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ments, and ns soon as be has tried them oa 
a sufficiently large numb^i' of animals will com- 
municate his results, 
In spite of the doubt cast by certain practi- 
tioners on the efficacy of iodide of potassium, 
Mr. Hauptmann is firmly convinced of its good 
effects. He does not favour injection in the 
udder chipfiy owing to the difficulty of managing 
an antiseptic solution, but recommends adminis- 
tration by the mouth. Injection of an iodide 
solution 'into the uterus produced the same 
good results. Iodide of potassium, according 
to Mr. Hauptmann, exercises its specifie action 
on milk fever as soon as it reaches the blood 
current. 
Professor Mucki reports good results with the 
treatment of a severe case of strangles by 
means of corrosive sublimate. He used the drug 
intravenously, and first made an injection of 
30 grammes of a solution of 1 in 1,000 in 
the left jugular. On the following day the 
temperature fell, but the hyperthermia returning 
two days later, the Professor administered 40, 
50, and finally 60 grammes of the same solu- 
tion daily. In a few days the fever finally dis- 
appeared, the local injuires improved, and the 
horse became quite convalescent. 
The Veterinary Journal for February last 
contains a reprint of a lecture by Prof. Mac- 
queen in which reference is made to, what 
we might call for the want of a better word 
" upishnesa " of young Veterinary Surgeons. The 
Professor objects to the insertion of the letters 
"M.R.C.V.S. Z." after a Veterinary Surgeon's 
name, as suggesting something more than non- 
sense, and states that the final L. should be dis- 
pensed with on the ground of bad taste and 
of being altogether superfluous. Another thing 
objected to is the use of the word "Professor." 
"So for as I am concerned," says Prof. Mac- 
queen, "the name of Professor is not pleasing, 
and 1 should certainly live quite happily in 
this world if there was no such title. My 
conception of a Professor is a man of about 
80 years of age, with a head like Lord Kelvin, 
with flowing locks like those worn by the late 
Joseph Gamgee, a man who has lived through 
various places in a profession, whose experience 
is beyond question, and who is entitled to the 
real dignity of being called a Professor. What 
would Prof. Macqueeu say to the local abuse 
of the word " Doctor " in describing a Veteri- 
nary Surgeon ? 
Even the Veterinary jn-ofession is threatened 
with an invasion by the weaker se.v. In 1897 
a lady eat for and successfully passed the pre- 
liminary examination and entered as a student of 
a Scotch College with a view to being enrolled 
on the register of the K.C.V.S, She, however, found 
that the Council declined to admit her to examina^ 
tion. Legal proceedings followed against the 
E.C.V.S. in the Scottish Courts, but the case 
was dismissed with costs on the plea that the 
Scottish Courts, ^ad lio jurisdiction. So ended 
the episode of the lady student. There is 
said to be only one qualified lady Veterinary 
student in Europe, viz., Mdlle. Kepereaitsch, 
member of a wealthy Eussian family, la 
America, hon'ever, five ladies were enrolled as 
students in 1897 by the New York Veterinary 
College. More ladies are seeking admission, with 
a view it is said of qualifying to treat — House- 
hold Pets ! 
« 
AN AGRICULTURAL PAPER. 
>Ve give below an Agricultural Examination 
paper with answers — something for our readers to 
think about. 
Q. Are you aware that plant food exists ia 
the soil in both available and unavailable forms, 
and that when plants have used up most of the 
available portion we call the soil " worn out ? '' 
A. Yes, That soils, though unproductive, 
contain plant food in large quantities, but it is in 
such condition that plants cannot get it, 
Q. Is it true that a soil is capable of being 
made a laboratory in which changes will take 
place, and some of this unavailable plant food be 
made u.s available ? 
A. It is only when the soil is in each condition 
that certain changes can take place, that the un- 
available plant food becomes available to the 
plant. 
Q. Are you aware that when the texture of 
your soil is poor, or, in other words, when your 
laboratory is out of order, the best manure will 
not give satisfactory results P 
A. The texture or physicial condiiion of the 
soil is of the first importance. A rock contains 
plant food, but it will not grow crops because of 
its physical and chemical condition. 
Q. Do you know that heat and air are impor- 
tant agencies in the changes going on in the soil 
as they are in ordinary fermentation, 
A, Chemical changes in the soil cannot take 
place to the best advantage when air is excluded, 
or when a favourable temperature cannot be main- 
tained. 
Q. Does standing water have a detrimental or 
beneficial effect on the heat and air, Why P 
A. Detrimental because it keeps the tempera- 
ture low, and at the same time excludes air ; while 
the soil texture is also impaired. 
Q. How can I you make the soil laboratory do 
the best work ? 
A, By making and preserving the best physical 
conditions possible. 
Q. Have you realized what nn inch of rainfall 
means ? 
A, It means about 113 tons of water supplied 
the acre. 
Q. Are special precautions necessary for pre- 
serving the moisture in the soil ? Why P 
A. Most decidedly. It requires about 300 tons 
of water to produce one ton of dry matter. A good 
deal of rain water flows away over the surface of 
land, and a good dtal is evaporated. On this 
account only a part of the rain is available for 
