cently discovered near West
Chester, Penn. Thus far the disease has been confined to three dairy
herds. All infected animals are promptly appraised, condemned, killed
and paid for by the State. The disease was introduced there by cows
purchased at Baltimore.

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The twenty-ninth volume of the new series of Coates' Short-horn
Herd-Book has just been published by the English Short-horn Society. It
contains the pedigrees of bulls ranging from (47311) to (48978). The
larger half of the volume is devoted to the entry of cows with their
produce. Each breeder's entries of females are recorded together under
his own name. Her Majesty the Queen heads the list, followed by the
Prince of Wales.

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The offices of the American Short-horn Breeders' Association in Chicago
were badly damaged by fire on Sunday, December 30. Some 1,500 pedigrees
were destroyed and many others partially destroyed. Pedigrees received
previous to December 20th, were saved. It will take time and work to
restore these pedigrees and the loss must cause some delay in the work
of the office. It will be remembered that the records of the association
had a narrow escape at the time the Evening Journal office burned.

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The following are the officers of the National Chester-White Swine
Record Co. for 1883: Hon. Jack Hardin, Pleasureville, Ky., President;
H.W. Tonkins, Fenton, Mo., Vice-President; W.B. Wilson, Eminence, Ky.,
Treasurer; E.R. Moody, Eminence, K., Secretary. The capital stock of the
company is $5,000, in shares of $10 each. Fees are charged as follows:
Book of 100 blank pedigrees, with stub for private record and
instructions for filling, $1; for entry in Record, each pedigree, $1;
stockholders, 75 cents; Record will be furnished at cost of publication.

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At the late meeting of the American Merino Sheep Register Association at
Burlington, Wis., the following officers were chosen: President, C.S.
Miller, Caldwell, Wis.; First Vice-President, Daniel Kelly, Wheaton,
Ill.; Second Vice-President, F.C. Gault, East Hubbardton, Vt.;
Secretary, A.H. Craig, Caldwell, Wis.; Treasurer, George Andrews,
Mukwonago, Wis.; Directors, C.A. Dingman, Troy Center, Wis.; G.B. Rhead,
Norvell, Mich.; George Peck, Geneva, Ill.; E. Campbell, Pittsfield,
Ohio; S.D. Short, Honeoye, N.Y.; John S. Goe, Brownsville.