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Hanford, it can be said that Polly & Heilbron's ranch was affected, and that 

 the cattle reported dying by Dr. Davidson, according to Mr. Motherall, 

 crossed this ranch, and in about three weeks commenced dying from south- 

 ern fever. And again, the Polly & Heilbron cattle brought to Mr. Sanborn's 

 died, and the post-mortem lesions are identical with those of southern 

 fever, as far as a post-mortem made two days after death can be relied on. 

 In view of this testimony I can place the contagion among those cattle from 

 Salinas, in two places. First — Before leaving the Salinas Valley, which I 

 found to be infected in October, 1888. Second — On the Polly & Heilbron 

 Grant, where the cattle have been dying this fall; and from the post-mor- 

 tem made at Sanborn's on the calf, I have only one opinion to advance, 

 and that is, the cause of death was southern fever, and such being the case, 

 was it not possible for the steers that came from Salinas to become infected 

 when crossing that ranch. 



As Mr. Biddle, of Hanford, informed me that the deaths around the 

 county had ceased, I could do nothing more, and left for San Francisco. 



On the fourteenth of December, Dr. Spencer reported the following: 

 Mr. Granger, residing in the southern part of Santa Clara County, reported 

 the death of two young horses in one week. The deaths were very sudden, 

 and the diagnosis from the autopsies was anthrax. The history of the 

 cases is as follows: Hay was procured from Mr. O'Toole's ranch, where 

 anthrax is rumored to exist, as Sargent's cattle died there of that disease 

 this fall, and on opening the bales of hay, many of the same were found 

 to contain parts of dead animals, and presumed to be parts of animals that 

 had died of anthrax; and in this manner Dr. Spencer decided the con- 

 tagion was carried to Mr. Granger's horses. The doctor also 'said the 

 county authorities failed to see the necessity of burning over the fields and 

 carcasses on O'Toole's ranch, when the Sargent cattle were known to die of 

 anthrax. 



Respectfully submitted. 



THOS. BOWHILL, M.R.C.V.S., 

 Special Agent Bureau of Animal Industry. 



