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The wide prevalence of this disease among our native herds and 

 thoroughbred stock calls for immediate sanitary regulations through- 

 out the country'. Our infant population, and even adults, who are 

 already rendered more or less infirm bv their unhealthy surroundings 

 and neglect of domestic h3'giene, are now rapidl}' falling victims to 

 this infectious malady, especially in our larger cities, as statistics 

 show. Hence, in a moral point of view, also, this extensive invalid 

 class need protection, not only to save life, but to promote their 

 social happiness. 



DISCUSSION ON CATTLE DISEASES. 



After the delivery of the foregoing lecture at the Farmers' 

 Institute at Winthrop, the following discussion of the subject under 

 consideration took place which was phonographicall}' reported ex- 

 pressly for this report. 



Mr. Gilbert. I do not propose to occupy time this afternoon 

 myself, except to say a few words by way of introduction. It is 

 well understood that there is some alarm throughout the State in 

 regard to supposed dangers in the direction of diseases among cattle. 

 It is not strange at all that such alarm has spread somewhat. It is 

 the purpose of the meeting this afternoon to give such facts in con- 

 nection with the matter of cattle diseases as shall so inform the 

 people that they will fully understand the measure of danger to 

 which we are exposed at the present time. The nocice of this, un- 

 fortunatel}', was quite short Not knowing that we should be able 

 to secure the services of the lecturer until late Saturday, we were 

 unable to announce it except through the dail}' papers, and as com- 

 parativel}" few of the people in the country have access to them, the 

 matter has not been so fnlU' advertised as we should wish. It is 

 our pleasure to have with us to-day a veterinarian who has been in 

 practice for many years, who has been for years Veterinary Surgeon 

 to the State of Connecticut, Professor of Veterinary Science in 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural College, and also a lecturer in sev- 

 eral of the New England States in courses on cattle diseases. He 

 is thoroughly posted by study, b}' practice and by access to every- 

 thing that we have in this country that is available on the subject. 

 He will be ready to give you information on any point that you may 

 see fit to bring out ; and he invites 3'ou, through me, to see that any 

 and ever}' point on whioh 3'ou are interested in this connection is 

 brought to his attention. He will open the exercises of the after- 

 noon with a formal prepared lecture, and follow that with such a 



