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suited. Mr. Evans also stated that the native cattle in counties from 

 which these herds were driven do not contract the disease Irom the cat- 

 tle that are driven from the extreme southern counties of the State. 



Mr. C. W. Smith, of Gainesville, Cook County, stated that in tin- 

 spring of ISSOhe had driven 300 cattle from his ranch in Cottle Count v 

 ro Gaiuesville, and that on the road tbey had crossed the Southern 

 Tt'xas trail, and by this exposure 180 head v.-ere infected and died of 

 Southern fever. 



Mr. C. C. Slaughter, of Dallas, Dallas County, stated that in May an* I 

 .June, 1884, he drove 7,000 cattle from his ranch in Dawson County, on 

 the Colorado River, to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Eeservatioii in the 

 Indian Territory, They came in contact with a herd from Southern 

 Texas, and 200 of the 7,000 died of Southern fever. He also stated that 

 cattle from the coast country will infect cattle on his range in DaAVson 

 County, and that fine cattle from the 2S'orthern States do not contract 

 the disease on his ranch unless infected by Southern cattle. 



Mr. Eue, of Sherman, Grayson County, stated that in 1873 he drove 

 1,000 cattle from the Concho Eiver, in Tom Green County, to Pettis 

 County, Missouri, and that they infected the native Missouri cattle. 



Mr. J. T. Davis, of Colorado City, JNIitchell County, said that in the 

 spring of 1884 he bought 12 Kentucky bulls and took 10 of them to his 

 ranch 60 miles north of Colorado Citj'. Xot one of these died. The re- 

 maining 2 were taken to his ranch in Falls County, and both died from 

 Southern fever. 



The Magnolia Cattle Company, of Colorado City, Mitchell County, 

 stated that in the spring of 1884, they had taken 285 bulls from Illinois 

 to their ranch in Mitchell and Howard Counties, and that but 3 of the 

 whole number were lost during the summer. 



Mr. J. A. Peacock, of San Angelo, Tom Green County, stated that he 

 had shipped 1,000 cattle from his range on the head of the Concho Eiver, 

 in Tom Green County, to Pecos Station, and had then driven them on 

 the trail up the Pecos Eiver, with 800 cattle that had been shii)ped from 

 De AYitt County, Texas. During the drive from Pecos Station to Fort 

 Sumner, X. Mex., 400 of the Tom Green cattle died of Southern fever, 

 being infected by the 800 cattle from De TV- itt County. This occurred 

 in June, 1884. 



Mr. J. D. Merchant, of Baird, Callahan County, stated that he had 

 been introducing fine cattle from the Eastern States into Callahan 

 Counry for a number of years, and that he has never lost less than 33 

 ]ier cent, of all such imported cattle. From 1873 to 1870 he had brought 

 a number of line cattle into Denton County, and that there he lost about 

 ~A) ijcrcent. of them. 



]\ir. J. W. Snyder, of Cheyenne, Wyo., purchased 350 cattle in the 

 .si»rii!g of 1884 froni Gonzales County, Texas, which were shipped di 

 rect from Luliug on the Sunset route to Wyoming. They infected ;i 

 herd of 450 Wyoming cattle, from which 80 died. Mr. Snyder believes 

 that cattle might be driven from any part of Texas to Wyoming wiih 

 perfect safety to Wyoming cattle, but that they cannot be sliipi)ed I>y 

 rail from the infected portions of the State without causing infection, 



^.Ir. Glascoe, of Fort Worth, said that he had a ranch 130 miles west 

 uf Wichita Falls, in King County, on which were 1,000 cattle. The 

 trail went through a portion of his ranch over which cattle from South- 

 ern Texas were driven, and his own herd was infected from this trail, 

 causing the death of 40 animals. 



Mr. J. E. Stevens, of Thurston, Pecos County, stated that he had a 

 ranch 30 miles north of Thurston, on which he i)laced 140 cattle from 



