No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 569 



Components of Condimental Foods — Continued. 



Ingredients. 



(Analysis: New York Station; 15.31 



protein.) 

 Linseed meal, corn meal, fennel, 



sulphur, salt, saltpeter, Epsom 



salts, and lime phosphate. Makers 



claim several additional condiments 



and drugs. 

 Wheat, corn, bran and linseed meals 



with fenugreek. 

 Chiefly wheat feed with fenugreek and 



salt. 

 Chiefly wheat feed. 



Linseed meal, wheat feed, various 

 seeds. fenugreek, charcoal, salt, 

 Epsom ?alts, lime phosphate. 



Wheat bran, linseed, fenugreek, 

 charcoal and salt. 



(Analysis by New York Station; 20 

 per cent, protein.) 



Linseed meal, cereals, fine seeds, pep- 

 per, charcoal, and sulphur, Epsom 

 salts and carbonates. 



THE RELATION OF THE VETERINARY SCIENCES TO DAIRY 



PROGRESS. 



By DR. LEONARD PEARSON, StaU Veterinarian. 



The veterinary sciences include not only the study of diseases 

 of domestic animals, but also the study of their function of produc- 

 tion and of utilization. If we consider the bearings of these sub- 

 jects, it must be apparent that the veterinary sciences have a di- 

 rect relation to dairying and all branches of animal husbandry. 

 The medical side of the veterinary sciences has received most of 

 the attention that has been given to this general subject. There 

 were times when the rearing of animals was absolutely impossible 

 on account of the recurrence of animal plagues. Within a hundred 

 years it was customary for farmers in the older countries to expect 

 an invasion of the foot and mouth disease every few years. These 

 recurrences wiped out the animals that had been improved by the 

 exercise of judgment and skill and rendered improvement by breed- 

 ing almost impossible. It is true that all of our improved breeds of 

 cattle have been developed to their present stage of perfection since 

 the infectious diseases of catile have been controlled. It is not nec- 

 essary to refer to former tim.es to find instances of the loss caused 

 by such diseases. If we turn to South Africa we see illustrations of 

 the depression resulting from contagious pleuropneumonia wiping 

 out the animals brought from Europe and making it impossible to 

 improve the bread of animals. This disease was finally gotten under 

 control, and then came rinderpest sweeping like a fire across the 



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