VARIETIES AND NEWS. 
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C. H. Hall of New Bedford, Mass.; C. II. Peabody of Waltham, Mass.; 
G. P. Penniman of Worcester, Mass. The Montreal Veterinary 
College on the ‘29th of March, granted the degree to seven gentlemen: 
James R. McLaughlin of Watertown, Mass.; C. C. Lyford of Roscce, 
Illinois; D. S. Brown of Genoa, Illinois; John F. Ryan of Montreal, 
Canada; William B. Hall of Leids, Megantic, P. Q.; Servil Hebert of 
Napierville, P. Q.; and William Murphy of Boston, Mass. 
Out of these eleven new members of the profession, five are from 
Massachusetts, a fact which shows the appreciation of the veterinary 
profession in that great state. 
The following gentlemen were graduated at the Ontario Veterin¬ 
ary College : Henry Hopkins, Green River, Ontario; M. H. McKillip, 
Chicago, Illinois; G. W. Bates, Wellington, Mo.; Herbert Hamilton, 
Toronto, Ontario; M. L. High, Bayham, Ontario; R. W. Newton, 
Bulwille, Ontario; E. Kenning, Elmira, Ontario; W. Langtry, Bronte, 
Ontario; M. Stalker, Ames, Iowa; E. S. Rogers, Bradford, Ontario; 
D. Stovel, Mt. Forrest, Ontario; R. A. Harding, Kingston, Jamaica. 
WONDERFUL COWS. 
Amonsf the hipest of bis: stories is that of a cow, native bred 
nine years old, kept in Vermont, which yielded in 12 months 633 lbs. 
of butter. Her feed was pasture in the summer, and in winter 20 lbs. 
of hay and 8 quarts of potatoes. This is not very good feed, and yet 
another cow, not so well kept, owned by the same person, produced 
504 lbs. in 12 months. And besides this we read of a short horn cow 
in Kansas, which produced a calf when eleven months old. Without 
saying this is impossible, it is safe to say it is within two months of it. 
(.American Agriculturist .) 
PRESERVING ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS. 
For rapidly preparing bones and ligaments for museum purposes, 
Dr. L. Frederick recommends that, after the soft parts, except the 
ligaments have been removed, the preparation should be washed, 
dehydrated by alcohol and then plunged into spirit of turpentine. 
After two or three days maceration in this fluid, the skeleton is placed 
