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herds. The teinpevaiure history of i-ach nniinal may tluii be reviewed before any 

 judfjinent is pronounced. 



The milk, urine and feces from this cow always proved to be free from tubercle bacilli. 

 Even the pigs fed with corn mixed with her feces for six months did not become 

 tuberculous. 



Collej,'e Blue 15oy, born May <i, 18fl5; Baroness Boy, born September 23, 1896; a 

 female calf born December 22, 1897, represent the pirspring of the Baroness of Ter- 

 lington. All were tested one or more times, but none res])onded. The last W^as allowed 

 to run by the mother's side for a year, but did not contract the disease. It is a 

 peculiar characteristic of the temperatures of these calves that they possess a great 

 variability. Tlie normal t<'mpcratures in various instances were as high as 103. 



Baroness of Terlington was killed April 18, 1899. On post-mortem examination, only 

 the posterior pharyngeal glands showed signs of disease. The tuberculous material 

 was of a hard calcareous and yellowish condition, surrounded by a dense, hbrous cov- 

 ering. Some of tliis material was introduced into a guinea pig intra-peritoneally. 

 Five months afterward the guinea pig was killed and was free from tuberculosis. Inas- 

 much as this cow had not reacted for two years in a satisfactory manner, it may be 

 possible that the disease was in a stage of decadence. She was very fat and sleek 

 when killed. 



COLLEGE VICTORIA B, VOL. 37, T. 710. 



Volunteer, 101,205, was her sire, and College Victoria, vol. 31, p. 793, was her 

 dam. She was born February 16, 1891, and was a Shorthorn. The tests placed her 

 among the tuberculous animals April 1, 1896, but she never responded afterward. 

 Through all this time she remained in prime condition and gave no signs of tubercu- 

 losis. I call attention to this before giving her test records: 



March 31, 1896, before injection, 99.8, 101.0, 100.8, 101.0, 101.2. 



April 1, 1896, after injection, 101.4, 100.6, 101.7, 100.9, 101.1, 1(K).8, 102.8, 103.5, 102.5, 



August 26, 1896, before injection, 100.6, 100.7, 100.9, 102.1, 101.7. 



August 27, 1896, after injection, 101.0, 100.8, 101.3, 100.9, 101.1, 101.4, 101.2, 102.0, 

 101.4. 



April 22, 1897, before injection, 101.8, 100.7, 101.4, 100.9, 100.1. 



April 23, 1897, after injection, 101.5, 101.5, 101.2, 100.4, 100.6, 100.6, 100.6, 101.6. 

 101.0. 



October 13, 1897, before injection, 101.6, 99.9, 100.9, 101.2, 101.4, 101.0, 101.4. 



October 14, 1897, after injection, 100.6, 100.3, 99.9, 99.9. 99.8, 100.4, 101.0, 100.8, 



101.0, 101.9, 101.7. 



March 31, 1898, before injection, 95.6, 98.6, 99.3, 100.2, 97.9. 98.2, 99.4, 99.8, 99.0, 97.3. 

 April 1, 1898, after injection, 99.8, 99.2, 97.0, 100.5, 99.6, 100.0, 101.3, 99.4, 99.5, 

 100.3 99.6 99.1. 



March 30, 1899, before injection, 101.1, 100.2, 100.0, 101.6, 100.3, 101.3, 100.0, 99.6, 



100.1, 100.2. 



March 31, 1899, after injection, 98.5, 99.9, 100.2, 100.8. 99.9, 100.8, 101.0, 99.2, 100.6, 

 100.0, 100.1. 



After the first test, these temperatures show no indications of tuberculosis. The 

 milk, urine and feces tested microscopically and by inoculation and feeding experiments 

 with pigs, in no case gave positive results. ~ 



Her offspring, a male, born November 19, 1895, and College Queen, born December 

 21, 1896, both of which were tested, gave no response. 



College Victoria B is still alive and in a thrifty condition, so far as known. 



The fact that College Victoria B was the daughter of College Victoria, which died 

 of tuberculosis, may lend some color to the susceptibility of this branch of the family, 

 although there is not sufficient ground for acceptance. 



COLLEGE VICTORIA C, VOL. 39, P. 602. 



Volunteer, 101205, was her sire, and College Victoria, vol. 31, p. 793, was her dam. 

 She was born January 3, 1892, and belongs to the Shorthorn breed. She first reacted 

 to tuberculin April 21, 1897, and has the following test records: 



April 20, 1897, before injection, 101.2, 101.5, 100.9, 100.9, 100.6. 



April 21, 1897, after injection, 100.7, 101.0, 101.4, 102.0, 102.1, 103.7, 103.5, 103.0, 

 103.8, 103.4. 



October 1.3, 1897, before injection. 101.7, 100.5. 102.2. 102.6, 103.0, 103.3, 103.3. 



October 14. 1897, after injection, 102.3, 10.3,3, 102.2, 103.1, 103.2, 103.1, 103.0, 104.1, 



104.2, 104.6. 103.7. 



