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NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
Bitten by a Mad Horse. —The following report comes from 
Michigan: “ A case of alleged horse hydrophobia exists in the 
township of Greenfield, Mich. A week ago Richard Reed was 
bitten by a favorite horse which had been sick and had become 
vicious. The wound was cauterized after Veterinary Surgeon 
Murray had pronounced the horse afflicted with rabies. Reed at 
once had the horse killed. The spinal cord was secured and two 
white rabbits were inoculated with the virus, and several do^s tre- 
panned and clots of the cord laid on their brains. Reed is a 
wealthy farmer and is wrought up to a high pitch. He at first de¬ 
cided to wait five days to learn the result of the experiments be¬ 
gun, but changed his mind, and will start for Paris at once to 
consult Pasteur. Reed is fifty years old. 7 ’— Nat. Live Stock Jour¬ 
nal. 
Quarantined Horses. —-Word comes from De Witt County, 
Ills., that ‘‘the horse disease known as l maladie du coitj that 
caused such excitement among our stockmen and the assemblage 
of learned veterinarians from several States, and a session of a part 
of the live stock commission at Clinton, was the occasion to-day 
of another official visit of Mr. J. M. Pearson, chairman of the 
commission, from Alton; C. T. Johnston, secretary, from Spring- 
field, and Dr. Williams, of Bloomington, Assistant State Veterin¬ 
arian. Out of a list of 200 under quarantine they have examined 
nearly 30 mares, ordered one stallion killed this morning, but will 
delay the alleged cases longer before ordering any more killed. 
The disease is abating, as there are but few new cases, and it is 
thought they can, under the rigid regulations, be soon stamped 
out. The commission will visit cases in Wapella to-morrow.” 
Spaying Heifers on the Ranges. —Spaying heifers in the 
west is still going on. Nevada leads in the matter, but Idaho, 
Utah and Wyoming have done considerable of this unsexing. 
Texas, also, has spayed large numbers. This process will increase 
the beef output two years hence, but later on it will cause a heavy 
deficit. It looks now as if the practice would be continued in 
order to prevent the over-crowding of the ranges. Spaying in¬ 
creases the hardiness of the animal and makes the heifer stock 
even better rustlers than the steers.— Nat. Live Stock Journal. 
