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ticnlarh/ large bull, whose size would suggest the impossibility 
of consummation. 
1 think it probable any calf allowed to suck the dam would 
come earlier in season than otherwise, and the reasoning in 
favour of such opinion is sufficiently obvious; but the improved 
short-horns are peculiarly characterized by general early matu¬ 
rity, and I should, even without the testimony of experience, be 
inclined to expect the result under consideration, as well as the 
other indications of such early maturity. 
I do not feel sufficiently master of the subject as it ought to 
be treated in your work, otherwise I could probably direct 
attention to one or two important facts connected with it. 
What I have stated may, however, suffice to promote inquiry. 
[Mr. Berry would confer much obligation on us and our 
readers, if he would take up the subject to which he alludes. 
No man is or can be better qualified.—Y.] 
To the Editors of The Veterinarian.^' 
Gentlemen,—The pleasure I experience in the advancement of 
veterinary science and the welfare of your periodical, and also the 
regret I feel to see so few of our elderly, long-experienced, and 
talented veterinarians adorning your pages with their valuable re¬ 
marks, have stimulated me to transmit to you the following case. 
I am. Gentlemen, 8cc. 
Thomas Holford. 
ATROPHY IN A COLT, WITH HOCK-LAMENESS. 
Bij Mr. Thomas Holford, K.^., Northwich. 
On the 11th of last May, I saw a two-year old colt, the pro¬ 
perty of Mr. Pemberton, of Leftwich: he was of the blood 
kind, a beautifully formed animal, but wretchedly poor in con¬ 
dition, and so lame in the near hock, that he, in a manner, dragged 
the limb after him. The joint was very much deformed by 
bursal enlargement; and, on examination of the part, I found 
the inflammation to be excessive. Upon inquiry, I found that he 
had been lame about three weeks. He was perfectly sound 
when put into the stable over-night, and lame on the following 
morning. A most rapid emaciation had taken place since the 
