried out in close cooperation with the general plans of the army and navy for the rehabilitation of blind soldiers and sailors. Maj. James Bordley, of the United States army, will be in charge, assisted by a supervisory committee appointed by the department of military relief of the Red cross. The institute will be run in conjunction with General hospital no. 7, in Baltimore. Je 8 '18 See also Soldiers, Disabled-Reeducation Reports National com. for the prevention of blind- Blue sky laws. See Investment companies- New York state boiler code, state industrial commission. tables Preservation 1:88-9, 1056, 117-18 F-Ap '18 Ten years of boiler standardization. J: A. Stevens. il Valve World 14:349-51 N '17 Work of the boiler code committee. Am Soc MEJ 40:156-7 F '18 Some statistics of boiler explosions. F: S. Crum. tables In New York (state). Industrial comm. Proceedings of the 1st industrial safety congress, 1916, p 59-72 '17 Boiler Inspection Legislation, Comparative • Rhode Island. Lib. Leg. ref. bur. List of citations relative to state laws relating to inspection of steam boilers. H. F. C. Wilcox. comp. 2p (Typew. 10c) '18 Obtained only thru P. A. I. S. Regulation Ordinances NY State Bur • Regulating boiler inspectors. Munic Information Rept no 228 31p '17 (Typew. $1.55) Obtained only thru P. A. I. S. Boilers Rules and regulations New York (state). Industrial comm. Bur. of industrial code. Rules relating to the construction, installation, inspection and maintenance of steam boilers. (Bul. no. 14) 133p tables charts Bur. of statistics and information, Albany Bolton, Reginald Pelham New York (city)-Municipal experiment or the Hall of records power plant. $1.10 '17 Bur. of pub. service economics, 55 Liberty st (Power plants) Effect of the federal income tax upon the net yield and the market value of bonds. table Econ World n s 14:667 N 10 '17 Liggett, Drexel & co. Investors' A B C on bonds and their terms. 8p '18 61 Broadway, N.Y. Oregon-Tax burdens growing, weary of paying: many Oregon property-owners handwriting on wall and are investing in nontaxable bonds. tables Oregon Voter 12: 71-3 Ja 19 '18 see Serial bonds versus sinking fund bonds. R: M. Chapman. Can Munic J 13:398-400 S '17 Standard statistics company. Status of bonds under the federal income tax: 1918 edition. $3 100p '18 47-49 West st, N.Y. What a bond means, especially a liberty bond. Curtiss Flyleaf 1:10-11 O '17 See also Business representatives-Foreign bonds; Debts, Public; Municipal bonds; School bonds; War finance; War loans; War savings; also subhead Bonds under: Agricultural credit; Public utilities; Savings banks Bonus systems Bonus system for power houses: result of nearly three years trial by the Manila electric railway & light company. B. H. Blaisdell. bibl il Aera 6:659-67 F '18 See also War bonus Book buyers States. Pub Weekly 93:443-9 F 9 '18 Booksellers Conferences American booksellers' assn. 18th annual convention, New York, May 14-16, 1918. Bookseller Newsdealer and Stationer 48:555-626 Je 1 '18 Boot and shoe industry † Boot and shoe industry. J. S. Harding. (Pitman's common commodities and industries) 130p il fig tables 85c Pitman Great Britain-Boot and shoe trade of United Kingdom. Commerce Repts no 247 p 300-1 O 22 '17 Great Britain-Conditions of production of British standard shoes. Official Bul 2:16 Mr 19 '18 Great Britain-Profits of manufacturers of British boots and shoes. tables Official Bul 2:5 Mr 26 '18 Is your business "essential": how our army is shod; some startling figures of war-time output. D. S. Knowlton. il Forbes M 2:299, 313 Ag 10 '18 Japan's boots and shoes: remarkable development of that industry in the past three years. Am Econ 60:213 N 2 '17 New Zealand-Shoe and leather trade. C. E Bosworth. tables US Bur For and Dom Com Special Agents Ser no 151 31p 5c '17 U.S. supt. of doc. 1,500,000 Pershing trench shoes a month is output. A. Schieren. N Y Evening Post War Industrial Sup Je 29 '18 p 37 Philippine Islands-Shoe manufacturing. C. E. Bosworth. Commerce Repts no 261 p 520 N 7 '17 South Africa-Boot and shoe trade. G: H. Murphy. tables Commerce Repts no 296 p 1083-6 D 19 '17 Laws New York (state). Lib. Leg. ref. sect. Law of South Australia to regulate the manufacture and sale of footwear, and for other purposes. 4p (Typew. 20c) Mr '18 Obtained only thru P. A. I. S. Retail stores † Harvard univ. Graduate school of business administration. Bur. of business research. Management problems in retail shoe stores. (Bul. no. 10) 51p 50c Ap '18 Cambridge, Mass. Bootlegging Omaha, Neb.-Bootlegging in Omaha must stop, says Governor. Nat Bul 9:451-3 O Botanical gardens Brooklyn [N.Y.] institute of arts and sciences. Information concerning the Brooklyn botanic garden. 3d ed rev 12p map Jl '16 Missouri botanical garden. il Parks & Recreation 1:47-50 O '17 Boundaries. See Municipal boundaries Rules and regulations United States. War dept. Com. on training camp activities. Rules for boxing. 12p (Mim.) '18 Boy scouts Boy scout movement. A. T. Macintosh. Credit Men's J 4:2-4 Ag '18; Same. Better Business 2:2-4 Ag '18 Boy scouts as firemen. il tables Fireman's Herald 74:285+ O 13 '17 Boy scouts of Am. Boy scout scheme. 24p il '17 200 5th av, N.Y. Boy scouts of Am. Boy scouts of America to help win war as government aides. 1 sheet Ja 2 '18 200 5th av, N.Y. Boy scouts of Am. New York military training commission recognizes the value of the leadership and program of the Boy scouts of America: state accepts membership in this organization as equivalent to the requirements of the new military training law. 1p D '17 200 5th av, N.Y. Boy scouts of Am. Official handbook for boys. 17th ed 498p il 35c '17 200 5th av, N.Y. Committee on pub. information. "Every scout to boost America" as a government dispatch bearer: manual for Boy scouts of America, government messenger service. 15p '17 Make direct application See also Fire protection-Boy scouts Reports † Boy scouts of Am. 8th annual report as submitted at the annual meeting of the national council, New York, March 25, 1918. il tables Scouting v 6 no 8 144p Ap 15 '18 Boy scouts of America New York military training commission recognizes the value of the leadership and program of the Boy scouts of America. D '17 200 5th av, N.Y. (Military training) Official handbook for boys. 17th ed 35c '17 200 5th av, N.Y. (Boy scouts) Boycotts. See Commercial boycotts; Food boycotts Boys Massachusetts. Com. on pub. safety. Com. on mobilization of high school boys for farm service. Report to the executive committee. 60p tables O 1 '17 "Plain old-fashioned work" and the delinquent boy. A. G. Blakey. Modern Hospital 10:69-71 Ja '18 Salvaging the boy crop. il Nat Humane R 6:165 S '18 Southern Cal. sociological soc. Causes of truancy among boys. E. J. Lickley. (Studies in sociology no. 6) 12p tables 15c N '17 Univ. of Southern Cal., Los Angeles Chicago, Ill.-St Charles boys: survey made by the Bureau of social surveys, Department of public welfare. il tables Chicago Dept Pub Welfare Bul v 2 no 1 (Dept. serial no. 6) 19p S '17 Fort Dodge, Ia.-Boy and the school: a partial survey of the public schools. E: T. Snively. tables Ia State Col Agric and Mechanic Astr Eng Ext Dept Bul 22 19p Ag '15 '17 Purpose of this survey is to discover the chief reasons why so many boys leave school before completing the course. • Brazilians and their country. C. S. Cooper. 403p il $3.50 '17 Stokes This book presents in contrast the two mammoth countries of North and South America. Totally dissimilar in race origin, in character and abilities, it is only by the marriage of their talents that they can fully exploit the resources of the New World. Bread Bread for war times. E. C. Sprague. il Modern Hospital 10:286-9 Ap '18 Food administration asks new cut in the consumption of breadstuffs as necessary to the war emergency; Denies flour in army bread is "bled white" by millers, by G: W. Goethals. Official Bul 2:1-2,5 Mr 4 '18 Government regulation of bakeries went into effect Dec. 11, 1917. Standardized loaves will weigh either sixteen or twenty-four ounces and contain less wheat than the old loaves. Bakers not conforming to the regulations will lose their federal license. Standardization of baker's bread is determined upon by the U.S. food administraloaf tion: minimum to weigh 1 pound. Official Bul 1:1, 6-7 N 12 '17 United States. Food administration. Policies and plans of operation: wheat, flour and bread. 171p tables D 1 '17 Wanted, a new bread. il Pan Am Union Bul 45:188-205 Ag '17 Bibliography United States. Lib. of Congress. List of references on war bread. 4p D 28 '17 (Typew. 20c) Obtained only thru P. A. I. S. Formulas United States. Food administration. Victory bread: experimental formulas. 4p F '18 Ordinances Toledo bread ordinance. Toledo City J 2:2-3 S 8 '17 Decisions Toledo's [O.] bread ordinance sustained. Toledo City J 2:2-4 D 29 '17 Prices Comparative information Bread weights. US Bur Labor Statistics Bul no 228 (Retail prices and cost of living ser. no. 18) p 24-8 N '17 Reports * United States. Food administration. [Summary of the report of federal trade commission on its investigation in the cost and practices, wholesale, in bread baking.] 5p (Mim.) tables N 11 '17 Standardization United States. Food administration. Standard loaf: conclusions based on investigation of federal trade commission and report of bakery section; licensing of bakeries pursuant to the President's proclamation. (Bul. no. 11) 8p D '17 United States. Food administration. [Standardization of baker's bread.] 8p (Mim.) tables N 11 '17 Substitutes Legislation Canada-Bread-substitutes Business 2:39-40 Ag '18 Bread cards order. Better France-Bread cards. C. W. A. Veditz. Commerce Repts no 5 p 79 Ja 7 '18 Bres, Rose Falls Maids, wives and widows. *$2 '18 Dutton (Women-Legal status) Brewing Industry Bibliography United States. Library of Congress. List of references on the brewing industry. 11p Jl 17 '17 (Typew. 55c) Obtained only thru P. A. I. S. Budget American exchange nat. bank. Budget system. 3p Ja 11 '18 128 Broadway, N.Y. Budget system and popular control. R. H. Tucker. So Atlan Q 17:96-112 Ap '18 New Zealand-Chief features of the budget announced on Aug. 1, 1917 are a progressive income tax, a special war tax, and a progressive land tax. Recent progress in budget making and accounting. C. E. Rightor. Nat Munic R 6:70719 N '17 See also Sanitary districts-Budget Budget, County Indiana. Bd. of accounts. Analysis of the appropriation ordinance or county budget, the form of which has been prescribed and adopted by the state board of accounts, for the guidance of county auditors and county councils, to provide for the adoption of a more uniform ordinance for appropriations for the expense of the county government and its institutions; also a statement of the |