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cent.; the steers, cows or bulls, 4,326, or 3.85 per cent., anc 
the swine 126, or 0.112 per cent. 
Out of 43 tuberculous calves, 33 were kept back; of 4,32c 
adult bovines, 2,600, and of 126 swine, 40. 
Consequently from fifty-two French cities and towns ir 
five years, the inspectors of meat have confiscated as tuber 
culous, fifteen-ten thousandths of steer or cow meat; nineteen 
one millionths of calf, and three-one hundred thousandths 0 
swine meat. 
In his excellent work on “ Zootechnie generale,” Mr. Corn 
evin states that in 1882 the money value of meat consumec 
in France was for beef, 820,415,847 francs ; for veal, 264,312,59; 
francs; and for pork 584,610,118 francs. 
Estimating and assuming the ratio of exclusion to hav< 
been equal throughout the country to that which has beei 
stated for the country towns, the loss incurred would be fo: 
beef, 1,230,615 francs; for veal, 5,030 francs; and for pork 
17,538 francs, in five years. In other words, the prices 0 
meats, for the reason in question, would have sustained a ris< 
of some millins only, while from 1862 to 1882 it has under 
gone a rise of 42 per cent, on beef, and 20.60 per cent. 01 
pork. 
As we make no pretensions to the title ol an expert ecor 
omist, we will not undertake to indicate the true causes 0 
such a rise in the prices of meats. But we are sure that to estal 
lish among them the measures taken against the use of tubei 
culous meats would be equally childish and futile. 
To this day no one can seriously lay an accusation agains 
us of having compromized in any manner, or from any poin 
of view, the interests of poor people or of the agriculture, 
class. If certain producers and dealers have made a great 
noise and become excited on account of the repressive mea; 
ures, the motive is easy to understand, and their object eas 
to penetrate. 
We are willing to acknowledge that though the interest 
of agriculture have not been jeopardized, those of some ind 
vidual agricultursts have at times suffered, and this fact has nc 
failed to excite our serious concern. 
(To be continued .) 
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