Inoculation f 07' Pleura-Pneumonia in Cattle. 385 



35. Are the pasture-grounds free from stagnant waters and bogs, 

 and is land drainage generally adopted ? 



36. Is irrigation of the pasture-grounds carried out to any extent ? 



37. Are the cattle-sheds well drained and ventilated ? 



38. Is the system of box-feeding " adopted, either upon accumu- 

 lating manure, or upon boarded floors placed over pits for the reception 

 of the dung and urine ? 



39. Did any blight, mildew^, or similar aifection manifest itself 

 among your corn or other crops, previous to or about the time that your 

 cattle became diseased ? 



40. Have any epidemic diseases prevailed among the people in your 

 locality, either shortly before or during the appearance of the disease ? 



41. Does any other epizootic affection, besides the one M'hich forms 

 the special subject of this inquiry, exist among domesticated animals in 

 your district ? If so, state, 1st, What animals are affected ? 2nd, 

 The leading characters of the disease ? and 3rd, The per-centage of 

 deaths it produces ? 



This List is returned by 



Mr. : ( Christian and Surname.) 



Of (Parish.) 



■Near - - .. - (Post Toiun) 



[Since this report ha& been sent in, arrangements have "been made by Prof, 

 Simonds, -n-ith the assistance of Mr. E. Denison, M.P., and through the liberality 

 of Mr. Paget, of Euddington Grange, near Nottingham, for thoroughly testing the 

 efiBcacy of inoculation by well-considered expei'iments, an account of >Yhich will be 

 given in a future number. — Ph. P.] 



XIX. — On the Composition of the Parsnip and White Belgian 

 Carrot. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, Professor of Chemistry 

 in the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. 



The parsnip has been analysed by Crome and the carrot by 

 Hermbstadt. Both analyses, however, having been made at a 

 time when the analytical processes . with which chemists were 

 acquainted were little calculated for giving accurate results, 

 are necessarily very imperfect. They do not convey, there- 

 fore, a correct idea of the true composition of these roots. 



The cultivation of both, especially that of the carrot, is gain- 

 ing ground from year to year. It appeared to me, therefore, 

 desirable to replace the former imperfect analyses by others; 



