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unlimited orders as to numbers they are more than ever particu¬ 
lar concerning the character of the horses that they buy, and in¬ 
sist on a better quality than heretofore. TL'he presence of these 
biiyeis will stimulate the market g'reatly.— {^Breeder''s Gctsette.^ 
More Interest Needed. —A member of the Veterinary 
Medical Association of New York County writes as follows to 
the Review: “Do the veterinarians of Greater New York 
take an interest in their profession ? If so, why do they not 
join the Society and thereby do some good, not only to the 
profession, but to themselves? All are invited to attend the 
meetings, which are held at the Academy of Medicine, Forty- 
third Street, near hifth Avenue, on the first Wednesday in each 
month.” 
Prosecuting ^ Illegal Practitioners in Buffalo.— 
Within a short period two convictions have been secured, mainly 
through the efforts of R. E. Willyoung, D. V. S., of Buffalo, 
N. Y., against two unlicensed graduates, both parties paying 
their fines and costs of action without coming to trial. Ywo 
others are now held for the grand jury, and an action has been 
brought against another for dehorning cattle, to recover $1000. 
Illegal practitioners of veterinary medicine will probably Pfive 
Buffalo a wide berth. 
Litmus Paper is Not Reliable. —We have much pleasure 
in giving publicity to a very useful and ingenious little appli¬ 
ance in the form of a “ litmus pencil.” Its use is so obvious 
that comment is unnecessary. We have no doubt but that it 
will soon in great measure supersede the old form of books. To 
medical men it will certainly be a great boon, as it can be carried 
in the pocket and contains a practically inexhaustible supply of 
litmus always ready. It is made by Mr. Tyree, a chemist at 
Washington, D. C., and mailed to any address for 25c. 
Tanned a Giant Bull’s Hide. —What is probably the 
largest bull hide in America has just been tanned and prepared 
with the hair on at the works of the Henry Lang Company for 
J. Stern & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. The bull, when in life, was 
the famous Duke of Salem, weighing 3000 pounds, and was the 
star attraction at the opening of an abattoir in Philadelphia on 
September 30. In the presence of four thousand spectators the 
animal was led out to slaughter. The ordinary apparatus for 
slaughtering cattle was too small to use upon the Duke, so a 
well directed rifle shot in the exact centre of the forehead did 
the work. The hide weighed 209 pounds in the “ green ” state. 
