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Show oo OLD WARSHIPS WILL BE FLOATING LABORATORIES LONDON. Sept. 4. (Corrcspond- m ' i Exhaustive experiments In connection con-nection with the study of foot anfl mouth disease, are to be conducted, It is announced by the ministry of agriculture, agri-culture, on board obsolete warships fitted up as floating laboratories The experiments are to be carried out at sea to obviat- any risk Of the disease spreading from the experimental experimen-tal station. The investigators will in-Clude in-Clude several distinguished foreign scientists and the research may lajr for years. The necessity of stamping out the dlsea.se, It Is officially pointed out, is Imperative, if England is to maintain her large cattle exports. The YY. Himinst.T Gazette Is frankly frank-ly skeptical about the, scheme, "it looks a brilliant idea for spending mbne ineffectively," it savs oo |