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fizzle out of the whole thing. We had thirty-five cows in the herd; 

 twenty out of the thirty-five had already aborted. We stopped this 

 entirely and we had fourteen sound, living calves. That was the 

 result of that experiment, and we decided from that, that it was all 

 right. 



Kow to go on a little further. This last winter I have had already 

 seven, and I guess more than that, cases in the vicinity of Hartford 

 and Brooklyn and Bridgew ater, and all over the county, for that mat- 

 ter, cases where there would be five to ten in a herd. It became a 

 very serious matter for me to go there to inject this carbolic solu- 

 tion twice a week, so I corresponded with the farmers and I recom- 

 mended the feeding of this carbolic acid solution. I do not know that 

 it was original with me. I presume not, but I conceived the idea 

 that this might be fed with good results as well as injected, although 

 I can honestly say, I do not think we got quite as good results as 

 from the injection, still in every case, as far as I know, the feeding 

 of this carbolic acid as prescribed, has checked the disease. These 

 cows are nearly all of them either thoroughly recovered or doing 

 all right; in nearly every case the disease was checked right at that 

 point. 



A Member : What quantity would you recommend to be fed? 



DR. TOWER: I w^ould feed about one drachm at a feed; per- 

 haps, what is better yet, is to make a 4 per cent, solution of carbolic 

 acid and feed about a tablespoonful at a time, and I would feed this 

 about twice a week at first; some of the farmers overdid that mat- 

 ter. 



Adjourned to 7.30 P. M. 



PROGRAM— SECTION B. 



State College, Pa., Wednesday Afternoon, Oct. 12, 1904. 



J. H. Peachey, Belleville, Pa., in the Chair. 



The CHAIRMAN: The time is here and past for the opening of 

 our session, and we have first on the program, Professor G. C. Butz, 

 on "Fruit Culture; Orchard Fruit." 



Prof. Butz then read the following paper: 



