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carried into effect, might have done away with any protests 
whatever, it is said. It was that the dairy cows be tested for 
tuberculosis, and in the event of their being affected that they 
be tagged. This done, an official report of the cows at each 
dairy found to be affected could have been published. Not a 
cow would have been killed, but the effect on the public would 
soon have made the dairymen see the necessity of doing away 
with such animals. However, the present system is a speedy 
one, and tends to give the public confidence in the work of the 
Board of Health. Among all the cows found by the tuberculin 
test to be affected with tuberculosis, they have not made a sin¬ 
gle error. The most careful and painstaking attention is paid 
to each case.” 
No Place for Veterinarians. —A Country Without 
Domestic Animals. —Such a country is Japan, according to a 
picturesque account published in a Russian journal, communi¬ 
cated by M. E. Muller to the Paris Geographical Society, and 
reported in the Revue Scientifiqtie, “ The inhabitants of Japan 
neither eat beef nor drink milk, and consequently the cow is of 
no use in their domestic economy. The Japanese do not ride 
horseback; their two-wheeled vehicles are drawn and their 
palanquins are carried by porters. Besides, they have neither 
mules, asses, nor other beasts of burden. There are numerous 
dogs in the country, but they all run wild. The Japanese keep 
these animals neither for the^ chase nor for protection. It is 
very rare one meets a domesticated dog, and such a dog always 
belongs to a foreigner. As to sheep, goats and swine, the 
Japanese do not raise them. The place of the wool that sheep 
could furnish is taken with them by silk, ’which is very cheap, 
so they do not wear woolen garments. In a Japanese establish¬ 
ment fowls are seen rarely, ducks and pigeons still more seldom ; 
they are raised only to satisfy the demands of foreigners. Some 
persons in the suburbs of Yeddo raise cattle, but not for pur¬ 
poses of rural economy. The animals are used only for religious 
ceremonials; in fact, they are intended to draw the funeral car 
when some member of the Mikado’s family dies .”—{American 
Cultivator.) And yet, Japan has a good veterinary school and 
a Veterinary Recueil^ published monthly.— (Editor.) 
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