208 THE CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS 



the spread of the contagion to his other cattle 

 still sound and healthy. Let him immediately 

 divide his stock of animals into three classes 

 or lots the first class must consist of healthy 

 cattle, having had no direct contact with the 

 infected beasts ; the second class must con- 

 tain those cattle which, though not yet sick, 

 may become so, because they have been in 

 contact with those tainted ; the third class 

 will be composed of cattle smitten with the 

 typhus. 



The sound and healthy cattle forming the 

 first class must be removed from the farm, and 

 driven to the field separately, by some other 

 road, in different pastures, and only after the 

 dispersion of the morning mists. Those which 

 are accustomed to continue at the rack must 

 be taken out twice a day, for the twofold 

 object of taking wholesome exercise, and 

 allowing their stalls and sheds to be 

 cleaned. 



Their feeding must be attended to and 

 watched with very particular care ; the rations 

 of those which were being fattened up must 

 be decreased, and they ought to be sold to the 

 butcher for consumption as soon as possible. 



