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be sterility in a cow. The egg is deposited and 

 drops into this receptacle and passes down and comes 

 into contact with this foetid matter, and it kills the 

 germ, and shortly after a virtual abortion takes place, 

 and so a great many valuable animals have been con- 

 sidered sterile when there were well developed germs, 

 healthy and strong, but they have been killed in this 

 way, and pass off. This wash that I speak of is one 

 ounce of borax to a gallon of water, and it should be 

 continued for some time. You understand I am speak- 

 ing of recurrent abortion where the same trouble recurs 

 about the same time. 



Mr. Boyd : What would you do to prevent that ? 



Me. Heaps : I don't know. The only thing that I 

 know of is, when you have the time located, to keep the 

 cow very quiet in the stable, where it is dark and no other 

 cattle to bother her, and in that case you can probably 

 tide over the trouble once, and then you are compara- 

 tively safe. 



Me. Boyd : Fluid extract of black haw, if given in 

 time, will prevent it. 



Me. Heaps : It works as an astringent. Tell us' what 

 quantities. 



Me. Boyd: About two tablespoonfuls at a dose, in a 

 drench. Give it when } 7 ou discover the first symptoms. 



Me. A. B. Hostettee : Are our experiment stations 

 taking anv active measures in investigating this matter ? 



Peof. Faeeington : I have always beenof the opinion 

 that men can be of the most value by devoting them- 

 selves to one particular thing. This is a subject I never 

 have done anything in. My time is devoted entirely 

 to other matters. 



Me. A. B. Hostettee : This is a very important 

 question to the dairymen. Our experiment stations 



