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THE DAIRY HERD—continued. ’ 
Returns rrom Ist Sepreuper ro 30TH SepremBer, 1899—continued. 
Per cent. rf 
Butt lom- 
Name of Cow. Breed. Date of Calving. | Yield. Ta es mercial Remarks. 
Babcock | Butter. 
Test. 
Lb. Lb. 
Gertie ...| South Coast ...| 3 June, 1899 647 34 24°62 
Bday, x 0 a ats May ry; G67 | 39 29°13 
ener he striae eee Cee 
ae ty, D4 8 : 
Leopard ...|Grade ... |. |23Nov, 414} 3:9 | 18-07 
Lucy a , set fs a Pai Tae ee ae 3°66 | Dried off 9-9-99 
eggy cng! AY o. rs July, 1896 D7 3:8 20°64 
Ranger .. | Grade Shorthorn | 9 June’ " 582 | 3:9 25°41 
Roany ‘i ¢, 1D 12June ,, OO aes eL 20°51 
Stranger rT we 15 Aug. * 798 3°8 33°95 
Star ... ...| Grade... ..|17 Dec., 1898 533; 3°6 21°48 
Whiteflank... | " va ...| 4June, 1899 779 3°6 31-4 
Empress... | Hf # ve (RBISNITS coy, 717 3°5 28°11 
Rose .... Grade Shorthorn | 11 Teb. n 492) 3°5 19:28 
Sally Sib i ,23Sept. ,, | 88| 3% 3:24 
= BARS ... | Shorthorn | i seis cee 4 ban i a ide | With first calf 
taht 45% Sept. a SO | 3°f *85 | 
Blossom... i 44 Sept Seiden Wonetalaeeey i 
‘lorrie + _ .. | 15 Sept. ry eects Aalky 11°87 
Kit cari 3) | 16 Sept, yy 21) 3: | 1132] “ 
x e oe ¥, se, ug. rp 1} 3:8 |, 17°48 ry) 
ouisa “sie l 45 1% 4 May oye 78 esis 3°75 Dry, 10-10-99 
Rie) =a » ai i ae ” ae } ae ae | With first calf 
Nestor bel .. | 27 Keb, | ODe 3°8 53 | 
Plover’ |. 4 ..|25 April 3) | 532] 3:5 | 90°85 | ¥ 
Queenie... | SON oy Re ae Ta 
Pansy ...| Devon... | 7 Oct., 1898 | 389| 4:3 | 18-79 | ; 
Maggie... | Shorthorn ...| 5 April, 1899 | 320 3°8 13°6 | 
Pay | 
Nore—The cows during the last fortnight of the period covered by the foregoing report have 
Beabecr hand-fed. They graze in the railway paddock during the day and home paddock at 
might. 
The Horse. 
STABLE NOTES, 
By W. C. QUINNELL, M.R.C.V.S. 
DISEASES OF HORSES. 
INFLUENZA. 
Causes.—This disease appears in all climes and at all periods of the year, 
‘but is more prevalent in the spring and autumn. Tt attacks animals of all 
ages, breeds, and sex. : 
Animals are predisposed to the disease by bad sanitary conditions, viz. :— 
Overcrowded stables and defective ventilation, insufficient supply of nutritious 
food ; and to these and many other causes may be added the presence of the 
active agent—the specifie organic poison—given off in the breath, &c., of 
already affected animals, which, when. inhaled into the lungs or lodged on the 
mucous membrane of other horses, whose health is impaired, makes them, under 
- these circumstances, suitable subjects to be attacked. 
VARIETIES OF INFLUENZA. 
1. The usual simple catarrhal form. 
2. Complicated forms are: (a) Thoracic. (6) Abdominal. (e) Rheumatic, 
