THE LUNG PLAGUE OF CATTLE. Ill 



iamson, tin- superintendent . stated that they contained ten acres. Cattle tra\eliug 

 fro: n the NYest to th Kast are merely unloaded to be ted and watered, and are tlivn 

 reshipped. There were no rattle in the yard at the time of my visit. Mr. William- 

 son had never kno\\ n of eases of contagions d isease occurring there. ( 'at t le occasion- 

 ally sutler from injuries ivreived during their journey, as happened in the case of a 

 heifer which died on the niorniii'4 of my visit to the \ards; she had fallen down and 

 had been trampled on ly the other cattle in the car. 



DETROIT. 



< Mi the 'Jilth of Sept em her examined Kind's ea 1 1 le -yards, on (irand River street. De- 

 troit. and also the cattle in the yards at the time of my visit. It is ehielly Michi- 

 gan cattle which are offered for sale at K ing's ca 1 1 le-yards. t hough cat t le from t he 

 \\evt.-in States are also frequent ly brought there. Dairymen and others residing in 

 Detroit occasionally luiy cows at those yards. During the year 1881, 19,138 cattle- 

 passed through King's cat tie-yards. 



No contagions disease has been contracted by cat t le brought to t hose yayds with 

 the exception of tin' Texas cat t le disease. Some two years ago a lot of 2 Michigan 

 cattle were bought by a fanner at these yards; while they wereat theyard they occu- 

 pied a pen which previously had been occupied by Texas cattle. After they were 

 driven by the purchaser from the yards to his farm they showed .symptoms of Texas 

 fever, and all died from it. Thin is the only contagious disease wnicll has been con- 

 tracted by cattle brought to these yards. 



On the 15th of October, 1881, visited and examined the, Detroit stock-yards on 

 Twentieth* street. They cover tell acres, and are surrounded by a close board fcnce. 

 Both Western and Michigan cattle are. brought for sale to these yards, and they are 

 also used for watering and feeding cattle, which are unloaded for this purpose in 

 passing through Detroit on their journey eastward. 



Detroit butchers also buy cattle for slaughtering in these yards, and milch cows 

 are also brought for sale to these yards. 



The Texas cattle disease has been transmitted to Michigan cattle by their occupy- 

 ing pens which had been previously occupied by Texas cattle. An instance occurred 

 some years ago in which eight Michigan steers were driven from the yards to Dear- 

 born, a village ten miles from Detroit ; they all died shortly afterwards of the Texas 

 cattle fever. Texas cattle are still brought to the yards, but they are not put into t he 

 same yards as other cattle, and in consequence of greater care being exercised no 

 deaths have occurred during the last two years. This is the only contagions disease 

 which has been contracted in or spread from the cattle-yards on Twentieth street. 



Seventy-five thousand five hundred cattle passed through the Detroit stock-yards 

 in 1881 ; of these, 18,000, were Western cattle, and were chiefly shipped from Saint 

 Louis. Very few are shipped from Chicago. 



3. EXAMINATION OF COWS AND COW-STABLES BELONGING TO DAIKYMIA. 



On the 13th of September, 1831, examined 17 cows belonging to Mr. Copping, Twelfth 

 street, a little beyond the city limits. Tne cows were on pasture, at the time of my 

 examination, and they all apjveared to be in good health. Did not have much sickness 

 among his cows, but had one or two cases of parturition fever some time ago. In 

 addition to what they picked up at pasture each cow got half a bushel of grains night 

 and morning, and corn stalks and a little clover. The cow-stable was comfortable and 

 better than tin- average. The cows had been bought from cattle-dealers, and have 

 mostly been raised in Michigan. 



On 18th September visited S. Lowe's dairy farm, which is several miles from Detroit, 

 on the Pont iac road. His cows are fed on bran and corn and are also pastured during 

 the day. He has not had any sickness or lost any cows for several years. His cows 

 are mostly bought from farmers in Wayne County and at King's cattle-yards. No 

 disease has been introduced among his stock by cows brought from King's catt le- 

 yards. 



August Klett, on the Pont iac road, has 12 cows. They are fed on malt, corn, refuse 

 from the manufacture of sugar, and corn-stalks. They are also pastured during a part 

 of the day. Has had no cases of sickness except an occasional case of indigest ion from 

 a cow eating too much. His cows have most ly been raised in Michigan and have been 

 bought at King's cattle-yards in Detroit. 



.John Barnes, Woodward avenue, has I) cows. Has bought them from King's cattle- 

 yards. Detroit, and from drovers. His cows have been raised in Michigan. Three 

 years ago lost seven cows from the Texas fever. It was contract -d by pasturing his 

 cows on commons in the city where Texan cattle had been gra/ing. Has had no losses 

 since the state law in reference to Texan cattle has been enforced. His cows are fed 

 on 'malt and corn (the residue after the manufacture of glucose). They are also past- 

 ured and have n >t been housed during the summer. 



