636 Loiqnng 111. 
seemed a little quiet after 48 hours, but continued to feed and then 
became again normal. 
Two lambs were next inoculated subcutaneously in the groin 
with a culture of the suspected bacillus. After one to two days 
they showed about the seat of the inoculation redness of the skin 
and a slight swelling in the subcutaneous tissue ; the animals were 
at the same time quiet and did not feed well. But after the end of 
three days they were again lively and fed well, and of the swelling 
very little could then be noticed. By the end of five days they 
seemed in all respects normal. From this it would appear that by 
subcutaneous injection of the microbe no definite disease is producible. 
E. Klein. 
PRICES AND QUANTITIES OF LIVE STOCK 
AND FARM PRODUCE IN IRELAND. 
It is proposed to submit in this communication a few extracts, 
which it is believed will prove of interest to English farmers, from 
a paper on the prices of Irish agricultural produce, which I had the 
honour of reading before the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society 
of Ireland on March 1, 1893. The paper was illustrated by dia- 
grams, whereby a means was afforded, not only of seeing at a glance 
the absolute course of prices, but of making comparisons. The 
diagrams are too numerous and too extensive to reproduce here, 
so that if he should wish to consult them the reader must be 
referred to the original paper, where also will be found due ac- 
knowledgment of the various sources, official and otherwise, •whence 
the figures are derived. 
Prices of Irish Cattle and Sheep. 
In Table I. are recorded the average prices of cattle and sheep 
at Ballinasloe October Fair for the 65 years, 1828-92. The oxen 
and heifers are each divided into four classes, the ewes and wethers 
likewise, the term “ class ” referring to size, age, and quality. 
Ballinasloe was, and probably still is, one of the largest sheep 
and cattle fairs in the world. The animals are chiefly stores, as dis- 
tinguished from fat animals, and no record of the value of store 
cattle and sheep seems to have been regularly kept for such a long 
period anywhere else in the United Kingdom. 
In 1856 the fair reached its maximum, when nearly 100,000 
sheep and 26,000 cattle were exhibited, representing a money value, 
at the prices of that year, approximating to 600,0001. Since 1856 
the number of sheep on the fair-green has decreased, with little 
interruption, to 26,000 head last year. Cattle have also decreased 
in numbers, but less rapidly. 
