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merest scratch, carefully examined the upper jaws of several 
rabbits, and found in each a hollow tooth containing a fluid so 
deadly that two drops of it, administered hypodermically, caused 
the death of a lamb within an hour.— Am. Cultivator. 
Sheep and Cattle Raising in Cuba. —An extraordinary 
amount of capital is being invested in sheep and cattle raising in 
Cuba. Including the horses and mules owned by the planters, it 
is calculated that the value of the cattle of all sorts in the Trini¬ 
dad Valley amounts to $2,000,000. Great care is being bestowed 
upon the breeding, and the importation of sheep, cows and bulls 
is increasing largely, no less than 1,000 head having been deliv¬ 
ered at Cienfuegos alone in a single week.— Am. Cultivator, 
Dec. 17 th. 
Franco-American Commercial Relations. — M. Rouvier, 
Minister of Commerce at Paris, on December 5th, received the 
French committee for furthering a Franco-American treaty of 
commerce. He declared his willingness to withdraw M. Tirard’s 
decree concerning American pork, if the Americans would insti¬ 
tute a trustworthy system of inspection. In reference to the 
subject of the appointment of commissioners to negotiate the 
basis of a treaty of commerce, he said that he recognized that as 
soon as the treaties now under discussion were concluded the 
French Chambers ought to respond to the action of the Ameri- 
. can Congress by taking the initiative in the appointment of com¬ 
missioners.— N. Y. Sun. 
The Mortality among the calves taken west this season is 
terrible, caused mainly by exposure, change of climate, food, etc., 
and by a disease known as lung worm, the lungs of the affected 
calves being full of worms of a thread-like character. Mr. J. 
Swaim, of Shenandoah, Iowa, reports that out of 947 head taken 
to his neighborhood, over 400 have died. The Treasury Cattle 
Commission has ordered this outbreak to be investigated by Dr. 
Farrington, who is now in the west in the employ of the Com- 
mision.— The Breeder’s Gazette. 
Dr. Lyman’s Investigation. —A Washington dispatch says 
that Dr. Charles P. Lyman, the veterinary surgeon sent by the 
