BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 459 



calves, 22 of -^liicli -svere sold to Jerrv Mnir on March 4. Mnir sold the Erwin calves 

 to Tyler. 



Mr. Lawther sold to Cook «t Honf, 5 miles north of Fulton, 14 head, which were 

 put with their other cattle, 50 or 60 in nuniher. They sold sorae of the Lawther ca,t- 

 tlo to the asylum for beef. Several were shipped to Saiut Louis, Isold to George 

 Craig in the neighborhood, 2 to Jerry Muir, also in the same neighborhood. T!ie one 

 sold to Craig has been killed and found diseased, and 15 head still in Cook & Houf's 

 liossession that were exposed have been condemned and will be killed. The one sold 

 to George Ciaig came in contact with 4 others and was in a field adjoining 40 others. 

 Cook Sl Houf .sokl 1 of the Lawther cows to George Gilniorc, 7 miles north of Fiiltoji. 



Lawther sold 4'3 head to Davis &, Co., which were wintered since January on T. 11. 

 & W. T. Brook.s's farm, 7 miles west of Fulton. J. R. Baker, 12 miles northwest of 

 Fulton, bought 25 head of these cattle. Lawther also sold to Stephen Pngh, 5 inilj-.s 

 nor.theast of Fulton, about January 1, 12 head, now on Pugh's farm with about 20 

 others. 



Lawther sold to Hood, in Audrain County, 15 head. Hood lives south of Mexico. 

 Lawther snys the Hood cattle had the same chance to contract the disease us oliiers 

 of his cattle that had been foniul diseased. 



Petrie adjoins the asylum. lie had 8 head killed, and .all were found di.sea.sr/.i. 



Shadiick adjoins Petrie, has 1 cow, been examined, but no disease discovered as 

 yet. 



Kirk adjoins Petrie, has 5 head, but no indications of disease. 



Dcbo adjoins the asylum, and has 2 cows ; examined, and 1 found diseased. 



Velte adjoins the asylum and Debo's place. llasG head; 1 found diKe:tsed. 



James Wood has 1 cow that had access to the pasture where ilie Illinoi.'i bull wa~s 

 kept, and was bred to this bull. Examined, but no indicatiors of disease found. 



Henry Nichols has 1 cow pastured in lot adjoining the lUiuois bull lot. Examined 

 and no trace of disease found. 



Jeff. "Williamson has 13 head pastured in lot adjoining the asylum p.asture. Exam- 

 ined and indications of disease found. Mr. AVillia'nson sold to T. D. Brooks last 

 fall 3 calves. Brooks lives 17 miles southwest of Fu.;uu. 



Milton Finley has 1 cow ; ran on commons and was exposed to the Illinois bull. 

 Not examined. 



Mrs. Bush, 1 cow exposed as above. Not examined. 



Dick Davis, south of Fulton, had a steer that jumped in with asylum herd ; now 

 with \V. F. Nesbit's herd. 



W. B. Tucker, in Fulton, has 6 head that have been with asylum cattle. 



Henry Kibby, 1 cow running on commons about town, supposed for some timo to 

 have been diseased. Killed a few days since and found to have been diseased and 

 presented a case of recovery, 



E, M. Herndon, in Fulton, had. 1 cow bred to the old asylum bull six or seven 

 mouths since. Killed and badly diseased. This cow was taken to farm, 2 miles 

 north of Fulton, and ran in a field to herself. Fisher's cattle across the public road 

 from her. Cattle running out may have been exposed to her. 



Jesse Darby, 12 miles west of Fulton, bought 2 or 3 calves from tlio asyhiin last 

 fall ; no examination made yet. 



Dr. McSchooler, 5 miles north of Jeficrson City, bought bull calf from asylum last 

 November. Calf died March 1 with symptoms indicating the di^ase. 



John Brown, of Audrain, bought on the 2d of March, at Fulton stock sales, about 

 20 head of cattle, sold by Hyten Bros., who lived 10 miles southwest of Fulton. 

 They were taken to Brown's farm in Audrain. It is not known that they had any 

 chance to contract the disease. The only circumstance connected with this lierd is 

 the fact that they were in Fulton, where it is known that the disease does exi.st, but 

 it is not known that they came in contact with diseased animal.s. 



J, N. Dutton, of Readsville, 16 miles east of Fulton, and only 2 or 3 miles from 

 Montgomery County line, bought 5 head from Jerry Mnir and placed them with 9 

 of his other cattle on his farm. It is claimed that these cattle have never been ex- 

 posed. We do not know, 



Joe Holmes, 7 miles south of Fulton, bought a calf of Iluggot, at asylum. Cow 

 since djed with strong probability that she had disease. 



J, W. Roberts, 5 miles northeast of Fulton, bought 4 head from Jack Mnir on 

 March 1, and placed them with his other cattle. 



Benjamin Scroggins, south of town, has 1 cow that ran out and was exposed to 

 the Illinois bull last fall. 



The committee have killed to date the following cattle : Owens 18, Craig 1, Nesbit 

 ^, Jack Mnir 3, Gross 1, Kibby 1, Gallagher 15, Petrie 8, McSchooler 1, Herndon 1, 

 lirwiu 1, Cook &. Ilouf 2— total, 55. This does not include asylum herd of 85, kilted 

 by the managers. 



There are in Fulton, as shown by the assessment, 198 head of cows; 38 of them have 

 been examined by Dr. Trumbower, and 4 out of the 38 were found diseased. These 



