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Galloway dropped six lambs on the 28tli of May. Four of these 
were alive, but one died shortly after birth. The other three 
were still alive when last heard from. The same ewe gave birth 
to five lambs last year. We should not care, however, to own 
such stock, a single lamb to the ewe being better, though twins 
are passable from extra strong, hardy ewes. —Am. Agriculturist. 
Manitoba Speaks Out. —A memorandum from the Deputy 
Minister of Agriculture for Manitoba, Acton Burrows, shows 
that the Board of Agriculture of that Province are alive to the 
necessities of the hour. At the Provincial Exhibition to be held 
this fall, no stallion will be awarded a prize which has not first 
been declared sound and free from disease by the Consulting 
Veterinarian of the Board, Mr. W. McEachran, M.D., V.S. 
Feeding Syphilitic Infants. —At L’Hopital des Enfants 
Assistes in Paris, where many of the waifs and foundlings of the 
city are cared for, a unique feature has been introduced by M. 
Parrot, consisting of a nursing service for syphilitic infants. The 
nurslings draw their nourishment directly from the teats of the 
ass, to which they are presented five times during the day, and 
three times at night. They thrive under this treatment, and 
seventy per cent, live, while almost all formerly died when fed 
from the bottle.— Boston Medical Journal. 
Poisoning from Diseased Meat. —Dr. Ituysch reports the 
poisoning of about two hundred persons in the town of Heeseh, 
Holland, who had eaten the flesh of a cow that had died in giv¬ 
ing birth to a calf, also the flesh of a still-born calf, and 
of another calf. All who had eaten the meat were taken ill, 
and three died. They suffered from severe gastric symptoms, 
chills, fever, headache, and great depression, so that the physicians 
supposed at first that they had to do with an epidemic of typhoid 
fever. Others presented the symptoms merely of gastroenter¬ 
itis. The nature of the poison in the flesh could not be clearly 
determined, as none of the animals had died from an infectious 
disease.— Centralbl. fur Klin. Med. 
Cremation. —The Prairie Farmer has often advocated the cre¬ 
mation of animals dying of contagious diseases. All investiga- 
