152 THE NEW AGRICULTURE. 



I found diseased mucous membrane, the air passages thickened, 

 congestion of the lining membranes, all more or less congested and 

 covered with slime and fungi, so much so indeed, that the smaller 

 tubes of the bronchials were collapsed, thus preventing free pas- 

 sage of air, consequently making it impossible to fully inflate the 

 lungs. Not only were the bronchials affected, but I also found the 

 throat and mouth extensively covered with slime and fungi. On 

 examining into the character of the food which had been fed I 

 found that, in many cases, it consisted of malt dust, full of fungi. 

 Garbage in some cases was fed, and many different kinds of food 

 supposed to produce milk rapidly. The grass and hay in almost 

 every case, I found to contain mould or fungi in some form. 



Is there such a disease as "Contagious Pleuro-Pneumonia ?" 



I clip the following from the morning papers of Philadelphia, of 

 Saturday, June 6th, 1885. 



[From the Record.] 



" Much excitement has been occasioned among the farmers in the 

 vicinity of Pavonia on the northern outskirts of Camden by the 

 appearance of the pleuro-pneumonia in the herd of cattle on the 

 farm of M. Feenfer. Drs. Miller and Dyer of the State Board of 

 Health have investigated the outbreak and believe that the rigid 

 quarantine which they have established will prevent the spread of 

 the disease. The herd of nine cows was purchased last February 

 at the West Philadelphia stock yards. Two of the infected ani- 

 mals have been killed and the remainder inoculated." 



[From the Times. ] 



" A general examination is being made of herds of cattle in 

 Camden and Gloucester Counties by Drs. W. B. E. Miller and C. K. 

 Dyer, of the New Jersey State Board of Health. On the farm of 

 M. Feenfer, at Pavonia, near the Camden Water Works, a herd of 

 fine cattle is said to be infected with pleuro-pneumonia. The dis- 



