NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
199 
Lusus Naturae. —Dr. Griener, veterinary surgeon, of Indian 
apolis, Ind., reports the remarkable case of a cow in giving birth 
to a calf. The afterbirth preceded the birth of the animal, and 
when born the skin looked like that of a calf, the legs like those 
of a hawk, the head like the skull of a negro, and the body like 
that of a dog. The animal was stillborn, and has been preserved 
for the benefit of science. It can be seen at any time at the 
doctor’s office, at Indianapolis, previous to its removal to the 
Anatomical Museum.— Turf, Field and Farm. 
Live Stock in the United States. —The Census Bureau, at 
Washington, has issued a bulletin, showing that the live stock of 
the United States on farms on June 1, 1880, was as follows:— 
Horses, 10,357,981; mules and asses, 1,812,932; working oxen, 
993,970; milch cows, 12,443,593; other cattle, 22,488,500;. 
sheep, 35,191,656, swine, 47,683,951. The rate of increase 
from 1870 to 1880 was: In horses, 45 per cent.; mules and 
asses, 61 percent.; working oxen, a decrease of 25 per cent.; 
milch cows, increase of 39 per cent.; other cattle, 66 per cent.; 
sheep, 24 per cent., and swine, 90 per cent.— Turf \ Field arid 
Farm . 
Goitre in the Lower Animals. —Goitre is not an affection 
peculiar to man alone ( Cincinnati Lancet ayxd Clinic). M. Adam, 
veterinary surgeon at Augsburg, has remarked that after staying 
a certain length of time in that city a number of horses were at¬ 
tacked with goitre. There are only a certain number of stables 
where goitre shows itself, all situated at the east of the city. It 
is impossible to determine the cause of it. Goitre is not rare 
with the dogs of Augsburg, and is unusually frequent with the 
inhabitants of that city. The disease does not prevail in Switzer¬ 
land, however.— Medical Record. 
A New Horse Food. —The Marlin (Texas) Index reports a 
newly discovered food for horses in Falls county, that State. In 
the Brazos bottom grows a weed, in height 15 or 20 feet, that is 
said to be almost as nutritious as corn. It is called the “ blood- 
weed,” from the fact that when broken there escapes a juice 
which is almost as red as blood. Many farmers feed their work- 
