188 ABSTRACTS AND REPORTS.

According to age-Calves under 6 weeks, 5; 6 weeks to I year, 37; 1 to 3 years, 427; 3 to 6 years, J289; over 6 years, 1342.

According to race or stamp-Lowland stamp, 166o; mountain cattle, 403 ; foreign cattle, 173; crosses, 864.

Of these animals 3 I were affected with tuberculosis of the udder.­Wochenschrift fllr Tht"erheilkzmde lind Viehzltcht.

MEAT INSPECTION AT BERLIN.

BETWEEN 1St April 1889 and 31St March 1890 there were slaughtered at the Central Slaughter House of Berlin 154,218 cattle, 125>338 calves, 430,362 sheep, 442, t 2 I pigs.

The total number of animals slaughtered amounted to 1,152,039 head, against 1,075,529 head in the previous twelve months.

As a result of the veterinary examination, the following animals were con­demned as unfit for human food-1889 cattle, 129 calves, 174 sheep, and 4159 pigs.

Of these the following were condemned on account of tuberculosis-1397 cattle, 30 calves, 5 sheep, and 1636 pigs.

On account of tape-worm hydatids-389 cattle, 1 calf, and 1570 pigs. On account of trichin~-292 pigs, or 0'064 p.c. of the total number

slaughtered. On account of different diseases, organs or parts of organs (in the great

majority of cases, lungs and livers) were condemned from 74,830 animals. Of spoiled flesh 2345 kilo. were condemned. The number of calves condemned as being less than full term was 2232. In the municipal stations for the examination of the carcases of animals

slaughtered elsewhere, there were examined during the year-137,074 quarters of beef, 141,884 calves, 68,004 sheep, and 104,660 pigs.

Of the foregoing'there were condemned 179 quarters of beef, 1 sheep, 15 pigs, and 102 organs, on account of tuberculosis; on account of tape-worm hydatids, 62 quarters of beef, 22 heads of cattle, 6 tongues of cattle, 1 calf, and 83 pigs; on account of trichiri~, 12 pigs; on account of their watery character, 104 quarters of beef, 341 calves, 7 pigs, and 30 organs and parts; on account of liver flukes, thread worms, etc., 548 lungs and livers.

The staff engaged in meat inspection at the Central Abattoir comprises (besides a number of common workmen) 239 persons, including the director, 19 veterinary surgeons, and 6 assistant veterinary surgeons.

Other 15 veterinary surgeons are engaged in the inspection of carcases slaughtered elsewhere and brought into the city.-Berliner Tlzierarztliche Wochenschrift.

EXPERIMENTS WITH MILK FROM TUBERCULOUS COWS.

IN the American Veterinary Relll'ew for June J890, Dr Ernst of Boston publishes a preliminary report regarding an extensive series of experiments with milk from tuberculous cows now being carried on at the instigation of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. The experiments, it is stated, have been carried out with the greatest care, and with every possible precau­tion against accidental contamination. Before the experiments were begun the farm buildings set apart for housing the cows were thoroughly cleaned from top to bottom. Every portion of old manure was carted away, as well