Lymphangitis of the Horse. 



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Locking of Milk Churns for Carriage by Rail. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries continue to receive 

 representations as to the alleged loss of milk, in course of 

 transport by railway companies, from the cans or churns after 

 they have left the farm. They accordingly think it desirable 

 again to call the attention of farmers to the possibility of 

 locking or sealing their milk-churns before delivery to the 

 railway company. 



In this connection reference may be made to the corres- 

 pondence between the Board of Agriculture, the Board of 

 Trade, and the Railway Companies' Association, in 1899, which 

 was published in the Journal for March, 1900 (Vol. VI., 

 p. 476). 



In consequence of complaints then received, the Board drew 

 the attention of the Railway Companies' Association to the 

 hardships arising by reason of the prosecution of milk producers, 

 in cases in which milk is proved to have been pure when handed 

 over to a railway company for conveyance to the consignee, but 

 is found upon arrival at the station of destination to have been 

 adulterated. It was also alleged that the railway companies 

 would not accept milk-churns for carriage at the " reduced " 

 rate if they were padlocked or sealed. In their replies the 

 Association informed the Board that the companies do not 

 object to the churns being locked or sealed provided that the 

 tare weight of the cans is stamped upon the outside, so that 

 in case of doubt the quantity of milk within the churn can 

 be approximately ascertained by allowing \o\ lb. for each 

 gallon of milk declared. The companies, however, reserve the 

 right to open locked cans when there is any reasonable doubt 

 as to the accuracy of the consignment. 



The Association also stated that all the principal railway 

 companies do not make any difference in the charges when 

 sealed cans are used. 



Epizootic Lymphangitis of the Horse. 

 A contagious disease of horses, known as " Epizootic 

 Lymphangitis," is reported to have been recently detected in 

 England and in Ireland. 



