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three attacks of lameness, and the hitter entirely recovered. The ani- 

 mal that was first to suffer still had sores, i. e., erosions of the mucous 

 membrane on the upper lip and gums exactly like those which I saw 

 when examining the affected cattle at Neosho Falls and at Kirksville, 

 though four months had elapsed since the appearance of the disease. 

 Some of the sick ones had slavered and smacked the lips, showing that 

 the mouth was quite severely affected. 



The horses on this farm had also been troubled with an eruption in 

 the mouths which had caused salivation and loud smacking of the 

 tongue and lips. These were now entirely recovered, though slight 

 evidences of the sores on the lips were still visible. The horses were 

 seen to have lost appetite in January or early in February. The last 

 of February sores were observed in the mouths, and it was six weeks 

 before these healed. Only one hog was kept, though many of the 

 neighbors' hogs had been continually running around the pastures. 

 None of these had been affected. 



Three miles north and 1 mile west of Mr. Faunce's farm, Mr. Dubroc 

 had yearlings in a high, dry lot, in which was an out-house for shelter, 

 parly filled with hay. All of these we're affected and all recovered. 

 There were here 160 head of cattle, only 8 or 10 of which, all told, were 

 lame. Ten or 12 goats were running with the cattle, but remained well ; 

 the two places mentioned above were so situated on different roads that 

 there was little if any passing from one to the other, and the outbreaks 

 were therefore indejiendent of each other. 



Other cases of the disease occurred on the farm of Mr, John Mason, 

 who lives near Wheeler in Jasper County. This gentleman owned 120 

 head of cattle, of which 17 had been affected. Six animals were so bad 

 that they had been killed; 2 others remained, one of which had lost a 

 foot, and the second one would lose both of the jiosterior feet at or 

 above the fetlock; a part of the tail of this one was also gangrenous. 

 Nine others had been more or less lame but had lost no limbs. On this 

 farm and in close proximity to the cattle were 25 horses and mules, 100 

 hogs and 40 shee]), all of which had been free from disease. 



In the town of Wheeler, a single family cow was found with the lower 

 parts of the posterior limbs separating as a result of dry gangrene. 

 This seemed to be the only sick animal in the town. 



Mr. Keating, who lives G or 8 miles from Effingliam, had also suffered 

 from the same disease. His herd consisted of 4.5 young cattle and 

 cows. None of the cows were affected, and it is worthy of remark here 

 that they had been fed upon hay harvested in 1882. The young cattle 

 were fed ui)on the crop of 1883, and of these 8, which were in a very bad 

 condition from the loss of their limbs, had been killed ; two others were 

 still alive with the feet off' at the fetlock. About half of the 45 young 

 cattle were more or less affected. There were 60 sheep and a number 

 of hogs on this farm, none of which had shown any signs of disease. 

 The cattle here were atticked about the 8th of Januarv. 



