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.REPORTS OF CASES. 
Mashes of wheat-bran and boiled linseed. This was continued 
for about eight or ten days. 
We had not an opportunity of paying a second visit, but 
from the last accounts (April 6th), the animals were much 
better and improving every day. 
We append a partial analysis of both the water and hay 
which may be of interest. 
WELL WATER. 
Total Solid Matter, - - - 44.9 grs. per gal. 
Organic and Volatile Matter, 14.05 “ “ “ | 
Ca. Mg. Fe. (Trace.) K. Na. Cl. 
h 2 so 4 p 2 o 5 co 2 
PEAVINA HAY. 
Fungus containing mineral matter, phosphates and sul¬ 
phates of Ca., Na. and K. 
A small portion of the hay in a sugar solution produced 
butyric fermentation. 
A DOUBLE MONSTROSITY OF A CALF TRACEABLE TO INJURY 
OF ITS MOTHER. 
By Prof. Olof Schwarzkopf, Y.M., University of Minnesota.* 
Eariy in October, 1890, David Porter, in charge of the cat¬ 
tle barn of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 
called me to see a Holstein-Friesian cow which was hit by 
the horns of another cow, a noted fighter, while passing into 
the stables. I found the cow very nervous and excited. On 
the right flank behind the last rib and about one foot below 
the loins was a small bruise, about as large as a fifty-cent 
piece. As the cow was with calf, I auscultated the uterus, 
but could find nothing abnormal. I instructed the man to 
keep the cow in a quiet place and to watch her, as she might 
possibly abort; however, she soon seemed all right, and 
nothing further was thought of the case. 
On January 28th, 1891, the cow dropped a calf. As it did 
not have any passages within two days, the cattle-man gave 
* From Bulletin No. 19 Experimental Station of University of Minnesota. 
