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-squeezed from any remaining moisture. Or a plate 
(hot, of courf-e) mny be laid upon them on the 
top of the colander, and pushed down, when the 
water, if any, will run out. 
French and Kidney beans come in when peas go 
out, and are a nice change to eat with any kind 
■of hot meat. They are prepared by cutting off the 
heads and tails, and the thin string at the side?, 
and then by cutting into thin strips. As these are 
done they should be dropped into cold water, 
.slightly salted. Place in boiling water, salted aa 
for otlier vegetables, with a tiny piece of soda to 
keep them green, and boil 20 minutes. When 
tender they will sink to bottom of saucepan. 
Take them up, drain in a colander, and serve 
piled high in a dish, covered melted butter. 
{Ta he. concluded.) 
NEW CURE FOR FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. 
The correspondent at Rome of the London Times, 
writing to that paper on the 12th of November, 
said: — " The Italian War office is stated to have 
addressed a circular to the veterinary officers of 
the Italian Army recommending to their attention 
the new treatment of foot and mouth disease (by 
injections of a solution of corrosive sublimate) 
recently announced by Professor Guido, Baccelli, 
Minister for Agriculture and Commerce. The 
circular is unders'ood to give directions for the 
preparation and use of the yolution, and to 
recommend the greatest care in observi^ig the 
effects of the new remedy. Pending the publi- 
cation of tliis circular, which may be regarded as 
an official recognition of the efficacy of the corro.sive 
sublimate treatment for foot and mouth disease, 
the following data may be of interest. They are 
furnished by Dr. Remo Guzzi, a young Lombard 
physician, who appears to have been the initiator 
of the remedy, first brought by him to the notice 
of the Pavia Medical Faculty in a special thesis 
last July after the completion of satisfactory 
experiments upon his own cattle. The solution 
used by him was composed of one gramme of 
corrosive sublimate and seventy-five grammes of 
common salt in a kilogramme of distilled water. 
The cattle treated had developed the disease 
between forty-eight and twenty-four hours 
previously, and their temperatures varied from 
106-7 to 104"9 Fahrenheit. With the solution 
five injections were made into the big vein on the 
right side of the animal's neck, the first consisting 
of thirty cubic centimeties of solution, the second 
of fifty, the third of seventy, and the fourth and 
fifth of 100 cubic centimetres each. Within a 
maximum period of ten hours, the temperatures 
of the animals thus treated fell suddenly four or 
five degrees Fahr., but afterwards began again to 
rise. A second injection, however, sufficed to 
conquer the fever, and to maintain a normal 
temperature. It is noteworthy, too, that none of 
the cattle thus treated have suffered from those, 
after-effects of the disease usually noticeable four 
or five months after an ordinary cure. As far as 
can be at present ascertained, the corrosive subli- 
mate treatment is free from drawbacks of any sort, 
^hile, ou the other hand, it has regularly givea 
T 
100 per cent of cures. Dr. Guzzi does not, how- 
ever, dispense with other medicaments in treating 
the local manifestations of the disease, but recom- 
mends that during and for some days after the 
cure external sores be washed and the feet ban- 
daged wirh cloths soaked in naphthaline. 
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GENERAL ITEMS. 
In his recei t report on the grants for Agri- 
cultural Education and Research. Major CreiTjie 
estimates that the sum devoted to the County 
Councils in England and Wales for the year 
1899-1900 was roughly something like £ 77,000 
and that including the grants distributed by the' 
Board of Agriculture and tlie payments made by 
the Board of Education for instruction in the 
principles of Agriculture under the scheme of the 
Science and Art Directory, the total amount of 
public money in England and Wales applied 
annually for the purposes of agricultural educa- 
tion is between ^85,000 and £90,000. 
The following analyses of genuine rice meal 
and rice liusks made by Dr. Augustus Voelcker 
are interesting : — ■ 
Mixture 
Oil 
^ Albuminous compouuds 
Starch, digestible fibre, 
Woody fibre 
2 Mineral matter (ash) 
Genuine 
Rice 
rice meal. 
husk.o. 
10-30 
12-53 
8-52 
1-40 
12-93 
4-94 
54-39 
28-95 
4-76 
33-52 
9-10 
18-66 
100-00 
100-00 
2-07 
0-79 
2-90 
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1 Containing nitrogen 
2 Including silica 
A correspondent writing to the N.S. W Gazette 
says ; — Shows as now held have a tendency to 
momentary interest and are not the educational 
factors they should be. These Shows should be 
looked upon as schools for the dissemmination of 
education. The comparison of notes and ideas 
cannot but have an effect advantageous and 
beneficial to ail concerned. The success of a 
Show depends principally on having a cjood 
display of exhibits and good judging. ... I 
have always advocated the single judge system 
and still hold that opinion ; in fact, when asked 
to judge at Agricultural Shows, I object to take 
oflace unless the appointment be as a single jud^e 
As to . the question, should judges give reasons 
for their decision, the answer is, yes. The good 
judgment of the Committee should direct them 
either to affix a card or make the remarks known 
through thepress. Undoubtedly thejudges' work 
should be made public. 1 have known both these 
methods followed and with good results. Until 
something of this kind is done Agricultural Shows 
will not be the educators they are intended to be 
If the judges are well paid (and they ought to be) 
they should have a perfect knowledge of their 
work and do it thoroughly. 
Vinegar is the produce of ox^atiop of alcohoh 
