BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 597 



October 21: 3 dead at the Shufeldt; 1 dead at the Cliicago; 3 dead at the Phoenix; 

 slaughtered 3 healthy cows from the Phoenix, 



October 23: 2 steers dead at the Phoenix; 1 dead at the Shufeldt; slaughtered 5 

 afl'ected animals at the Shufeldt. 



October 3;5: 1 dead at the Chicago; 1 dead at the Shufeldt. 



October 34: 3 dead at the Chicago and 1 affected animal slaughtered. 



October 25: Slaughtered 11 at the Chicago, all healthy; 1 cow and 3 steers dead at 

 the Phoenix; slaughtered 16 cows from the Phoenix, all healthy. 



October 36: 1 steer and 1 cow dead at the Phoenix; slaughtered 34 cows from the 

 Phoenix, 3 affected; 1 dead at the Shufeldt. 



October 37: Slaughtered 14 cows and 3 calves from the Phoenix, lungs healthy; 1 

 cow and 1 bull dead at the Phoenix. 



Octol)er 28: killed 2 cows at the Shufeldt, 1 affected with pleuro-pneumonia and 

 1 with clironic indigestion. 



October 39: 1 dead at the Shufeldt. 



October 30: 1 affected killed and 1 died from choking at the Shufeldt; 1 affected 

 steer killed and 3 steers dead at the Phoenix. 



October 31: 1 dead at the Shufeldt; 1 dead at the Phoenix. 



November 1: Slaughtered 3 at the Shufeldt, lungs healthy; 1 dead at the same 

 place; slaughtered 14 cows frona the Phoenix, 5 of which were affected. 



November 3: 1 dead at the Phoenix. 



November 3: Slaughtered 18 cows from the Phoenix, 5 affected; 1 steer and 2 cows 

 dead at the Phoenix. 



November 4: 1 cow dead at the Shufeldt; killed 1 cow, lungs healthy^ killed 5 at 

 the Chicago, lungs healthy; 1 steer dead at the Phoenix. 



November 5: 8 cows and 1 steer dead at the Phoenix; 1 cow dead at the Shufeldt. 



November 6 : 1 steer dead at the Phoenix. 



November 7 : 1 steer dead at the Phoenix; 1 cow dead at the Shufeldt, 



November 8: 1 slaughtered at the Shufeldt, affected; 1 steer dead at the Phoenix. 



November 9: slaughtered 14 from the Shufeldt, 9 affected. 



November 10: 1 steer and 1 bull dead at the Phoenix; slaughtered 19 from the 

 Shufeldt, 2 affected. 



November 11: 2 steers dead at the Phoenix. 



November 12: 1 cow dead at the Phoenix. 



November 13: 1 cow dead at the Shufeldt; visited Harvey farm and found 3 new- 

 cases. 



November 14: 2 steers dead at the Phoenix; 1 cow dead at the Shufeldt; examined 

 45 cows, 3 affected. 



November 15: Slaughtered 2 cows from the Phoenix, both affected; also 11 from 

 the Shufeldt, 4 affected. 



November 16: 3 cows dead at the Shufeldt; 3 cows dead at the Phoenix. 



November 17: 1 steer dead at the Phoenix; 1 cow killed at the Chicago, affected. 



November 18: 1 cow condemned at the Phoenix. 



November 19: Killed 6 cows from Phoenix, 2 affected; 1 steer dead at same place. 



November 21 : 1 cow dead at the Shufeldt. 



November 22: 1 steer dead at the Phoenix; 1 cow dead at the Shufeldt. 



November 24: 1 cow slaughtered from the Shufeldt, lungs healthy. 



November 25: Slaughtered 1 diseased cow at Ridgeland. 



November 26: 3 cows dead at the Shufeldt, 1 of which died from choking. 



November 27: 1 cow dead at the Shufeldt; 1 cow dead at the Chicago; slaughtered 

 12 cows from the Phoenix, 1 of which was affected. 



November 30: 1 cow and 1 steer dead at the Phoenix; slaughtered 5 affected steers 

 and bulls at same place. 



November 28: Slaughtering was begun on a larger scale, in order to empty the 

 distillery stables as soon as possible. The figures given below, which show the pro- 

 portion of slaughtered animals that were more or less affected with pleuro-pneumo- 

 nia, are of great interest, because they demonstrate the advisability of slaughtering 

 all animals once exposed to the contagion. Many of the affected cattle presented 

 no symptoms of disease before slaughter, but the condition of then- lungs was such 



