18 Organs of the Animal Body : their Forms and Uses. 
mouth disease, other countries prohibit importation, and, as a con- 
sequence, the interests of breeders of pedigree-stock are seriously 
endangered. The trouble, inconvenience, and loss also sustained 
by all connected with the home trade through the restrictions 
interposed can scarcely be estimated. Nor should the effect 
upon those opposed to the present restrictive policy, of our 
tolerating the presence of the disease in the heart of the country, 
be lost sight of ; for surely no agriculturist can deny that centres 
of disease in the heart of our great grazing districts are infinitely 
more dangerous than the presence of the same disease at either 
of our ports of landing, each with its isolated " foreign animals 
wharf." 
From the annual report of Professor Brown to the Privy 
Council Office, it is evident that no lesson taught by the events 
of the last outbreak can be clearer than that when the disease 
becomes rampant throughout the country. Local Authorities 
and the Privy Council are all alike powerless, for no ordinary 
restrictions prove sufficient to stop its progress ; nothing, indeed, 
short of the regulations put in force for stamping out rinderpest 
will suffice to arrest the disease ; hence the importance of the 
initial blow aimed at an isolated outbreak being certain and 
effective in its delivery. 
It is contended that if isolated cases are treated in the manner 
above proposed, no widespread prevalence of the malady can 
possibly recur ; for, as stated, each outbreak in a flock or herd 
would be treated like the occurrence of a fire, and vigilance 
would not be relaxed until the last ember had been completely 
extinguished. 
II. — Organs of the Animal Body : their Forms and Uses. 
By Professor Brown. 
It is an open question how far a farmer may usefully pursue 
the study of the sciences which have reference to his daily 
work. To put the point plainly ; does he gain much, or at all, 
by knowing how crops grow or animals are made up? Is he 
any the better because he has some idea of the " why and 
wherefore " of things which are always going on under his 
eyes ? Only one answer can be given in these days of School 
Boards to such questions, which is. Yes — unless he means to 
be left far behind in the race for daily bread, not to speak of 
the duty of paying as much attention to the improvement of his 
mind as he does to the cultivation of his crops and live-stock. 
