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urinary bladder very much distended with bloody urine. (The last-named condi- 

 tion was entirely wanting in the previous cases.) Feeling entirely satisfied as to 

 the nature of the disease, considering it beyond quesfton an outbreak of splenic, 

 Texas, or Southern cattle fever, I ceased my investigation and returned to Kansas 

 City. 



Early in June, 1887, inspector W. H. Hose was directed to visit 

 and examine a herd of cattle belonging to Mr. C. E. Powell, near 

 Leesburgh, Va., reported to be suffering with. Southern cattle fever. 

 The following report gives the results of his investigation: 



I found 50 head of cattle on Mr. Powell's place, subdivided into small lots, and 

 kept separated by fences. On examination 3 steers and 2 cows were found to be 

 suffering with Texas fever, and I was informed that 1 cow and 1 steer had died of 

 the disease on the 12th and 13th instant, respectively. On the day of my arrival 

 Mr. Powell claimed that the sick cattle were getting better. To-day I tried to have 

 a cow killed for the purpose of post-mortem examination, but Mr. Powell refused 

 to slaughter the animal unless the Department paid him for it. He seemed to think 

 very hard of me because I would not consent to purchase his entire herd. I saw 

 no Immediate chance for the death of one of the afflicted animals, so I returned 

 without further investigation. Mr. Powell is a live-stock dealer, and ships fat cat- 

 tl'e to the Washington market where he sells to the butchers. He occasionally pur- 

 chases poor cattle from the markets and ships them to his farm, and afterwards 

 sells them to the farmers of Loudoun and adjoining counties for the purpose of 

 fattening. The means of infection in this instance, however, I think may be ex- 

 plained as follows: About two months ago Texas cattle were driven over the roads 

 from the railroad station to a farm near Mr. Powell's farm. Mr. Powell's stock 

 passes over this road very often. The owner of these cattle has a ranch in Texas, 

 and he intends to ship Texas cattle to this part of Virginia during the cold months 

 of each year. 



In August, 1887, Dr. James Law, then chief inspector of the work 

 for the suppression of contagious pleuro-pneumonia among cattle 

 in Cook County, 111., investigated an outbreak of Southern cattle 

 fever in a herd located in Elkhart County, Ind. His report, giving 

 the results of this investigation, is as follows: 



In consequence of a report in the Chicago Tribune for August 10, of pleuro-pneu- 

 monia in Jefferson Township, Elkhart County, Ind. , I went the same evening to 

 Elkhart, and proceeded next morning to Goshen, near which, I was informed, the 

 cattle were dying. A few miles east of Goshen I reached a large marsh, like a ver- 

 itable oasis in the parched desert of the general country, and yet the scene of the 

 mortality. This marsh, owned by Rockwell and Rowell, had been rented for pas- 

 turage to Fuller Bros, and others of the neighboring farmers. Pursuant to this 

 Mr. Morse, one of the lessees, put in 7 head of cattle April 1, which remained 

 healthy until August 3, when the first sickened and died; a second died August 11, and 

 a third was in a dying state, the latter 2 being covered with the Southern cattle tick. 

 Two head he took home July 11, where they are still well and with no ticks. Two 

 he sold in July to be slaughtered. Fuller Bros, put in three car-loads of cattle from 

 Chicago stock-yards in the first half of June and left them till August 4, when nearly 

 all the survivors were sent to slaughter. They could not recall the number they had 

 buried. Mr. Lehman, another lessee, had put in 9 head, one of which " gaunted up " 

 in the middle of July, but gave her full complement of milk for a week later. She 

 died August 1. Lehman lost 5 head and had 4 more sick in his barn, to which he had 

 removed them. Bartholomew put 5 in the marsh and lost 2. Miller put in 7, but 

 removed 6 in the middle of July and saved them. The 1 left hi the marsh died. All 

 the sick cattle were covered with ticks. A large portion of the east side of the 

 marsh was fenced "off and pastured by 15 cattle owned by Mr. Burnham, all of 

 which kept well. On the opposite side was a large stretch of the marsh, pastured 

 by Mr. Fuller's 25 cattle, all of which were healthy. This was separated from the 

 deadly portion by a deep miry ditch into which no beast dared venture. Just be- 

 yond this was another portion separated by a fence from the infecting portion and 

 pastured by 40 to 50 Jerseys in sound health. 



In a ditcn alongside Burnham's fence was an artificial pool full of dead grass- 

 hoppers and deeply stained by their excretions. Elsewhere was a ditch with run- 

 ning water drained from the marsh. 



I made a necropsy of a Jersey neifer just dead and quite warm, and found all 

 the lesions of Texas fever well marked. I may note particularly a general yellow 



