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tlier. Many believed the ticks "svliicb infested tlie Xortb Carolina cattle, 

 and were communicated to the natives attacked, caused the disease. 

 There is no evidence that these parasites have anything to do with its 

 diffusion or virulence. 



In Franklin County, Georgia, a disease believed to be Spanish 

 fever is reported, but, from the statement given, some other malady is 

 probably indicated: "There has been a disease among cattle that 

 we are not acquainted with. They become stiff in their limbs, move 

 like a horse badly foundered, have a high fever, with a very sore 

 mouth. They nearly all got well, but were left in a poor condition to 

 stand the winter; and we having an unusual hard winter, it has killed 

 perhaps ten per cent, of the cattle in this county." 



The correspondent for St. Louis County, Missouri, says: "We had no 

 Spanish fever last year, Texas cattle being effectually excluded by the 

 X>rovisious of our law during the season they would be likely to spread 

 contagion." 



The Benton County correspondent says: "There has been no loss by 

 Spanish fever. The vigilance of the people, and stringent legal enact- 

 ments, have prevented the introduction of, or the transit of, Texas cattle 

 through this county." 



From Vernon: "Owing to the stringent laws of this State, but one 

 small drove of cattle direct from Texas succeeded in entering and pass- 

 ing through this county last summer. This drove passed hastily along 

 the east border of this county a short distance, through a district 

 sparsely settled and containing but a few cows, oxen, &c., for home use. 

 The Spanish fever broke out about six weeks after their passage, and 

 continued until after two or three white frosts in October, Avhen it 

 ceased to spread, and those with fever at the time mostly recovered. 

 About forty-four per cent, of the cattle which grazed on the grounds 

 this drove passed over had the fever, two-thirds of which died, the re- 

 mainder slowly recovering. Xo other drove is reported as having en- 

 tered the county till after frost had killed the vegetation. Many thou- 

 sand then passed through, without a known case of fever." 



The Bates County correspondent says : " There has been no Spanish 

 fever. The inhabitants of the county are organized and will not allow 

 cattle to be driven through, although the laws of the State allow them 

 to come in from December to April. I have known of two herds being 

 driven over in the winter — one in 1867, the other in 18G9 — and in both 

 instances many of the native cattle which came in contact with them 

 died of the disease a short time after gTass became a full bite." This 

 instance appears to invalidate the certainty of exemption from infection 

 received through stock introduced from the South in winter. 



Last summer tens of thousands of Texas cattle were driven into the 

 southwestern part of Butler County, Kansas. There were but few do- 

 mestic cattle in that locality, but the}' all died. 



There have been several herds of Texas cattle brought direct during 

 the past winter from Texas and the Indian Territory, pastured and fed 

 in Jefferson, Kansas, among some of which were occasional losses, but 

 none could be clearly charged as Spanish fever. Our correspondent 

 says: "I have wintered (1869) a herd in my i^asture in which afterward 

 my Durham cattle fed, and no harm has been witnessed." 



The St. Francis correspondent (Arkansas) says: "There has been 

 some Spanish fever in this county, caused by suffering native stock to 

 be penned in lots used by Texas cattle passing through the county ; loss 

 very light." 



A lot of Texas cattle, brought into Washington County, Virginia, 

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