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by a cow that had pastured on an imfenced range called " Hog Hill," in 

 the to\vn of Yonkers. She wandered into a field near Mr. Austin's j)lace, 

 where she died on the 27th or 28th of July, and was not buried for some 

 days after. The disease appeared among Mr. Austin's cattle on October 

 21. The herd of Mr. Odell, on whose farm this cow died, was no doubt 

 infected by tlie same animal. His herd consisted of some valuable Jer- 

 seys, among which the plague appeared on August 28. We killed three 

 of his animals, and they all showed well-marked lesions of the disease. 



On February 20, visited Mr. Tice, of Newtown, which is a suburb of 

 Brooklyn, Long Island. His herd was infected about the middle of Oc- 

 tober. Eight of his animals died, and he had continued to till their 

 places with fresh ones. We found 12 of his animals suffering with the 

 plague. Two cows were killed — one an acute and the other an older 

 case — and both showed well-marked traces of the disease. His herd 

 was iufected by a cow sent him about the 20th of September. 



A Mr. Grady, whose stables are iuBIissville, a portion of the suburbs 

 of Brooklyn, had lost 11 head of cows, out of a herd of 14, since the 

 middle of September. 



PENNSYLVAIS^IA. 



I arrived in Philadelphia on February 21, and during the evening 

 visited and had a conversation with Dr. J. W. Gadsden, relative to the 

 prevalence of the plague in Pennsylvania. Dr. Gadsden showed me a 

 l>rivate telegram giving him the information that the British Govern- 

 ment contemplates raising the embargo on cattle transported from the 

 Western and Southivestern States through Canada and shipped to Great 

 Britain from ports of the Dominion Government. 



On the morning of February 25, in company with Dr. Francis Bridge, 

 I visited the farm of Mr. J. F. Taylor, located near the town of Maiple, 

 Delaware County, Pa. We found the gentleman's herd suffering with 

 the disease. Having selected and paid for four acute cases, the animals 

 were slaughtered and examined. The port mortem examination revealed 

 all the lesions of the disease in its acute stage. This herd was infected 

 by a cow purchased by Mr. Taylor in the Philadelphia stock-yards. She 

 was in very good condition, and when she arrived on the farm seemed 

 very tired. Next morning she refused to eat and seemed sick. She died 

 in a few days thereafter with all the symptoms exhibited by those that 

 have since died of contagious pleuro-pneumonia. 



On February 26 I visited the farm of Mr. Wynne, near Philadelphia. 

 His herd originally consisted of 34 head. Ten of these had already been 

 killed, and two had died of the disease. An examination of those left 

 developed the fact that the disease was still present in both an acute 

 and chronic form. The owner objected to the slaughter of any of the 

 animals. His herd was infected by some cows he purchased in the 

 Philadelphia stock-yards. The disease broke out about the first of 

 June last. 



On the 27th day of February I visited Messrs. Martin, Fuller & Co., 

 who have charge of the Philadelphia stock-yards. They offered me 

 every facility for an examination of the premises. During my interview 

 with these gentlemen, Mr. Fuller said, that something ought to be done 

 to relieve the dealers in stock from the oppression of the Eugli.sh em- 

 bargo — that the European trade is now carried on at a positive loss, and 

 that this loss is clearly traceable to the embargo on our live cattle. He 

 iurther stated that he was in Europe last season, and found the market 

 Hooded at Liverpool. Ilis stock was detained fifteen days in quarantine 



