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in considerable quantities through the navel,hocks badly swollen, 
saying the old mare stepped on them. 
During the past spring and summer we had a great number. 
A few that had only a slight discharge from the navel, with no 
other symptoms, recovered both with and without treatment. 
In the more severe cases, having tried various injections, 
together with tying off the urachus and losing all of them, the 
following operation was suggested and performed by Dr. An¬ 
derson : 
The patient having been kept from dam for six hours 
was laid down and tied so as to leave the abdomen freely ex¬ 
posed. An anaesthetic was then administered, the abdomen thor¬ 
oughly washed with soap and water, and the hair shaved from 
a space four inches long by eight wide, with the navel as the 
centre. An elliptical-shaped incision five inches long and just 
wide enough to take in the navel was then made through the 
skin, underlying tissues and peritoneum. The umbilical vein 
was traced ahead until found to be healthy, ligated with silk 
worm gut and severed. The urachus was then followed up to 
bladder aud two strands of the silk worm gut passed between 
the branches and each ligated separately, a strand being then 
passed around and over both ligatures. The urachus was then 
severed about a half inch below the ligature, the peritoneum 
was closed with an uninterrupted suture, the ends being left 
long enough to hang outside. The skin was closed by an ordi¬ 
nary interrupted suture, directions being given to pull out the 
inner suture the third day. 
The Department of Agricueture has decided to bear 
the entire expense of testing cattle with tuberculin in Great 
Britain which are to be sent to the United States for breeding 
purposes. Importers are directed to communicate with Dr. T. 
A. Geddes, care U. S. Consul, London, who represents the gov¬ 
ernment in this matter. 
In the University of Nebraska appropriation bill Gov. 
Dietrich has vetoed items appropriating $90,500 for the im¬ 
provement of the property and equipment of the University and 
the Experiment Station. 
