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experiments by the Texas station co-operating with the Missouri 
station in immunizing Northern breeding cattle against Texas 
fever. They are quite exhaustive, and include : (i ) Experiments 
to determine whether sterile blood serum of immune Southern 
cattle contains any chemical substance of the nature of an anti¬ 
toxin, or toxin that could be utilized practically in stimulating 
at least a passive immunity in susceptible cattle ; (2) experi¬ 
ments on immunizing cattle by infection with the micropara¬ 
site of the disease by means of tick infestation ; (3) experiments 
on immunizing cattle by infection with the microparasite of the 
disease through blood inoculation. Dr. M. Francis conducted 
the experiments for Texas and Dr. J. W. Connaway for Mis¬ 
souri. 
An Error of Diagnosis. —Under this title Mr. P. Quey- 
ron records in the Progres Veterinaire the case of a cow which 
he treated for a short time for acute pulmonary trouble, and 
later for disturbances due to the passage of a foreign body 
through the chest—diagnoses which were justified by the mani¬ 
festations presented by the respiration. The condition of the 
animal became such that she was sent to the abattoir for butch¬ 
ery purpose. At the post-mortem that followed nothing abnor¬ 
mal was found in the abdomen—except the condition of the 
spleen. This was enormously large and congested ; it weighed 
10 pounds and was the seat of a large abscess containing black¬ 
ish pus, in which a woman’s long hairpin was found. The 
lungs were filled with ecchinococci. Cases of foreign bodies in 
the spleen have not been recorded in France, but in Germany a 
few are recorded—by Vogg in three instances, and Zimmerman 
in one. 
For Our S. P. C. A .—La Semaine Veterinaire has recorded 
lately two peculiar instances of adopted maternity which are 
quite exceptional. The first is that of a slut adopting a lamb, 
allowing herself to be sucked and giving to her adopted young 
one all the caresses and licking possible. The second is that of 
a hunting slut which adopted a young pig. Her litter having 
been taken away from her, she defended the little one she fed, 
and which by good behavior enjoyed the advantages of a second 
milking condition of his foster mother, which had a second lit¬ 
ter. We have heard of late of a still more peculiar case. A 
young hare was found in the field hurt by a bird of prey. Re¬ 
leased from its enemy by a farmer, it was brought to the house 
and then was taught to suck a pointer slut, a good hunter, which 
had milk. It did well on it and now runs about the house, 
