596 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



leries were quarantined the same day. They contained respectively 

 496 and :^07 animals. The Shnfeldt stables contained 985 animals, 

 and Avere quarantined Sej)tember 20. 



A further examination of the cattle of Mr. Carne September 

 18 showed that another one was sick, and this, together with two 

 exposed ones, was slaughtered. The day before, September 17, two 

 sucking calves were found affected at the Harvey farm and were 

 slaughtered. 



September 20 two sick cows were killed at the Phoenix and found af- 

 fected with pleuro-pneumonia. September 22 the Chief of the Bureau 

 of Animal Industry, in company with the State veterinarian and 

 members of the Stat© Live-Stock Commission, made an investigation 

 at the Phoenix and Shuf eldt stables, to satisfy himself as to the nature 

 of the disease. The examination was made on one animal that had 

 died and two that were killed at the former stable, and upon one that 

 was killed and one found dead at the latter. All were undoubtedly 

 affected with contagious pleuro-pneumpnia. 



The milkmen at first denied the existence of any disease among 

 their cattle, but when the evidence became too strong to be longer 

 contested it was admitted that they had recognized the presence of a 

 lung disease in 1884. They at first attributed it to chemicals used in 

 the mash by the distillers, also to feeding the slop too hot, but they 

 finally concluded it was contagious pleuro-pneumonia, and were prac- 

 ticing inoculation to lessen the mortality. 



The progress of the plague after quarantine may be seen from the 

 following notes made from day to day by the veterinarians. A part 

 of these were kindly furnished by Dr. Casewell, State veterinarian, 

 and the remainder were collected by Dr. Trumbower, inspector of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry. It is to be borne in mind that the mor- 

 tality was probably lessened by the practice of inoculation: 



September 23: 1 slaughtered and 1 found dead at the Phoenix; 1 slaughtered and 

 1 found dead at the Shufeldt. 



September 34: 3 slaughtered at the Chicago. 



September 25: 1 slauglatered and 1 found dead at the Phoenix. 



September 37: 1 slaughtered at the Chicago and 3 found dead at the Phoenix. 



September 30: 1 dead at the Shufeldt, 



October 3: 2 dead at the Phoenix. 



October 3: 1 dead at the Phoenix. 



October 4: 1 dead at the Chicago and 2 dead at the Phoenix, 



October 5: 3 dead and 1 slaughtered at the Phoenix; 1 dead at the Chicago; 1 dead 

 at the Empire. 



October 6: 1 dead at the Phoenix; 1 dead at the Chicago. 



October 8; 1 slaughtered at the Chicago. 



October 10: 1 slaughtered and 1 dead at the Chicago; 1 dead at the Phoenix. 



October 11: 1 dead at the Phoenix. 



October 13: 1 dead at the Shufeldt. 



October 13:2 dead at the Chicago; 1 dead at the Shufeldt, 



October 16: 1 cow and 1 steer dead at the Phoenix (this was the first steer that 

 died of i^leuro-pneumonia out of the lot placed in these stables September 15); 1 dead 

 at the Shufi4dt; 10 cows were taken at the Shufeldt and slaughtered at the abattoir; 

 lungs found healthy, 



October 17: 1 slaughtered and 1 dead at the C]iica,go; 1 cow and 2 bulls from 

 the Phoenix slaughtered, lungs healthy, 



October 18: 1 cow at the Shufeldt slaughtered, affected; 4 slaughtered from the 

 Phoenix, lungs healthy; 7 slaughtered from the Chicago, lungs healthy. 



October 19: 3 cows and 1 steer dead at the Phoenix; 1 dead at the Chicago; killed 

 14 cows from the Phrenix, hmgs liealthy. 



October 20: 1 cow and 2 steers dead at tlie Phoenix, only 1 of the latter affected 

 with lung-plague; 2 healthy -cows from the Phoenix slaughtered; 1 dead at the Chi- 

 cago. 



