NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
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NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
Honors to a Veterinary Surgeon. —Mr. H. Bouley, Mem¬ 
ber of the Institute (Paris), Inspector-General of the Veterinary 
Schools (France), has been raised to the rank of Oommander of 
the Legion of Honor. 
Value of Cattle in Pennsylvania. —Pennsylvania had last 
year 851,790 cows, worth $18,625,000 ; and 674,000 oxen and 
other cattle, valued at $14,962,000. 
Condemned Meat in New York Market. —Reports come to 
the press that the parties who are inspecting and condemning cat¬ 
tle affected with pleuropneumonia in the vicinity of New York 
are placing the condemned meat upon the market. We trust this 
is not true. 
New York Hog Show. —The Westminster Kennel Club have 
again been fortunate to secure the American Institute for their 
Bench Show, to be given April 18, 19, 20 and 21. All lovers of 
dogs will be glad to know this, as there is no better place in the 
world for a show of this kind.— Turf \ Field and Farm , Feb. 3 d. 
Canadian Restrictions Modified. —The Canadian Govern¬ 
ment has given orders to admit the importation of American cat¬ 
tle under quarantine regulations, a course American and Canadian 
breeders have anxiously desired, in order to allow an interchange 
of blood between valuable herds. 
Anthrax in Iowa.— A number of cattle are dying in Mills 
County, Iowa, from what is supposed to be anthrax. A farmer 
named Joseph Boggs skinned one of his cows and threw the car¬ 
cass to his fattening hogs, and the next morning every hog in the 
pen was dead, nine in number .—Minnesota Farmer. 
Freemartins Breeding. —It is often asserted, and many 
breeders are positive, that a freemartin cow will not breed. As 
I have one that has bred, it may be of interest to many of the 
readers of your valuable paper to know the facts. On the 17th 
day of January, 1880, Rhodomela dropped freemartins. The 
bull calf was dropped first, the cow calf immediately after. On 
the 29th day of April, 1881, we noticed the latter was in heat, 
