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count for this in a measure. Cow d had been but very little troubled. 

 She couglied slightly, but nothing more ; the partition may have pro- 

 tected her. Cow c, the light-colored or Fisher cow, was the second one 

 taken sick, and was more seriously aifected than any of the others ex- 

 cept the one that died. Of the ibnr animals which were called sick, 

 although the whole lierd except cow a were more or less affected with 

 cougbs, cow / came third. The yearlings were turned in and tied up 

 without any regard to regularity or place. Several of them coughed. 

 Three of them were sick, i. e.^ the respii'ation was considerably acceler- 

 ated, but none of them died. It was advised to close up the feeding 

 space next the floor and put it up in the partition 3| or 4 feet from the 

 floor, so that the draught through woidd be over the heads of the cattle. 

 It may be objected that this cause has been in operation for years, 

 and no such trouble has before occurred. The only answer to this objec- 

 tion is that the past season iias been remarkable for its sudden changes. 

 I am told that it has not been uncommon here for the thermometer to 

 vary from 30° to 4S}^ in the course of twenty-four hours. These sudden 

 changes are as liable to aifect cattle as human beings, and where exiDOsed 

 as these were, without artificial covering, they could hardly be expected 

 to remain exempt from serious colds. Another thing should be remem- 

 bered: the past winter has been so mild that attendants no doubt be- 

 came more careless than usual, and often neglected to close the doors 

 and feeding-troughs. 



COOTiTECTICUT. 



In the course of my investigations in Connecticut the following facts 

 were gleaned : 



Statement of Hon. E. H. Hyde, chairman of commission. 



An outbreak of contagious pleuro-pneumonia had occurred at Green- 

 wich, occasioned by exposure to a calf which had been brought from 

 New York and placed in the herd of Mr. B. Livingstone Mead. This 

 farm is located on the State line, a part being in the State of New York 

 and a part in that of Connecticut. The buildings are in Connecticut. 

 This herd consisted of 20 head. From 7 to 9 animals have died, the last 

 one about the 18th of March, 1879. The remainder are unaccounted 

 for. These animals were at one time examined by Professor Law. 



The herd of Daniel M. Grihin, on an adjoining farm, contracted the 

 disease from Mr. Mead's herd. He had 27 head, 8 of which died. 

 With the exception of one animal, Mr. G. sold the remainder of his herd 

 to dealers in New York for slaughter. The one he retamed remains 

 with his tenant, and will soon be slaughtered on the place. 



Joseph B. Hueted, of Greenwich, took some cattle to New York for 

 slaughter, among them tvy^o cows. They were all landed at the infected 

 Sixtieth street yard. The cows were not sold, and after some hesitation 

 on the part of the New York cominission they were allowed to be 

 returned to Connecticut, the commissioners of the last-named State 

 being notified of the fact. The State authorities at once ordered them 

 quarantined, but before the letter reached Mr. Husted he had sold them, 

 and they are still untraced. They were taken away from Greenwich on 

 or before July 11, 1879. 



Mr. Curtis Judson, of Watertown, near Waterbury, keeper of the 

 Gramercy Park Hotel, bought two cows from Hedge, a dealer in New 

 York, and placed them in an excellent herd of Ms own at Watertown. 



