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pasture ; the best meadows will be those that are conspicuous 
by their absence. Still, there are many plants which cannot 
be called grasses which are of value when mixed with grass. Of 
these, the most prominent are the different kinds of clovers. 
Practice and observation will teach the intelligent farmer, and 
those to whom is committed the well-being of his stock, the 
different teachings which they are capable of communicating. 
For the present we must be content with having pointed 
out some of these facts in reference to plants different from 
grasses. In our next we must refer to the same set of circum- 
stances as occurring from the presence of many of the grass 
allies themselves. 
DISEASE OF THE UTERUS OF A BITCH. 
By John Gerrard, M.R.C.Y.S., Market Deeping. 
I am induced to send you the particulars of a case of 
uterine disease in a bitch, as it corresponds so closely to the 
case related in your last by the Messrs. Gowing, Camden 
Town, and your note attached thereto, that I am inclined to 
think such a morbid condition of the organ is of more frequent 
occurrence than is generally supposed or suspected. 
I am unable to indicate any successful mode of treatment ; 
but a statement of the symptoms and appearances may enable 
some one to form a diagnosis of an obscure and hitherto un- 
observed affection. This always goes a long way to secure 
the good opinion of our employers. 
On the 10th of November, 1870, a French poodle, nine years 
of age, about ten pounds in weight, was brought for my exami- 
nation, and said to be in want of opening medicine, as she had 
a great desire to defecate, but could not do so, and had been 
in this state for three days previous, having eaten nothing all 
that, time. Nothing unusual could be observed by her gene- 
ral appearance. Pulse rather excited, breath fetid, mucous 
membrane of mouth black, teeth rather loose, belly tense — 
moderate pressure causing pain — great desire for seclusion, 
and occasionally straining violently. In addition the attendant 
stated that she had been in heat some days previously, but had 
been kept secluded, so that nothing had to be suspected from 
that cause. Thinking that she was suffering from the effects 
of having eaten some indigestible substance, and that it had 
passed on towards the rectum, I administered jalap 5ij in an 
ounce of castor-oil and 5ss syrup of buckthorn ; I also gave her 
