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the State penitentiary with beef, drove some Texas cattle from the 
railroad depot to his pastures, a few miles from town. On the way 
some of the town cattle became mixed with the drove and were driven 
rapidly to the pasture, where they were separated and set free from the 
Texas herd. A few days after this occurrence those town cows com- 
menced showing symptoms of Texas fever, and twelve head of them 
died. The disease was not communicated from these natives to others 
grazing with them. The drover in question promptly paid the losses 
without litigation. Another case occurred among the herd of Dr. 
MeWorkman. It was introduced on his place by some Texas steers, 
bought by him for fattening, and caused severe loss. Fifty cases, all 
fatal, originated from Texas cattle herded and pastured in Pettis 
County, last August. Our correspondent in Vernon County makes the 
following statement : 
Two droves inoculated the native cattle. They came into the county in June. One 
was owned by a citizen, and remained about five weeks; the other was driven through 
by strangers. Both claimed that their cattle were wintered in the State, but did not 
show proof of the fact. The drove first mentioned were herded near Nevada, the 
county seat. As soon as the fever broke out among the native cattle they were shipped, 
yet the fever continued to spread, through the neighborhood in which they were 
herded, until frost, killing two hundred and twenty-five head, valued at $9,000, being 
at or about 80 per cent. of those exposed. The second drove, in attempting to pass 
through, were stopped near Montevallo, a town eighteen miles east of Nevada, for a 
day and part of anight. In about four weeks the fever appeared. The loss here was 
two hundred and sixty head, mostly oxen and milch cows, valued at $11,700. Ninety- 
two per cent. of the cattle exposed died. The excessive drought made the fever more 
fatal than usual, few or none recovering. The following facts in relation to this fever 
are well known here; we have been familiar with the fever for seventeen years: 
First symptom, several days before any other appearance of sickness, is a dry cough, 
particularly when not feeding. Second. More flies collect on them; at this time the 
breath will have lost its sweetness. Third. Ears slightly droop; eyes look dull. Fourth. 
Nose dry; appetite poor; languor; cough ceases. Fifth. Fever commences; ears 
hang; appetite gone; reel in walking in hind parts; do not follow the herd. Sixth. 
Eyes sink; a feverish, slaughter-honuse smell; generally on feet, but seldom move. 
Seventh. Hair appears dead, as on dry hide; death with few struggles. Some pass 
bloody water; feces of brown color, but plentiful. In others no change from health 
ean be discovered, excepting the brown color of the feces; while others are costive. 
Tn these the feces are very dark, small, and dry. 
In Putnam, Illinois, eighteen steers (three years old) died within 
three days in a pasture which had been occupied by Texas cattle the 
previous winter. In Bureau County, into which a considerable number 
of Texas cattle were driven last summer, one hundred and twenty-five 
to one hundred and fifty fatal cases are reported. Our correspondent 
for Jasper County, Iowa, reports a loss of 3 per cent. of their cattle 
from Spanish fever. In the stock-yards of Lake County, Ohio, into 
which southern and western cattle are brought, deaths have occurred, 
but it is not certain that they were caused by splenic fever. In Fau- 
quier, Virginia, the disease followed the introduction of Texas cattle, 
and large numbers of native cattle died. The same result followed a 
like course in Knox County, Tennessee; and the fever is reported also 
ie Surry and Burke, North Carolina, and in a few counties in Northern 
eorgia. 
Foot and mouth disease.—Epizovtic aphthe, for the first time in the 
history of cattle diseases of this country, has prevailed to a limited 
extent in parts of New York, and in several localities in New England. 
The losses resulting have been a deterioration in condition and decrease 
of milk production, rather than actual mortality. The subject is treated 
at length in another portion of this volume. 
Disease from smut in corn.—A considerable loss has been attributed 
to smut in corn in several of the Western States. In some instances the 
