HU J. A. (iUriUh: 



rost-tnorfeiit examination was as in other cases. 



Stiniiiiarised. the lestilts of these feeding experiments are as 

 follow : — 



(Ij Kit(icktr\K lloisr. — Fe<l witli cjuantity of ehaff (B) left in a 

 nose bag, probably not more than 6 to 8 lbs. altogether. Result : — 

 In five days symptoms developed, characteristic in every Avay of the 

 disease as it affected the merchant's three horses, and death occurred 

 under 24 hours later. Otlier horses belonging to the same owner 

 remained normal. 



(2) Experimental Home E. 11. — Fed daily with chaff A removed 

 from the mangers of the horses that died, this being the last feed 

 supplied to those horses, and undoubtedly of the same character as 

 that in the nose bags^. Result: — Colicy symptoms were exhibited 

 almost precisely five days after first feed was eaten, and three hours 

 later the characteristic symptoniK were fully developed, and death 

 incurred seventeen hours later. 



Tiie total quantity of feed consumed by this horse was 7-1 lbs. 



(3) Experimental Horse E. 12. a pony, fed with 3 lbs. of feed 

 from manger. A week later, no symptoms having developed, it was 

 fed with 2 lbs. from nose bags (B), then fed with '.] lbs. per day of 

 jnaterial in loft near chute (C), ,'j'i lbs. of this being eaten altogether 

 up to the time he was ttbserved off his feed. In all. this pony ata 

 T) lbs. of what had been pioved to be poisonous fodder, and 33 lbs. of 

 suspected material, or 38 lbs. altogether. Result was that refusal of 

 any food Avas observed twenty days after first feed, and thirteen days 

 after continuous feeding commenced. This was followed by colicy 

 pains, and later by definite paralysis. In this case, however, the 

 disease was not early fatal, the animal being killed four days after 

 illness commenced, on account of refusal to h\'i\. bed sores, etc. 



(4) Experimental llorst E. I.J. — Fed with chaff (D) from bulk in 

 loft, said to have been mixed a week after that in the manger and 

 nose bags, leceiving at the rate of 10 lbs. per day for twelve days, 

 duiing which time no evidence of illness was manifested, being then 

 placed on the ordinajy chaff of the Institute. Ri.'^ult: — Fcuirteen 

 <lays after feeding commenceil. and four days al'tci- last feeding of 

 chaff from the merchant's loft he refused food, and next day was 

 found down, and paralysed. The animal was killed 24 hours later, 

 it being evidently a suh-acute case, ami the ("hristnuis holidays 

 lieing in course. 



(i)) E.rptnniiiitdl Coil . — Fed simultaneously with pony. Heieivcd 

 fii-st !) ]l)s. of chaff froiri manger. .\ week later )ci»'ivcd 5 lbs. chaff 

 from nose ba«'s. and t lieicaft«'r fed dailv with 12 lbs. chaff from Inl't 



