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have been killed, and in each lung have been found encysted 

 tubercles. 



A lady said she thought it very shocking that so many of these 

 beautiful animals should be sacrificed. She told of the cures of 

 human consumption which she had seen at her home in Colorado, 

 where the air is so pure and the conditions are so much better 

 than in these coast regions. They never have diseased cattle 

 there, and she did not think it impracticable to send cattle there 

 to be cured. 



Professor Jordan replied that he should like to place a few 

 cows, with an incipient disease, under the conditions described. 



Mr. Ware spoke of a man who had a cow which he knew was 

 tuberculous ; he sold her for ten dollars, and the purchaser took 

 her to the commissioners, who paid thirty dollars for her. In 

 another instance forty-five dollars was obtained for a twenty- 

 dollar cow. Two years ago the owners got one-half the full value 

 of healthy animals for all condemned ones. The law was 

 amended, so that now the full value of a sound cow is paid ; this 

 seems to be a premium for rascality. 



Thomas Harrison said that the commissioners are bound to 

 compensate for the sacrifice of a cow for the public good. 



Henry L. Clapp remarked that the more farmers talk the more 

 they show that they have an eye to the main chance, which is 

 quite right, and asked if this was not an element in the conserva- 

 tism of farmers. 



Professor Jordan answered that he thought Mr. Clapp had gone 

 a little farther than he intended. In feeding or fertilizer experi- 

 ments we are working with materials that we do not understand. 

 He would not discourage the eye to the main chance. 



Mr. Clapp thought boys are wanted to go into business as soon 

 as possible, and their parents do not consider their environment. 



MEETING FOE LECTUEE AND DISCUSSION. 



Satukday, January 25, 1896. 

 A meeting for Lecture and Discussion Avas holden at eleven 

 o'clock, the President, Fraxcis H. Appleton, in the chair. 

 The following is an abstract of a paper read by the author : 



