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Robt. Campbell has386,000 head; Dalzell & Co., 208,000; Geo. 
Henry Moore, 90,000 ; Clifford & Wild, 80,000; Mr. Ketclmm, 
80,000 ; Mr. McLean, 50,000 ; Win. Robinson. 68,000 ; Sir Dillon 
Bell, 82,000.— Farmers’ Review. 
The Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science will 
bold its annual meeting at Cincinnati, on August 16th, when a 
number of able papers are to be read by the members, most of 
whom are eminent chemists.— The American Farmer. 
The National Live Stock Journal mentions an English mare 
that at 21 years of age gave birth to three foals. The first of 
these was born dead ; last two are living. Two years previous to 
this the same mare gave birth to twins. 
The following is the number of cattle exported from the Island 
of Jersey to England and the United States during the six months 
ending June 30, 1881 : 
Shippers. 
Cows. 
Bulls 
Eugene J. Arnold. 
.486 
20 
Francis Le Brocq. 
.325 
6 
Sundry shippers. 
. 21 
2 
Total. 
.832 
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In June the famous old mare Goldsmith Maid dropped her 
third foal, a bay filly, by Gen. Washington, son of Lady Thorne. 
The other two foals were colts, and the first, dropped in 1879, 
was killed in trying to jump a fence, Aug. 3, 1880. Goldsmith 
Maid is now 24 years old.— National Live Stock Journal. 
The Cattle Commission was permanently organized, with Prof. 
James Law, of Cornell University, Chairman, and J. H. Sanders, 
of the Stock Journal , Chicago, Secretary, at Saratoga, Aug. 12. 
All communications referring to the business or work of the 
Commission must be sent to the Secretary at Chicago. They de¬ 
cided to make a searching investigation at the great Western cen¬ 
tres of the cattle trade to ascertain whether those points are free 
from infection. 
A disease, the nature of which is unknown to stock-owners, 
