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of the milch cow is treated at length, to the point of view of 
the stabling and the cleaning, as well as to that of feeding in 
the stables or in the field. After treating of the milking, and 
the various causes that may act upon the production of milk, 
the author enters into long considerations upon all that relates 
to the reproduction of the breeds and its breeding, with some 
practical advice upon the purchase of the milch cow. Dis¬ 
eases of the cow and of the calf form a short chapter, and which 
is followed to the end of the book by a study of the milk, of 
the dairy and of the various milk industries. This work is 
particularly useful to breeders as well as to veterinarians. 
OBITUARY. 
RODERICK ALEXANDER McLEAN, D.V.S. 
Born at Inverness, Scotland, in 1856, he came to this coun¬ 
try when a young man, and matriculated at the American 
Veterinary College in 1876, graduating in 1879, when he won 
the gold medal of his class for the best general examination. 
He served as house surgeon at the college hospital for one 
year, and then became associated with his father, Lachlan 
McLean, M.R.C.V.S., in the practice of his profession, in 
Brooklyn. 
Contagious pleuro-pneumonia among dairy cattle being 
very prevalent on Long Island and most of the Eastern States 
at this time, he was appointed upon- Gen. Patrick’s staff for 
the suppression of this disease, in which capacity he served 
for two years, after which he was connected with the Bureau 
of Animal Industry. 
After pleuro-pneumonia had been stamped out and the 
prevalence of tuberculosis among cattle had been realized, 
Dr. McLean was again called upon, and became connected 
with the State Board of Health for the suppression of this 
disease. He was Assistant Veterinary Inspector to the 
Brooklyn Board of Health for a long time, Veterinary 
Surgeon to the Brooklyn Branch of the American Society for 
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He also found time 
to attend the meetings of the various veterinary medical so- 
