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PRODUCE OF MILK IN COWS. 
There are $500,000,000 invested in cows in the United States- 
The estimated value of butter that can be produced from a first rate 
cow is $94.00, while a common cow will produce from $30.00 to $40.00 
worth. (.Agricultural Journal , Philadelphia). 
UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
1 he twenty-seventh semi-annual meeting of this society was held 
at Young’s Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts on Tuesday the 20th of 
March, the President, Professor Liautard of the American Veterinary 
College, New York, in the chair. The following members were present: 
Doctors Wood, W. Saunders, Budd, Burden, W. Bryden, Very, 
Hopkins, Stocker, Lyman, Cosgrove, Holcombe, J. Saunders, Colburn, 
Flagg, Thayer, and Robert Saunders. The minutes of the previous 
meeting were read and approved. The following named gentlemen 
were proposed for membership. 
W. G. Coates, D. V. S., New York City. 
C. II. Hall, D. V. S., New Bedford, Massachusetts. 
C. H. Peabody, D. V. S., Waltham, “ 
Geo. P. Penniman, D. V. S., Worcester, “ 
It was agreed that all those who intended competing for the 
prizes offered by the society should lodge their papers with the Presi¬ 
dent on or before the 15th day of July next. 
Dr. Thayer proposed, and it was agreed to: that Congress be mem- 
oralized by a committee of the society for the enaction of a law or 
laws which shall be more stringent, in regard to the prevention of im¬ 
portation of diseased animals into the United States from Foreign 
countries. The following named gentlemen were appointed to serve 
at this committee: Drs. Thayer, Lyman, and Robertson. Dr. Lyman 
presented a section of the 13th and 14th ribs of a horse, which showed 
the effects of a previous fracture, and to which was firmly attached a 
portion of the mesentery. This horse, in October, 1875, had fallen 
with his cart from an embankment some 15 feet high, striking the 
right side upon the stump of a tree; he seemed at that time to be 
generally lame and sore, however after a few weeks rest he was put to 
work and continued his work “as well as ever,” until February 26th, 
