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Does Heating Milk Destroy Germs? —Sidney D. 
Myers, V. S., writes as follows to the Breeder's Gazette: 
“ After reading yonr recent article, 1 Cream on Pasteurized 
Milk,’ the following question came into my mind : Does heat¬ 
ing milk to 140 deg. Fahr., or even to 155 deg. Fahr., destroy 
all germs ? I read in Friedberger & Frohner’s Pathology that 
the bacilli of tuberculosis are destroyed by a temperature of 85 
deg. Cent., which, if I figure rightly, would be 185 deg. Fahr. 
I recently witnessed the slaughter of four hogs at the Ohio Ag¬ 
ricultural Experiment Station that had been fed on milk from 
tuberculous cows. Two of them had been fed on the milk un¬ 
treated, while the other two were fed on Pasteurized milk, but 
all of the hogs were found to be tuberculous.” 
Rabies in Wild Animals. —In answer to inquiries made as 
to whether wild animals were attacked with rabies, Dr. W. O. 
Dawson reports the following : u A jackal was kept for seven¬ 
teen days in a large kennel, built for that purpose, well fed and 
looked after. On being let out in front of a pack of hounds, 
the animal was killed after a run of about thirty-five minutes. 
The leading hound, who brought him down at least 75 yards in 
front of the rest of the pack, was rather badly bitten, and six 
days after showed marked symptoms of rabies, and died on the 
third day after being attacked. This pack being always strictly 
kept away from other dogs, this being the only case of rabies, 
also the fact that the jackal had been to all appearances perfectly 
healthy, and kept in isolation for seventeen days, make the case 
rather peculiar .”—Veterinary Review . 
Cattle for Cuba. —In accordance with terms of the re¬ 
cent order for the free admission of 50,000 head of graded cattle 
into Cuba within the next year, the Secretary of Agriculture 
has issued regulations covering their admission. To secure the 
advantages of the order cattle must be shipped either from 
Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans or Galveston, and satisfactory 
evidence must be supplied that they are not from the fever dis¬ 
trict as outlined by the department. The animals will be 
inspected by an inspector of the Agricultural Department at the 
port of shipment, u and if they are found to be graded cows and 
bulls, suitable for breeding purposes, free from disease, and im¬ 
mune from the fever tick, the inspector will issue a certificate 
embodying these facts, which certificate should accompany the 
cattle and be presented to the customs officer at the port of 
landing.” 
A Veterinary Munchausen. —Dr. J. R. Mitchell, of 
