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making good gains and growing. At the beginning of 

 the inoculation period she weighed 685 lbs. at the close 

 (April 4, 1900), 805. After this she passed her 

 first and second summers and second winter, much oi 

 the time in tick-infested pastures. August 10, 1901, 

 she weighed 1060 lbs., and August 11 dropped a fine 77- 

 Ib. heifer calf. 



Baroness of Alabam , (see Table I), a full blood An- 

 gus heifer, bred in Illinois; arrived in Auburn, Ala., 

 November 8, 1899, at the age of 8 months, weighing 520 

 lbs. December 26 she was inoculated with 1 cc of de- 

 fibrinated blood. The primary inoculation fever began 

 about January 2 to 4, and continued until about Janu- 

 ary 22. The secondary inoculation fever appeared about 

 the last day of January and first of February. Follow- 

 ing the primary fever occasional irregular rises of tem- 

 perature appeared. February 21, 1900, she received her 

 second inoculation of 1^ cc of defibrinated blood; the 

 9th and 10th days following the inoculation she had 

 fever, and on the 20th day she had a temperature of 104 

 morning and evening. The primary inoculation fever 

 following her first inoculation was good and continued 

 longer than usual, and the heifer then became sluggish 

 and off her feed. At time of first inoculation she weighed 

 555 lbs. ; near the close of the primary fever 540 lbs. ; at 

 the close of the inoculation periods (April 4), 570 lbs.; 

 September 1, 1900, 700 lbs. ; March 30, 1901, 810 lbs. 



Charley Gardner, (see Tables I and II), an Angu& 

 bull, bred in Illinois, arrived at Auburn, Ala., Novem- 

 ber 8, 1899, at the age of 8 months, weighing 605 lbs. 

 December 26, 1899, he was inoculated with 1 cc of de- 

 fibrinated blood. An almost imperceptible primary 

 fever appeared about January 1. The secondary inocu- 

 lation fever began January 22 (27 days after the inocu- 



