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the knee of the left fore-leg, the double formation being con¬ 
nected until just above the ankle, where the two become distinct, 
the only difference between the two being that the inner is a 
trifle smaller and shorter than the regular limb, so that the foot 
does not touch the ground when he moves around. The colt is 
otherwise perfectly formed, large, vigorous and active, and walks 
and runs without apparently suffering any inconveniences from 
the extra limb.— Turf, Field and Farm. 
Progressive Illinois. —At last Illinois has a State Veterinary 
Association, and we believe it will result in great benefit to the 
live stock interests of the State. The organization was perfected 
at a meeting of veterinary surgeons in Chicago last week by the 
election of the following officers for the ensuing year: President, 
Dr. A. H. Baker, Chicago; Vice-Presidents, Drs. William Shep¬ 
pard, Ottawa; I. J. Miles, Charleston; J. D. Tuthill, Chicago; 
Recording Secretary, Dr. J. Hughes, Chicago ; Corresponding 
Secretary, Dr. J. F. Ryan, Chicago; Treasurer, Dr. W. L. Wil¬ 
liams, Bloomington; Board of Censors, Drs. N. R. Paaren, Chi¬ 
cago; W. Sheppard, Ottawa; R. J. Withers, Chicago. The As¬ 
sociation will ask the Legislature to pass, before adjournment, a 
bill providing that no person shall be permitted to practice vet- 
rinary medicine or surgery in Illinois without a diploma from 
some college duly authorized to graduate students, unless he is a 
recognized member of the State Veterinary Medical Association, 
or has passed a satisfactory examination before a board appointed 
for the purpose .—Prairie Farmer. 
The Revival of the Pork Problem in the North German 
Gazette , by attempts to show from statistics that American 
pork is sixty times more liable to produce trichinosis than Ger¬ 
man, may, says The Sun, give Minister Sargent something more 
to do. A short time since it was charged in the German news¬ 
papers that thirteen deaths had occurred in the garrison at Tilsit 
from eating American pork, and that many more of the troops 
were sick. Mr. Sargent caused the nearest consular officer to 
make an inquiry, and it was found that fourteen trivial cases of 
trichinosis had occurred, and that every one of the patients had 
