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ally lying down with its head turned to one side. The muzzle was 

 dry and milk was refused altogether. On the seventh to the ninth 

 day the calf became powerless, passed into a comatose condition, com- 

 menced to blow, and was soon dead. On post-mortem examination the 

 condition found was that of acute broncho-pneumonia. 



Dr. Wilson, who investigated the disease, came to the conclusion 

 that it was one of the "septicaemias" of young calves. He also 

 considered that the infecting germ was probably taken into the body 

 through the alimentary canal with the first sucking of the teats and 

 withdrawal of the milk. When carried direct into the fourth stomach, 

 the germs grow so rapidly that they soon overpower the ordinary 

 lactic and other digestive bacteria. Three other channels of infection 

 are possible, viz., through the navel wound, intra-uterine infection 

 prior to birth, and inhalation of the germs with dust, &c, but no 

 evidence was found of them. 



The method of treatment adopted by Dr. Wilson consisted in dis- 

 infecting the navel as soon as the calves were born, removing the 

 calves into a perfectly new box, and feeding them with milk contain- 

 ing a preparation of living lactic acid bacilli. With this treatment none 

 of the calves born showed any symptom of illness, and are all doing 

 well. 



Acute Contagious Mastitis in Cows due to the Bacillus " Lactis 

 aerogenes " (/. A. Gilruth, Vet. Journal, April, 1911). — An attack of 

 inflammation of the udder, which affected 30 cows out of a herd of 40, 

 was found to be due to the bacillus Lactis aerogenes, which had not 

 formerly been proved to be pathogenic for bovines. Experiments with 

 the bacillus showed that it was non-pathogenic when inoculated into 

 the tissues of cattle, but caused acute inflammation when introduced 

 into the udder of a cow in milk. The author suggests that many 

 of the ordinary sporadic cases of acute mastitis so frequently observed 

 in cows, especially soon after calving, and generally attributed to 

 blows, chills, &c, may be due to this organism, which is common in 

 dairy premises. The bacilli are few after the first few days after 

 infection, and are liable to be overlooked. In this outbreak the infec- 

 tion was spread by means of an insufficiently cleaned milking machine. 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND CIRCULARS. 

 The following is a summary of the statement on this subject which 

 appears in the Report on the proceedings of the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries under the Tithe, Commons, and 

 Recreation Grounds other Acts for 19 10 [Cd. 5,689. Price 4|i.]'. 



Allotted under By Section 28 of the Commons Act 1876, 



the Inclosure Acts. trustees of recreation grounds allotted under 

 the Inclosure Acts are required to make 

 reports to the Board at such intervals of not less than three nor more 

 than five years as the Board may direct, in respect of the recreation 

 grounds under their management. Reports having last been called 

 for in 1905, it was necessary, in compliance with the Act, again to 

 obtain reports in 19 10. 



Recreation grounds set out under the Inclosure Acts were allotted 

 to the churchwardens and overseers for the time being of the parish 



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