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ber. The steer now living was the first to be taken sick, but though 

 very weak, was, on the 8th of September, apparently convalescing. 

 These cattle were at first placed with others, but have since been 

 separated. No others were noticed to be sick. 



Mr. C. M. Thomas bought 10 steers on the 14th of August. Of 

 these he lost 7, 1 on the 26th, 2 on the 27th, and 4 on the 28th. He 

 has 3 left, 1 of which, up to the 7th of September, had not been 

 sick, the other 2 at that date being convalescent. He did not place 

 these cattle with others until a week after. He then united them to 

 his herd for a week when he separated them. No others were taken 

 sick up to September 7. 



Mr. George Gaither bought 2 heifers on the 14th of August. One 

 died on August 28 a^nd the other was still living on September 8, but 

 had been very sick. These animals had been with other cattle, but 

 were separated after one died. The heifer had recently been allowed 

 to join cattle. None of the latter had been sick up to September 8. 



Mr. George Devilbiss bought 1 animal on August 13, and it died 

 on the 30th. 



Mr. John Koop bought 5 head on August 13. Three of these he 

 sold, 1 to Sharetts & Devilbiss, which died on August 29; 1 sold to 

 Edward Carlisle died on A.ugust 28; and 1 he butchered August 20. 

 The fifth animal died on his hands on August 25. 



Mr. Charles Zumbrun bought 1 animal on August 17, and it died 

 on the 27. 



Mr. Darius Devilbiss retained 4 head; 2 of these were slaughtered 

 and 2 heifers died. The first animal died on August 27, and the 

 second on September 3. These were kept on the same pasture after 

 their arrival in Unionville. 



Mr. James Etzlur bought 1 steer on August 18, and it died on the 

 27th. This steer was added to other cattle. The native cow that 

 fought with it when it first arrived died on September 3. He lost 

 no others. The cow had no other source of infection. From a de- 

 scription of her symptoms I was forced to conclude that she died 

 from Texas fever. 



Mr. William Baker bought a heifer on August 13, and it died on 

 the 27th. He also bought through Mr. Devilbiss a native cow belong- 

 ing to Mr. Duvall, of Unionville. This cow pastured in a field ad- 

 joining the roadside, but on the opposite side of the road where the 

 strange cattle passed and repassed when being weighed. She was 

 driven with the red heifer to Mr. Baker's farm. After arriving there 

 on the 13th she fell off in milk. On the 22nd of August she died of 

 the same disease as the heifer, as near as Mr. Baker could judge. 

 The gall-bladder was much enlarged. 



Mr. George D. Norris owned the farm on which the introduced 

 herd was pastured. His cattle did . not mingle with the others, as 

 they were separated by a fence. Though they usually drunk in the 

 trough above, near by the barn, they could have drunk from the 

 brook in the pasture below. This brook did not properly run through 

 the pasture in which Mr. Norris kept his cows, but two panels of 

 fence, about 20 feet, had been set over so as to include a portion of it. 

 The water ran from the pasture where the 72 strange cattle were kept 

 towards the pasture where the native cows were confined. The 

 native cows were kept on the hill during the forenoon; at noon they 

 drank at the barn and were driven into the lower pasture. They 

 could have touched noses over the fence. The lower watering place 

 and the actual contact of noses were the only chances that 1 could 

 learn of for Mr. Norris' cattle to contract the disease. Nevertheless 



