430 REPOBT OF THE BUKEAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



On August 23 the first death, among these cattle took place. From 

 this time on until September 9 they continually dropped off, until at 

 that date but eleven invalid and convalescent animals were left. 

 Among these were but one or two which were said not to have been 

 sick. ^Besides the loss of the new cattle there was a loss of native 

 cattle at this time, which has been ascribed to the same disease. 

 These losses happened on the following farms, viz: Henry Dorsey, 

 1; James Etzlur, 1; W. H. Baker, 1; George D. Norris, 3; John I. 

 Barton, 1; Mr. Long, 1. Of these the cow belonging to Henry Dorsey 

 apparently died from other causes, leaving 7 native animals, all cows, 

 which seem to have died from the fever. 



These 7 natives with the 60 strange cattle make a total of 67 head 

 which died at that time. Whether or not they all died from the 

 same causes may be inferred from the following histories: 



On Monday, the 13th of August, Isaiah Nussbaum bought 12 steers, 

 which he removed to his farm. On Tuesday of the week following 

 he first noticed that his cattle stood around and did not feed. On 

 Thursday, August 23, he lost his first steer. Another died on the 

 following Monday, August 27, and 4 others on the 28th. Between 

 this date and the 6th of September 4 others died. Of the original 

 12 but 1 convalescent animal was left at the time of my visit, Sep- 

 tember 8. Mr. Nussbaum's description of the sickness and death of 

 these animals was similar to other descriptions, and tallies well with 

 the general symptoms of Texas fever. As all of the farmers gave 

 these symptoms alike I will not narrate them in each instance, but 

 place them under one paragraph. Mr. Nussbaum's steers had been 

 with his native stock,, but after the first death he separated them. 

 None of his other cattle had shown signs of illness. 



John Gaither bought 3 heifers and 1 bull on August 13. He put 

 them with his native cattle on this date where they remained until 

 the 27th, when he separated them. The bull died August 25 and a 

 heifer on September 2. Of the 2 remaining (September 5), 1 was con- 

 valescent and the other had apparently not been sick. None of the 

 other cattle had been sick since the strange cattle were bought. 



David Dudderer bought 4 head on the 13th or 14th of August and 

 put them with his other cattle. He lost his first animal on August 

 25, 1 on the 28th, another on the 30th, and the fourth and last on 

 the 1st of September. None of the other cattle have since shown any 

 symptoms of the disease. 



On August 13 Mr. Charles Poole bought 7 steers. He lost 1, on 

 August 26, 1 on the 28th, 1 on the 29th, 1 on the 2d of September, 

 and 1 on the 9th. They were put with his home stock but removed 

 when they were first noticed sick. The remaining 2 were sick, but 

 on October 9, though living, were very weak and convalescing. 

 None of his home stock were noticed to be sick with the fever. 



On August 13 Mr. William Boland bought 7 steers. They died 

 in the following order: One each on the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 31st of 

 August, and 3 on the 28th. Two other cattle had been exposed but 

 have not shown symptoms of the disease. 



Mr. Andrew Alexander bought 4 steers on the 13th of .August. 

 He put them with the native stock, but none of these have since been 

 sick. Of the former the first died August 23 or 24; the second Au- 

 gust 28, the third August 30, and the fourth September 1. 



Mr. Samuel Kief ers bought 9 steers on August 24. The first of 

 these died on August 27, the second, third, and fourth on the 28th; 

 1 each on the 39th, 30th, and 31st, and 1 on the 4th of Septem- 



