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of Illinois for two or th.ree years, and tlaey have lost very few, if any, from Texas or 

 acclimatization fever. There have been no cattle turned in our range from Southern 

 or Southwestern Texas, so we cannot answer your second question, but will say that we 

 lost cattle in 1883 from driving on the trail behind Southern cattle, and from contact 

 with them, with the disease known as Texas fever. Durinjj last season our neigh- 

 bors in Cottle County lost cattle in the same way, and for this reason we wouhl be 

 afraid to turn Southern or extreme Southwestern cattle among ours on the range. 

 However, we believe that no cattle raised or held oue year north of the Texas Pacific'or 

 west of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad are liable to give the disease known 

 as Texas fever to our cattle (in Pan-handle), or to cattle in the State of Kansas, or 

 in any of the Northwestern Territories. 



Mr. J. M. Lindsey, Gainesville. — On three occasions I have shipped blooded bulls and 

 heifers from Missouri and Illinois to this county (Cooke) and lost none of them. In 

 the fall of 1882 I brought in from Tennessee 40 head of Shorthrrns. I lost G of tlicse 

 in the summer of 1883. In the fall of 18S3 I brought in 30 heiui from the same phlce 

 and lost 8 of them in the summer of 1884. I have known of a great many cattle that 

 wore driven and shipped from eastern counties in Texas to Cooke andsurronnding 

 counties, or into the Indian Territory. I have known native cattle in these counties 

 affected by reason of these Eastern Texas cattle being grazed and ranged with them. 



Mr. S. Witherspoon, Gainesi;ille. — We ranch in Hardeman County. In answer to your 

 first question, I will say that wo bought 75 Hereford bulls from Mr. Gregory, of the 

 firm of Gregory, Cooley & Co., of Chicago, live-stock commission firm. The bulls 

 were bred by Mr. G. on his farm near Chicago ; were shipped to this county (Cooke) in 

 December, and carried from here to the ra.ich in April last. None of them have died 

 so far. Our neighbors have been buying blooded bulls from the Eastern States, prin- 

 cipally from Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and havehad good luck with 

 them. However, I wish to say that I do not believe that acclimatization fever has 

 anything to do with it, or is in any way connected with Texas or splenic fever. * Any 

 cattle transferred from one county to another, and more particularly from a northern 

 to a southern county, are liable to die with acclimatization fever, while no cattle were 

 ever known to die of Texas or sjilenic fever unless they have come in contact with 

 Southern or coast cattle, or have been driven across or on the trail with them. We 

 have never known cattle from onr country (Northwest Texas) to give Texas fever. 

 Have never had Southern cattle thrown with ours on the range, but have had cattle 

 to die from contact with Southern herds on the trail. We think the Texas Pacific 

 Railroad a safe line from which cattle can be carried North without danger of impart- 

 ing fever. 



Mr. J. B. Stevens, Gainesville. — No danger of cattle driven from north of Texas Pacific 

 Railroad, and west of Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad giving Northern cattle 

 Texas fever. 



DONLEY COUNTY. 



Mr. James H. Paries, Clarendon. — In reply to your circular letter, I will state that 

 this county is in the Kansas quarantine grounds, which extends in this vicinity to an 

 altitude of about 2,000 feet or higher. Almost all the cattle in this quarantine ground, 

 *. e., bounded on the east by the one hundredth meridian and south by latitude 34, 

 are just like Kansas cattle, subject to the contagion of splenic or Texas fever, and 

 many die from crossing and feeding on the trail used by coast and Middle Texas cat- 

 tle, just as Kansas cattle do. 



I have talked with Mr. Charles Goodnight, one of the best posted cattlemen of the 

 Pan-handle of Texas, aud he thinks the cattle native of Andrew, Bijylor, Callahan, 

 Cottle, Fisher, Greer, Hardeman, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Martin, 

 Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Taylor, and Wil- 

 barger will not transmit fever to the cattle in this locality, which is practically the 

 same as Kansas. Mr. Goodnight's herd is Durham and graded Durham. He will not 

 admit cattle to mix with his herd without a thirty days' quarantine of all cattle from 

 a lower altitude than about 1,000 feet above sea-level.' 



Mr. Goodnight further states that, from practical experience on the trail with cat- 

 tle that were known to transmit the fever, there is no danger to Colorado or Western 

 Kansas cattle if the coast or Middle Texas cattle are taken on foot through a high alti- 

 tude, say of 2,000 feet above sea-level, or, in other words, the high altitude of the Pan- 

 handle of Texas will prevent the transmission of the fever during the time it takes 

 to drive about 250 miles. 



ERATH COUNTY. 



Mr. John A.Frey, Stephenville. — In answer to your communication of April 25, 1 will 

 say that I have brought and known of being brought to this county 62 head of Shorthorn 

 cattle from north of the line you speak of in your communication. In the year 1867 

 the Brnington Bros, brought 24 head of cattle from Northwestern Ulinois, 17 heifers, 



