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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
to authorize and empower the board of control of the experi¬ 
ment station of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College 
at Blacksburg to establish live stock quarantine lines, rules and 
regulations, and to prescribe penalties for violating the same.” 
French Appropriations towards Veterinary Sur- 
.GEONS.— The allowances made by the government for the sup¬ 
port of the three Veterinary schools in France, amounts to 
the round sum of 1,576,950 francs, about $315,390. 
Abnormal Fecundity in a Cow. —A Norman cow died 
three weeks before calving. At the post mortem, the uterus 
was found to contain six calves, four males and two females, 
all in good condition and well formed. Altogether they 
weighed 108 kilogrammes, over two hundred pounds. 
y Monument to Pasteur. —An international subscription 
for the monument to Pasteur upon one of the squares in 
Paris is started by a committee composed of members of the 
Council of the Institute Pasteur. The subscription can be 
addressed rue Dutot 25, in Paris. 
Honor to Director Degive. —The eminent director of 
the Brussels Veterinary School, late president of the Acad¬ 
emy of Medicine of Belgium, has been made Officer of the 
Order of Leopold, one of the highest honors in Belgium. 
Sterilization of Tuberculous Meat in Belgium.— 
Tuberculous meat of animals in good, fat condition, by a 
ministerial order, shall be admitted to general consumption 
after being submitted, under the directions of a veterinarian, 
to an average temperature of n6 Q C. for three hours at least, 
in a sterilizing apparatus accepted by the government. 
A recent letter from that Nestor of veterinary medi¬ 
cine, Jno. C. Meyer, Sr., of Cincinnati, shows that while ad¬ 
vancing years have precluded his active participation in the 
events that are transpiring, his interest in them is as acute as 
in years gone by. May his sun continue to shine for many 
years, and spread its glorious lustre as of yore. 
New Hampshire Veterinary Medical Association.— 
The next meeting of this association takes place the first Tuesday 
in May—quarterly instead of monthly, as heretofore. 
“The HORSELESS Age.” —People whose memory antedates 
the steam engine as a means of popular transportation, say that 
its invasion and the displacement of the stage coach caused a 
greater stir among breeders, and others interested in the horse, 
than the competitors which that animal has recently acquired in 
the electric motor, the bicycle and the much-flaunted horseless 
carriage has recently produced. The horse increased in numbers 
