63U REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OP AGRICULTURE. 



questions hereto appended, directed to the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of 

 Agricultnre, Washington, 1"). C. 



Counties of Arclicr, Bandera, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman, Comanche, 

 Concho, Cooke, Cottle, Crocket, Denton, Eastland, Edwards, Erath. Fisher, Gilhispie, 

 Greer, Hamilton, Hardeman, Haslcell, Hood, Jack, Jones, Kent, Kerr, Kimlile, Kin- 

 ney, King, Knox, Lampasas, Llano, McCnlloch, Mason, Maverick, Menard, Mitchell, 

 Montague, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Parker, Pecos, Runnels, San Saba, Scurry, SliackeHord, 

 Somervell, Stephens, Stonewall, Tarrant, Taylor, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Uvalde, 

 Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young. 



1. Have you j)urehased any bulls or other cattle, or do you know of any that have 

 been brought fx'om north of the south line of Kansas to y(mr vicinity or to any part 

 of any of the connties named above ? If so, state the number, the location ;is near as 

 l)<)ssible to which they were taken, and the number, if any, which died of acclinuiti- 

 zatiou fever. 



2. Do you Icnow of any cases in which cattle from the ea.stern counties of Texas 

 have been taken to the counties named ahove in the spring or summer montlis and 

 allowed to pasture on the same ranges with the cattle native to those counties? If 

 so, state if any disease occurred among the native cattle, and give symptoms and num- 

 bers att'ectcd as far as possible. 



If the cattlemen of the district referred to unite in sending this information at once 

 it is hoped thatit will be possible to secure modihc.ationsof the restrictions now placed 

 upon the Texas cattle trade to such au extent as to bring great relief. 

 Very respectfully, 



NORMAN J. COLMAN, 

 Commissioner of A<jricuUurG. 



In reply to tliis circular the following-letters were received: 



ARCIIEK COUXTY. 



Mr. E. B. IlarroJd. — I purcliased and brought into this county 42 hulls from Do Witt 

 County, Illinois. Three of these animals died. 



E. h\ 4' W. S. Heard. — We purchased ?>0 hulls in Iowa and brought them into this 

 (Archer) county. One of them died of acclimatization fever, 



ARANSAS COUNTY. 



Mr. T. B. McCnmpheU, llockford. — In tlie fall of 1873 I shipped from Missouri one car- 

 load of Durham cattle, about 24 head. Lost by acclinuxtiou 4 head. Two years ago 

 last fall I brought from Lafayette, Ind., three car-loads (72 head) of Hereford cattle, 

 40 of wLich I kejit on my own ranch. I lost 2 by acclimation fever, and 2 of bruises 

 received on the jouriu;y out. Our cattle are not affected by Eastern or Northern im- 

 portations eo far as my experience leads. 



Mr. Thomas M. Coleman, Eookport. — I do not reside in any of the counties mentioned 

 in your circular, " Important to Texas cattlemen," but as you have sent me one I sup- 

 pose you want information from this section. In reply, I have to say that a greater 

 or less number of cattle have been imported to this section every year since 1874 from 

 north of the southern line of Kansas, mostly from Kentucky, and that about 25 i)er 

 cent, have died of acclimating fever. 



I know of hundreds of iuBtances in which cattle have been brought to this section 

 from Eastern Texas and LouiBiana, resulting in no disease to the imported or native 

 cattle. 



In addition to your interrogatories I will add that I have known cattle bred and 

 born here, isolated from the range and large pastures, that, Avhen sent out to large 

 pastures, were affected as imported cattle, and as large a per cent. die. Otherwise 

 contagious disease is unknown among our native range cattle. 



BANDEUA COUNTY. 



Messrs. IT. H. Carmichael 4" Co., Bandera.— Mesavs. James B. McElroy, of Washing- 

 ton, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Andrew Mansfield and James C. Davenport, 

 of this (Bandera) county, purchased 5 Iie.nd of fine Durham cattle (2 cows and 3 bulls) 

 in the month of August, 1832, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and brought 

 them to this place. They were turned out upon the range with our u.ative cattle. All 

 have lived and done well ; the cows have brought calves every year since their arrival 

 here ; the bulls have servo 1 about the same number of cowa as are usually served by 

 our Texas bulls. 



There are other stock-raisers residing in this county who have fine cattle that were 

 brought from north of Kansas— Judge E. M. Rosa and Albert Maverick. They did not 



