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or three ■weeks malving full and tlioron{!;li examination of said herd, and from thoso 

 investigations and 2)08t mortem examinations (one of which Avas made in the presence 

 of the board) he unhesitatingly pronounces the disease to ho the contagious pleuro- 

 pneumonia; and 



Whereas said Trumhower declares the idea of cjnarantiniug an ineflicient and uncer- 

 tain remedy for the evil, having been tried and found uusucccssful after fifteen or 

 eighteen months' rigid enforcement ; and. 

 Whereas the cattle interests of our State demand the stamping out of the disease: 

 liei'oJvid, That the superintendent he, and is hereby, instructed to kill the entire 

 herd of cattle as soon as he is in possession of an opinion froiif the State attorney- 

 general that such an order is within the legal jiower of this board, and as soon as the 

 diagnosis of Dr. Trumbower will have been conHrmed by some other eminent au- 

 thoiMty. 



Dr. Hagyard was selected to confirm Dr. Trumbower's diagnosis. On 

 March 22, Capt. James H. Payne, of Kansas City stock-yards, Mr. A. B. 

 Matthews, of Kansas City, Mr. C. M. Lackland, of Mexico, Mo., accom- 

 panied by Veterinarians Adair and Dundas, of Kansas City, and by Dr. 

 Bates, of Bates City, arrived at Fulton for the purpose of making an 

 investigation in regard to the nature of the disease with which the cattlo 

 were affected. 



There seemed to be still a strong feeling that some mistake had been 

 made, and that the malady was not i)leuro-pneumoniii. The veterina- 

 rians first agreed among themselves as to the aj^pearance which the 

 lungs should present in case the disease was pleuro-pneumonia. They 

 then slaughtered an afiected animal and all agreed that the lesions were 

 those of this disease, and all these parties were so thoroughly convinced 

 that they did not ask for the slaughter of a second animal, which was 

 oiTered, if they desired it. On the morning of Marcb 22, the bull which 

 came from Illinois was killed in presence of Dr. Hagyard. The left 

 lung was found adherent by fibrous bauds to the i^leural surface of the 

 spinal column and ribs. In the anterior lobe four small cysts were found 

 containing lung tissue in a state of disintegration. Another animal was 

 killed for examination, and in the lung was found a very large cyst en- 

 closing necrosed lung tissue. The lung of the third cow contained a 

 somewhat smaller cyst, which was evidently not of so long standing as 

 in the other case. 



Dr. Hagyard had no hesitation in declaring the disease pleuro-pncn- 

 monia, and the other veterinarians were equallj^ positive. 



On March 27, 27 animals of the asylum herd were slaughtered in the 

 presence of Dr. Holcombe, State veterinarian of Kansas. There were 

 only 3 of these which did not show some evidence of lung affection; 

 many of them had encysted masses of dead lung. The following day 5 

 cows, 14 two-year-old heifers, and 13 yearling heifers were slaughtered. 

 ]\Iany of these presented evidence of the ravages of this disease. On 

 Alarch 31, 5 cows, being all that remained of the herd, were slaughtered 

 in the presence of the cattle-owners of that section, who held a meeting 

 that day at Fulton. All these showed plain evidence of pleuro-pneu- 

 monia. 



The following telegram from Governor Marraaduke and Congressman 

 Bland needs no exi)lanation : 



Jkfferson City, Mo., Jjnil 4, 1885. 



Your attention is respectfully invited to the fact that in the county of Callaway, 

 this State, pleuro-pneumonia exists in a dangerous form, affecting several herds of 

 cattle, and liable to spread and affect other herds to the great damage of the citizens 

 thereof. It is, therefore, earnestly requested that whatever power you may have un- 

 der the laws of Congress, and particularly the act of Congress of May 29, 18S-1, be 

 exerci.sed by yon in the manner contemplated by said act in the suppression of said 

 disease, and to use such appropriation and means as maybe authorized by such act in 

 tliis bohalf. Immediate and Tigorous action is requested. We have viaitod the local- 



