White Scour in Calves. 



best beef. One of the calf meal beasts killed exceedingly 

 well. They were all good beef, and very clear, there being 

 no signs of tuberculosis in any. 



From this report, therefore, there appears to be small 

 cause for apprehension that the quality of the carcase will be 

 affected by giving cod liver oil as a substitute for butter- fat 

 in the early stages of the life of the animal. It remains to be 

 seen from the 1900 experiment whether the longer use of oil 

 has any such effect. 



From the 1899 and 1900 experiments the following con- 

 clusions may accordingly be drawn : 



Cod liver oil may be used with safety as a substitute for 

 butter-fat along with separated milk for rearing calves. It is a 

 substitute to which calves soon get accustomed; little labour is 

 involved in its use ; and, where a separator is kept, it affords 

 a cheap means of rearing calves. It seems advisable to con- 

 tinue to give the oil, at least for a time after weaning, along 

 with the cake and meal. The oil used in the early stages 

 does not seem to have any detrimental influence on the flesh 

 of the animals when slaughtered as bullocks. 



Experiments have been commenced in 1900 with a view of 

 confirming these results, and with the additional object of 

 ascertaining if the more economically fed calves will graze as 

 well as those fed in the usual manner. 



White Scour in Calves. 

 The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction 

 for Ireland have published the final results of the inquiry, 

 conducted by Professor Nocard, into white scour and lung 

 disease of calves. Professor Nocard's preliminary report on 

 this subject was noticed in this Journal for June last* when a 

 summary was given of the preventive measures recommended 

 by him. The later investigations have confirmed the con- 

 clusions of the earlier report that white scour is the result of 

 an umbilical infection at the moment of parturition, occurring 

 through the wound resulting from the rupture of the navel 

 cord, The treatment consists in providing dry, clean bedding 

 for cows about to calve, in tying the cord immediately after 



