EDITORIAL. 
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I Reporters : Degive^ Professor and Head of the Veterinary College in 
Brussels ; Dr. Kitt, Professor at the Royal Veterinary College in Munich ; 
ji Dr. Malkmiiss, Professor at the Royal Veterinary College in Hanover ; 
^ Dr. Nocard, Professor at the Veterinary College of Alfort, Paris, Member 
^ of the Academy of Medicine ; Dr. Raupach,Q.o\xviQN\ox, Professor and Head 
of the Imperial Veterinary Institute in Dorpat ; Dr. Schiitz, Privy Coun- 
^ cillor, Professor at the Royal Veterinary College in Berlin. 
f. Conclusion of the work of drawing up a imiversal anatomical nomen- 
clature in veterinary medicine, in accordance with resolutions passed by the 
Ij. VI. Congress. , 
Reporters: Dr. Ellenberger, Medical Councillor, Professor at the 
Ro5'al \ eterinary College in Dresden; Dr. Sussdorf Professor at the 
.. Royal Veterinary College in Stuttgart. 
■ g. Veterinary officials. 
Reporter : Dr. Lydtin, Privy Councillor in Baden-Baden. 
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Molasses as Food. —Important experiments have been 
■ made lately at the School of Practical Agriculture, of Berthon- 
val, upon the use of molasses as food for domestic animals, 
,, which once more confirm the fact already known that the 
remains obtained in the fabrication of sugar may be utilized 
^ with advantage by agriculture. 
These experiments were made with sheep, heifers, pigs, 
milking cows, and horses. Molasses was given : to sheep in 
the dose of 300 grammes a day, mixed with roots ; to pigs, 400 
grammes daily, with cooked crushed potatoes; to heifers, 800 
grammes, with cut beets. In all the cases it has given an 
increase to the size of the animal. Given to milking cows, it 
has produced only a small increase in the milk secretion. 
Horses received one kilogramme of molasses, taking the place 
of one kilogramme of oats. 
The conclusions of the experimenters, published in the 
■ Annates Agrononiiqnes.^ are as follows : 
“ (i) Molasses given in the ration of sheep, pigs, or heifers, 
increases the weight of these animals quite rapidly, results 
which prove that it can be used as food. 
“(2) Under the influence of the process of feeding with a 
