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NOTES AND NEWS. 
David Williams, Colerain. This herd had come in contact 
with the diseased Oxford herd, and was quarantined before any 
symptoms of the disease appeared. 
Lane Gill, Colerain, herd of five head, adjoining above. 
^ Adams County —J. Redding, Gettysburg, herd of thirteen 
head. Infected by purchase from Baltimore Stock Yards. 
{To be continued .) 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
Pleuro-pneumonia in Maryland. —At a meeting of the Deer 
Creek Farmers’ Club, of Harford County, the following resolu¬ 
tion was adopted: 
Whereas, Reports have been published that pleuro-pneumonia 
exists among the horned cattle in Harford County, therefore be it 
Resolved , That although the members of the Deer Creek 
Farmers’ Club have no knowledge of a single case of pleuro¬ 
pneumonia, or any other infectious or contagious disease, among 
the cattle in Harford County, yet, considering the importance of 
this subject to the farming interest in the future, our representa¬ 
tives in the State Legislature and in Congress are hereby requested 
to urge such legislation in the respective bodies of which they 
are members, as may tend to prevent the introduction or the 
spread of this disease in our State or country. 
A committee was appointed to make a thorough enquiry into 
the matter .—American Farmer. 
Prize. —Mr. I. T. Duncan, Y.S., graduate of and Anatomical 
Demonstrator in the Toronto Veterinary College, has been awarded 
Hon. I. H. Pope’s prize of $50 for the best essay on contagious 
pleuro-pneumonia. 
