Edinburgh veterinary review and annals of comparative pathology. [Continued as] The Veterinary review and stockowners' journal, ed. by J. Gamgee. New |
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... keep pace with the demand ? The reply to that question resolves itself simply into losses by disease - imported , we have no hesitation in saying , amongst the foreign stock , and this brings us to the consideration of the third point ...
... keep pace with the demand ? The reply to that question resolves itself simply into losses by disease - imported , we have no hesitation in saying , amongst the foreign stock , and this brings us to the consideration of the third point ...
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... keep down prices to a moderate level ? The statis- tics we have given prove conclusively to our minds that , irrespective of the immense sums in hard cash which have been drawn from us by the foreigners , we have lost more in the ...
... keep down prices to a moderate level ? The statis- tics we have given prove conclusively to our minds that , irrespective of the immense sums in hard cash which have been drawn from us by the foreigners , we have lost more in the ...
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... keep , and must be disposed of diseased . Not a few of the Meath farmers can record examples of this de- scription . Sturdy , foot - rot , and red - water , or blood - disease in high - fed sheep , swell the mortality lists . They are ...
... keep , and must be disposed of diseased . Not a few of the Meath farmers can record examples of this de- scription . Sturdy , foot - rot , and red - water , or blood - disease in high - fed sheep , swell the mortality lists . They are ...
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... keep them amongst the animals of the farm - yard . If , how- ever , we go through Tipperary , Limerick , portions of Cork , and other counties , we see swine living with human beings . They enjoy free- dom around the cottage , of which ...
... keep them amongst the animals of the farm - yard . If , how- ever , we go through Tipperary , Limerick , portions of Cork , and other counties , we see swine living with human beings . They enjoy free- dom around the cottage , of which ...
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... keep all secret , we should have everything open and above board . No enemy is more dangerous than one that is invisible . present the general impression is , that there is no serious cause for taking into consideration the losses ...
... keep all secret , we should have everything open and above board . No enemy is more dangerous than one that is invisible . present the general impression is , that there is no serious cause for taking into consideration the losses ...
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