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the condition of the student, as in every way to offer 
him the scope he deserves, requires, and ought to claim 
for intellectual improvement. Well may the worthy Pre- 
sident of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons strive to 
bring members of the so-called sister profession together, but 
we shall never possess just claims to sisterhood until liberally 
instructed and made to look on our Alma Mater as the centre » 
of learning, and the focal point to which all rays of wisdom 
converge. 
(To be continued .) 
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Facts and Observations. 
ESTIMATED VALUE OF SHEEP AND WOOL. 
The sheep of the British Isles are believed to number 
about 35,000,000 ; England alone possesses about 27,000,000 ; 
Scotland, according to the agricultural statistics of 1854, has 
4,787,235, and Ireland, in 1853, had 3,142,656. Calculating 
the 35,000,000 as worth 30<$. a head, the sheep stock of Britain 
is worth 52,500,000^ sterling. The well-being of these flocks 
is a point of national as well as of agricultural importance, 
for they not only materially enhance the fertility of the soil 
and afford a good return to the farmer, but also largely con- 
tribute to the feeding and clothing of our population. About 
10,000,000 of sheep, weighing on an average 80 lbs. each, are 
annually slaughtered for food. This furnishes 800,000,000 lbs. 
of mutton, or on an average rather more than half a pound 
per day for each individual in the three kingdoms. The 
mutton at 6/7. per pound is worth 20,000,000^. sterling. 
Professor Low estimates, that, allowing for the deficient 
weight of the wool of slaughtered sheep and lambs, each 
fleece averages 4| lbs., and the total annual produce of wool 
will therefore be 157,500,000lbs. Fixing the value at Is. Sd. 
per lb., the total yearly value of the wool of Great Britain is 
nearly 10,000,000^. sterling. A hundred years ago the 
flocks of Great Britain were about half as numerous as they 
are now. — Essay by Finlay Fun. 
CUKE OF ITCH IN HALF-AN-HOUR BY SULPHUR IN A 
LIQUID FORM. 
Dr. E. Smith has called the attention of the Fel- 
lows of the Medical Society of London to an article in 
