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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
perimented with. Kerosine emulsion was found to have no 
practical value 5 crude petroleum irritates the skin and emulsi¬ 
fies with water; resin oil is useless for the purpose ; corrosive 
sublimate is too dangerous, and is not very fatal to ticks, even 
in solution of 1.250 in water, and tobacco sheep-dips are worth¬ 
less. Dr. F. is studying the effects of other oils, the most prom¬ 
ising being West Virginia black, a mineral oil. 
Horses of Paris.— The Paris Omnibus Company has the 
largest and finest collection of horses in the world 15,084 
horses, driven to the double-decked omnibuses, three abreast,, 
matched up of the same color and of the active draught-horse type 
that travel in a sweeping trot from stand to stand. The> have 
some lighter horses on suburban street-car lines and some in 
cabs and carriages, and some heavy draught teams of monstrous 
weight, some three abreast, some four-horse teams, and some in 
great heavy carts driven two, three or four tandem. Monsieur 
Lavalard, the manager, is a horseman of remarkable ability. 
He has his buyers visit every horse-breeding district of France, 
and select just such horses as come up to their standard, much 
as the French government officials, who have the first choice of 
breeding stallions, and pay the highest prices. Such customers 
as these stimulate the farmers to raise the finest horses they can, 
as they are sure of a good price for a good horse. Recent statis¬ 
tics show that Paris has 86,150 horses in that city, where the 
horseless carriages were to replace the horses. . . . These 
belong to 11,523 persons. For the whole of the department of 
the Seine there are 115,619 horses, belonging to 24,106 owners. 
There are but few geldings seen in Paris, as the geldings are the 
popular horses for work in all parts of France. The Province 
of the Perch supplies many horses of the handsome grays and 
some blacks of the active draught type, Brittany the light 
draught, and Normandy and Boulogne the heavy draught. 
Live Stock Journal. 
FOR SALE. 
On account of death of a veterinarian, widow will sell his books. Also, a modernly- 
equipped veterinary hospital, 25x65, two story and basement, five box-stalls and seven 
single stalls, concrete floor, sewer connection each stall, with office and elevator. 
Located in city of Brooklyn. Address, Mrs. G. Leich, 1540 Gates Ave., Brooklyn. 
PRACTICE FOR SALE. 
A well-established Veterinary Practice, in a city of 80,000, in a splendid agricultural 
district. Only one competitor. Good reasons for selling. Address. “Practitioner, 
No. 1302 Felix Street, St. Joseph, Mo. 
