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heifers belonging to me. I went with him that afternoon when 

 he inoculated Salmond's cows, after he had inoculated the 

 animals at the College. He first of all took the temperature of 

 all the animals, to see whether they were in health. On com- 

 pleting his examination, he said there was only one above the 

 normal. " She is 102-|-°. That is the one up at the top." " I 

 think we might safely inoculate her as well as the others." I 

 replied, " I want you to get a fair chance, and I think it is a pity 

 that she should remain and be inoculated." Mrs Salmond ob- 

 jected to the cow going away, as she had been milking well. 

 But I insisted that it should go. I said, " Are you satisfied 

 that you have got all the others fit subjects for inoculation?" 

 He said, "Yes." The cow Mrs Salmond objected to being 

 removed showed on 'post-imoTtein an old encysted portion of 

 the left lung. I was interested in that animal. It had been 

 bought at the Wishaw sale. It was encapsuled, but at the 

 same time the capsule was broken, and I am inclined to the 

 oinnion that this was the animal that brought the disease 

 into the byre. I think Mr Salmond said it was about eight 

 weeks that the animal had been in the byre. Mr Rutherford 

 inoculated all the other animals that he considered fit subjects, 

 but there were several cows he did not inoculate, as they were 

 about to calve or had calved within eight days. When I said 

 that I wished my brown cow inoculated, he said, " It is not 

 giving her a fair chance ; being so near calving she may die." 

 I said, " I would risk it," He inoculated her, and amputated 

 her tail, and the cow never showed any bad symptoms. It 

 rose beautifully, and the calf was born healthy and well. On 

 the same day Mr Salmond said, " We are badly off for milk, and 

 I have such faith in inoculation that if you would allow me we 

 will buy some cows and put them into the byre." I said, " Upon 

 the same conditions as formerly, I will take that upon me ; 

 but you are to understand that there is no compensation in any 

 circumstances. Those cows once in the byre can only go to the 

 slaughter-house. They cannot go to be sold in the public 

 market, but when you are done with them they must go to 

 the butcher, and letters passed to that effect." He purchased 

 on that date, 9th February, three cows at the Wishaw sale, and 

 on the 14th he bought five cows at the Paisley sale, for the 

 purpose of being inoculated and thoroughly protected. On 17th 

 February, I visited the byre, and found a cow showing symptoms 

 of pleuro. I said this cow must be taken away at once. This 

 was one of those inoculated on the 9th, and on ijost-mortem 

 examination both lungs were found to be affected. Mr Ruther- 

 ford said the inoculation had not taken. The explanation in 

 this case was, that the animal had not taken the inoculation, and 

 that it had been affected with disease before inoculation. Mr 

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