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as before stated. If ground up altogether, and carefully 
mixed with other compounds, such as Indian corn and lin¬ 
seed meal, I am clearly of opinion that a feeding compound 
could be produced possessing fattening and flesh-forming 
properties far beyond any possessed by oil-cake. And, what 
is of immense advantage to the farmer, he would then be 
sure of having a genuine instead of an adulterated article. 
—Agricultural Gleaner 
THE PROGRESS OE ZOOLOGY. 
By Shirley Hibberd. 
Zoology may be considered one of the most fortunate of 
sciences. Like a well-spread table, it has something to tempt 
every taste—milk for babes, and strong meat for men. Its 
subjects are so varied, many of them so familiar, and all them 
have so direct a reference to life, that its very theories are 
romantic, and its facts oftentimes rise to the level of poetry. 
The affection of a dove for her nestlings, or the persistent 
faithfulness of a dog, following the corpse of his master to 
the grave, that he also may die there, are matters that scarcely 
come within the domain of the science to which the modern 
term of “ Biology” has been applied, but they represent the 
sentiment which has been, and still is, the corner-stone of 
zoological science. The animals that are more immediately 
associated with man in his enterprises are those in which the 
most notable variations of form and colour occur; and the 
economy of civilization has required a more than casual 
investigation of the circumstances which influence their wel¬ 
fare, as well as of their relations to each other. The two 
most natural of all sciences—if such a term may be allowed 
—are zoology and botany; they deal with the material 
necessities of human life, with the best adornments of the 
world, and, above all, with organization. It is the possession 
of Life that renders a waving blade of grass or a chirping 
sparrow more attractive than an impassive stone. If there 
were no stone there would, perhaps, be no sparrow—they are 
both essential to the oneness of the world ; but the sparrow 
has consciousness; it exhibits the working of mysterious 
instincts; it moves by volition per se , and it utters in its 
chirpings somewhat of an idea. It may be that we are 
searching after the Principle of Life as if it were a material 
substance or mathematical entity, forgetful of Stahl's defini- 
