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animal appeared astonished at first, then commenced to bawl, and 
at the end of the beating attacked its feed with a good appetite 
and has been doing splendidly since. I vouch for the truth of 
the above. 
LIMBER NECK (?). 
By N. $. Mayo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 
An opportunity was recently afforded to hold an autopsy 
upon a cock one year old, said by the owner to be suffering from 
“ limber neck.” The owner had lost several fowls with appar¬ 
ently the same disease, although the symptoms varied consider¬ 
ably. They were all attacked by “ sniffles ” and had white spots 
in their throat—roup ( ?)—and after the acute symptoms sub¬ 
sided they had difficulty in walking or standing. One stepped 
high and its head kept bobbing about. All had died except the 
cock, and he was in a bad way. He could not stand. When at¬ 
tempting to stand or walk the head would curl down and forward 
until the bird would frequently keel over forward. The bird ap¬ 
peared completely conscious and was not paralyzed. An autopsy 
revealed nothing abnormal, except the external and middle ear, 
which was filled with cheesey material, either inspissated pus or 
exfoliated epithelium, mixed with gland secretion. This col¬ 
lection of material seemed to be the cause of the inability of the 
cock to maintain its equilibrium. 
This does not seem to be the true “ limber neck ” as I have 
observed it in tropical America. In true “ limber neck,” as I 
have observed it, the bird is totally unconscious. This case is re¬ 
ported in the hope that others with wider experience may also 
report their observations. 
Commissioner Pearson Accepts Presidency at Ames.— 
Hon. Raymond A. Pearson, whose resignation as Commissioner 
of Agriculture of New York State, was announced in the March 
Review, has accepted an appointment as President of the State 
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, at Ames, Iowa. 
Prof. Pearson will take up his work at that institution in the 
fall, on returning from his European trip, which is to be devoted 
to studying agricultural conditions abroad. 
