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from the calf’s stomach. He cut one in two and found it con¬ 
tained nothing but hair, the hair being the same color as the 
calf’s; the balls were all very compact. Having never heard of 
anything of the kind before, he brought the balls he had found 
and what was left of the stomach (the chickens having picked 
it considerably) to me. I examined what was left of the stom¬ 
ach and found quite a number of balls, there being fourteen in 
all, ranging in size from a large walnut to one 8 inches in cir¬ 
cumference. The calf was one day short of four weeks old 
when killed, of Durham breed, and dressed 115 lbs. Mr. 
Hilly said the calf was apparently in perfect health, and was as 
fine {a calf as he ever raised. There were no other cattle 
near it ; the calf was kept tied and left to the mother morning 
and evening just long enough to suck. 
Taking the age of the calf, the number of balls (14), and 
the fact that it was near no other cattle into consideration, the 
question is, how did they get there ? My opinion is that they 
were congenital. If not congenital, how did they get there ? 
I would be pleased to hear the opinion of any members of the 
profession on this case. I think I am safe in saying that this 
calf had more hair on the inside than it had on the outside. 
RABIES AND THE DIFFERENCE IN PERIODS OF INCUBATION. 
By E. W. Brumter, V. S., Alliance, Ohio. 
January 16, 1900, a dog, which afterwards proved to be 
rabid, entered the stable of Mr. S. Three boys, who were in 
the stable at the time, began to play with him, but the dog did 
not seem inclined to play, and either bit or scratched one of the 
boys on the cheek ; the skin was broken, but the boy being 
scared could not tell whether the dog bit or scratched him. 
The boys, after seeing the dog snap at several cows, endeavored 
to drive him out of the barn with forks, but did not succeed in 
doing so until the dog had gone the full length of both horse 
and cow stable. Nothing was thought of the matter until 
rabies showed in cow No. 1, February 26th. The different 
cases showed up as follows : 
Cow No. 1, February 26, 1900. 
Cow No. 2, February 27, 1900. 
Cow No. 3, March /, 1901. 
Horse No. 1 (driving mare), March 16, 1900. 
Horse No. 2 (draft gelding), March 19, 1900. 
Horse No. 3 (draft gelding), May, 14, 1900. 
The first and last cases were let run their courses, which 
