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VARIETIES. 
Agriculture (Governor Hoyt), has appointed a Commission con¬ 
sisting of Isaiah Michener, of Bucks county; John P. Edge, of 
Chester county; Samuel W. Comly, of Montgomery county ; and 
Watson P. Magill, of Bucks county, Pa., to act in conjunction 
with C. B. Michener, the veterinary surgeon of the Board, in an 
attempt to ascertain the cause and cure. The Commission are to 
report to Secretary Edge by November next .—Farm Journal , 
Philadelphia. 
NEW DIRECTOR AT ALFORT. 
Mr. A. Goubaux, the celebrated professor of anatomy at the 
veterinary school of Alfort, has been nominated director in place 
of Professor Reynal retiring. 
SUCCESSOR TO CLAUDE BERNARD. 
The Academie des Sciences of Paris has proposed as candi¬ 
date to the chair of physiology, rendered vacant by the death of 
the illustrious Claude Bernard, in first rank Professor Henry Bou- 
ley, and in second place Mr. Rouget. Out of fifty-four votes, Mr. 
Bouley received thirty-two. 
EXCHANGES, ETC, RECEIVED. 
HOME EXCHANGES.—Proceedings of tlie Medical Society of Kings County, 
Medical Record, Hospital Gazette, Medical and Surgical Reporter, Couutry 
Gentleman, Scientific American, Scientific Farmer, Turf, Field and Farm, Ohio 
Farmer, Prairie Farmer, Practical Farmer, American Agriculturist, National 
Live Stock Journal, American Farmer. 
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—Veterinarian, Veterinary Journal, Recueil de 
Medecine Veterinaire, Clinica Veterinaria, Gazette Medicale, Revue fur Thier- 
keilkunde und.Thierzucht, Archiv fur Wissenschaftliche undPracti che Thier- 
keilkunde. 
NEWSPAPERS.—American Cultivator, (Boston), New England Farmer, 
Western Sportsman, The Farmers’ Review, The Chicago Times, Vermont 
Record, Western Agriculturist. 
CATALOGUES.—Annual Announcement of Montreal Veterinary College, 
Annual Announcement of College of Physicians and Surgeons, Aunual Announce¬ 
ment of Bellevue Medical College, The Vermout Agricultural Societies’ Pre¬ 
mium List, Ac., &e. 
COMMUNICATIONS.—F. S. Billings, Th. B. Rogers, L. McLean, E. P. Vol- 
lum, W. B. E. Miller. 
