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NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
Better take both ends and put the same restrictions on the 
mare as on the stallion. 
Not only make a law but enforce it in both cases and improve 
instead of degenerate the horses of the country. 
Wm. R. Howe, V.S. 
NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
Discovery. —Formal announcement has recently been made 
of the discovery of the specific fungus of whooping cough. The 
cry is still “ They come .”—Polyclinic Advertiser. 
Pleuro-Pneumonia. —The recent outbreaks of pleuro-prieu- 
monia in Pennsylvania and Salem, Conn., show clearly that we 
are no nearer rid of the disease than we were five years ago. 
Foot and Mouth Disease.— Reports come to us very fre¬ 
quently of fresh outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in England. 
We are happily without a single known case in the United 
States. 
Cattle Plague in Russia. —Reports from all parts of Rus¬ 
sia, as late as September 7, state that the cattle plague continues 
its ravages with unabated fury. Over a million cattle have fallen 
victims of the plague within the past four years in European 
Russia alone. 
A Step Forward.— Dr. Detmers, the veterinarian appointed 
by the Government to investigate the trichina, has entered upon 
the discharge of his duties. He is located at Armour’s, in Chi¬ 
cago, where every opportunity is afforded him for the pursuance 
of his investigations.— Am. Cultivator. 
Y ards of Butter.— In some parts of Spain, where butter is 
a rare article of merchandise, it is sold, not by the pound, but 
bv the yard. It is brought from the mountain district in sheep’s 
intestines, like sausages that are “ tied off” with strings in lengths 
as required by the buyer.— Druggist's Circular. 
Great Fecundity of an Ewe. —A black-faced ewe in New 
