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were diseased. One of the four was dead, and the other three 
are expected to die. But I think they are to be destroyed and 
burned.”— National Live-Stock Journal. 
Stamping Out Pleuro-Pneumonia.— Mr. T. Duckham, in a 
letter to the Live-Stock Journal , London, urges that the only 
protection against the spread of pleuro-pneumonia consists in 
slaughtering not only the affected animals, but also all that 
have come in contact with them. He says: “ The losses the 
disease have imposed upon the nation since its first introduc¬ 
tion in 1842 run up to an inconceivable amount. It has spread 
distress and ruin in very many cases throughout the length and 
breadth of the United Kingdom. Yet there are local author¬ 
ities who hesitate to deal with it in the only rational manner 
to insure its extermination, by the slaughter of all animals that 
are diseased, and all that have been herded with them. The 
frightfully contagious nature of the disease, and its treacherous 
and fatal character, have long since proved that to be the most 
economical and only certain way of exterminating it.” The 
spread of the disease in Great Britain is shown by the state¬ 
ment that “on August 2Lst it was in ten English counties, the 
North Riding of Yorkshire, and the metropolis, and in eight 
counties in Scotland; on September 18th it was in thirteen 
English counties, the north and West Ridings of Yorkshire, 
and the metropolis, and in eleven counties in Scotland.”— 
National Live-Stock Journal. 
Inoculation for Pleuro-Pneumonia.— In our last issue we 
referred to the discussion going on in England regarding inocu¬ 
lation to prevent pleuro-pneumonia, and mentioned that the 
majority of those who took part in the discussion were opposed 
to trusting to this system. On this subject the editor of the 
Live-Stock Journal , London, says: “ It should be mentioned that 
a few members of the veterinary profession are strongly advising 
that a trial should be given to the system of inoculation, to be 
practiced on uncontaminated animals in herds in which pleuro¬ 
pneumonia has broken out. Some of the local authorities, in 
their reluctance to incur the cost of slaughter, will probably 
