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when muzzles were removed, there were 32 dogs which bit 209 
animals and four persons. The value of muzzling the dogs is 
clearly shown.— Medical Record. 
Swine Plague. —The swine disease, which has carried away 
many animals in the neighborhood of .Reading, Pa., has caused 
great alarm. All the remedies applied have failed to affect a 
cure so far, and no doubt the best mode and cheapest remedy 
with the animals attacked is to kill them at once and bury them 
deeply out of sight to prevent contagion.— American Cultivator . 
Aid to Agriculture. —Little Belgium pays $22,000 for the 
advancement of agriculture; the objects are: For indemnity for 
diseased animals (killed by order of the Government), veterinary 
service and aid to widows and orphans of former veterinary phy¬ 
sicians, improvements of races of domestic animals, agricultural 
exhibitions and other encouragements, agricultural, horticultural 
and veterinary schools.— Farmer’s Review. 
Horses for Food. —During the last six months 3,085 horses 
have been used for food in Berlin. The warm sausages sold in 
the streets at night are mostly of equine origin. When a prom¬ 
inent restaurant keeper failed some years ago the most conspicu¬ 
ous among his creditors was a horse-butcher, which throws a side 
light on the “ roast beef ” that used to be served up to his guests. 
The poor are the chief buyers, but there are not a few gourmands 
who look upon horse flesh as a delicacy.— American Cultivator. 
The Pasteur Process Successful in Warm Climates. —The 
Pasteur process of vaccinating sheep as preventive against ckar- 
bon , after proving a success in the North of France, has turned 
out the same in the warm South. The point on which attention 
is now fixed is, for how long—6, 12, or 36 months—does the 
efficacy of the pock endure ? Time, of course, will settle the 
point. Native Barbary sheep are proverbially known to resist 
char bon, but when crossed in France, that immunity disappears. 
— Farmer’s Review. 
Live Stock Estimates. —The United States has 38,000,000 
cattle, India 30,000,000, and .Russia 29,000,000. Of horses, 
