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A. Respecter of the Law— Dr. Wm. Henry Kelly, Secre¬ 
tary of the State Board of Veterinary Examiners of New York 
turmshes the Review with the following correspondence, which 
explmns rtself (the names being omitted for obvious reasons): 
gents Albany , N. E, Sept. i 7 , T 8 9 6.—Mr. 
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ear Slr f : 7T W - e f re ? nformed that you are violating the pro- 
Z tl the t , mclosed veterinary law. Will you please gi ve P ns 
the facts m this matter ? Very truly yours,-T 0 
which the following reply was made : u Dear Sir :—I received 
a notice ingards of ackent a part of vetrinary. If it is me you 
mean it is not my name but I will answer it. If eny one has 
informed you of me Doctor horses it is not so. I have clipped 
a few horses and have floated some horses moths and if I have 
know right to do that will stop at once never gave any meadsou 
to eny horse but my own. I would answer sooner but am in 
bussness m New York, and did not received Your note. Re 
spectfilly Yours,-» 
Infected Cattle—A Washington dispatch 
^ “given by the Acting Secretary of Agriculture 
that cattle infected with Southern cattle ticks disseminate Texas 
fever, and that under the laws relating to the control of con¬ 
tagious and infectious diseases of animals the regulations of the 
Bureau of Animal Industry dated Feb. i, 1896, are hereby 
amended by an additional section as follows : Cattle originating 
outside of the district described by the order dated Feb. 1, 1896 5 
!L a S¥ b J sub f. e quent orders, and which are infected with 
S Xt‘ S u- S tlcks - sha11 be considered as infectious cattle 
and shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing the 
movement of Southern cattle. Stock-yard companies receiving 
such cattle shall place the same m the pens set aside for the use 
outhem cattle and transportation companies are required to 
clean and disinfect all cars and vessels which have contained 
the same, according to the requirements of this department ” 
• _ )! INE ^ AGUE Pr evalent in the West—S wine plague 
he Stml w fT nat -, d ^ faU ’ There ma >’ be some States » 
thL t* W * wher , e u ls 110t rampant, but we do not know of 
hem. It was supposed to be worst after a dry year ; its outbreak 
now after the wettest year on recent record renders a new theory 
the^nrY ‘ c f/f dls P atcb lroln Cincinnati gives some idea of 
the presence of the plague throughout the Ohio Valley : “ The 
reports from the farmers in Ohio and Indiana of losses from ho- 
okra are alarming. The corn crop is very large, but the hogs 
are dying rapidly. The hog cholera has prevailed for some 
