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Goats in United States. 



should be noted that by an Order in Council, dated June 

 1899, the Victorian Government have rescinded the order 

 elated December 19, 1898, relating to the quarantine of cattle 

 and sheep from places outside the Australasian colonies and 

 New Zealand, except so far as the order relates to pigs. 

 The order also provides that cattle, sheep or pigs intended 

 to be introduced into Victoria from any place — other than 

 one of the Australasian colonies, the introduction of pigs 

 from New Zealand having been prohibited — shall remain in 

 quarantine, in the case of cattle not less than 40 days, and in 

 the case of sheep and pigs not less than 30 days, and in the 

 case of sheep from Germany and the United States of 

 America not less than 60 days, during which time, in the 

 case of sheep, they shall be washed, dressed, and disinfected 

 as the Chief Inspector of Stock may direct, and in the case 

 of cattle any animal suspected to be affected with tuber- 

 culosis may be subjected to the tuberculin test. The owner, if 

 required by the inspector, shall render all necessary 

 .assistance to facilitate the operation ; and until, after the 

 -expiration of the said periods of 40 days, 30 days, or 60 days, 

 as the case may be, the animals have been examined by a 

 veterinary surgeon, approved by the Governor in Council in 

 that behalf, and an inspector of stock, and by them declared 

 in writing to be free from infection, no person shall, 

 whether before or after the expiration of the quarantine, 

 remove or drive any such cattle, sheep, or pigs, or 

 suffer any such cattle, sheep, or pigs, to escape from the 

 quarantine ground until an inspector of stock by writing 

 under his hand has authorized their removal. 



Goats in the United States. 



According to an article published in the Year Book recently 

 issued by the Department of Agriculture at Washington 

 goat breeding for profit has not hitherto received much atten_ 

 tion in the United States. It appears, however, that in a few 

 of the sparsely populated Western and Southern States, small 



