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to improve in a normal, healthy manner until the spring 

 of 1901. September 1, 1901, she weighed about 800 lbs. 



Angus Grade Heifer fio. I ; bred in Illinois, about 8 

 months old at time of arrival in Auburn^ Ala. About 

 December 8 the primary reaction began. Slight irregu- 

 lar rises of temperature occurred every few days until 

 second inoculation on January 24, 1900. Primary re- 

 action began about February 6, and lasted about 1 days. 

 February 23 she was turned into tick-infested pasture 

 with the herd, and became infested with ticks early in 

 the spring. She made .good gains in flesh during the 

 summer, and on November 10, 1900, weighed 725 lbs. 

 During the second summer she developed without any 

 checks, and now weighs about 900 lbs. 



Angus Grade Heifer No. II, bred in Illinois, at time 

 of arrival in Auburn, Ala., 8 months old, and weighed 

 415 lbs. Primary inoculation fever appeared about De- 

 cember 1. Secondary inoculation fever not very difi- 

 nitely located, but probably began about January 9. 

 Temperature rises were irregular and very mild, follow- 

 ing both first and second inoculations. She never showed 

 symptoms of ill health and at the end of the inoculation 

 periods she weighed 490 lbs. She was turned into a 

 tick-infested pasture and became infested with ticks 

 early in the spring, and never showed any signs of sick- 

 ness, weighing at the end of the first summer 670 lbs. 

 At the end of the second summer she weighed about 800 

 lbs. 



Angus Grade Heifer No. Ill; bred in Illinois, about 3 

 months old at time of arrival in Auburn, Ala., and 

 weighed 420 lbs. About December 1 the primary react- 

 ion began. The secondary inoculation fever not very 

 distinctly located unless January 7 to 13 or January 18 

 to 24 be so regarded. The primary reaction following 



