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the worst cases were kept, and in tlie west end of it a small stall was 

 partitioned oft' by a few fence boards, in which the bull was tied. This 

 bull never manifested any symptoms of the disease. This is substan- 

 tially the history which 1 obtained from Mr. Hindman on this day. 

 With regard to the kind of feed which the cattle received, Mr. Hind- 

 man told me that all the cattle one year old and upwards were fed 

 upon hay made on the bottom lands, that they depastured 30 acres of 

 corn stalks, and lately received wheat straw in addition to the hay. 

 The milch cows, which were kept north of the house, the bull, and the 

 young calves received corn in addition to hay. 



On a subsequent visit I was informed, either by Mr. Hindman or one 

 of his hired men, that the hogs had been allowed to remain in tlie yard 

 with the diseased cattle until they began to gnaw at their dead feet, in 

 consequence of which they were turned into the orchard. I also dis- 

 covered that the young calves had remained in this yard until they were 

 crowded out by the rapid increase of invalids. 



History. — On the 11th of December Daniel Keith bought 63 head of 

 yearling calves from Mr. Joseph Davis, and brought them home on the 

 12th. Four days previous to this time he had bought 5 yearlings from 

 Nelson Stride, 2 miles south. He bought one from William Inge, 2 

 miles southeast, about a week later. Bought one from Bait. King, 2i 

 miles southwest of Xeosho Falls, a day or two after the Inge calf. 

 Bought one 4 miles south of Neosho Falls on or about the 10th of Feb- 

 ruary, and on the 20th bought 6 head from Alex. Linn, 1 mile down 

 the river from Neosho Falls. On or about the 23d of December he first 

 noticed the lameness to exist among the calves which he had bought 

 from Mr. Davis, and described their actions and symptoms as stated in 

 the early part of this report, but he also stated now that in the com- 

 mencement of the disease many of them slobbered profusely ; numerous 

 small blisters appeared in the mouth and on the tongue, and that they 

 then refused to eat hay or rough feed; that they manifested an inclina- 

 tion to lie in the snow, and on warm or sunshiny days they sought cool 

 and sheltered places. On the 1st of January about 30 of them wer^ 

 lame and new cases developed daily for a number of weeks thereafter, 

 also that some were yet taking the disease while others had recovered 

 from it. 



After the lai)se of the first few days of sickness they regained their 

 ai>])etite and ate as well as ever. 



The best animal in the herd of "yearlings, which was also one of the 

 first ones taken sick, died on the 5th of January ; he refused to eat 

 corn, frothed at the mouth, and suffered intense pain. The second 

 <leath occurred on the 28th day of February ; this was the calf, which 

 died two days after the mother of it was taken sick. One died on the 

 8th of March; this one had been suffering for ten weeks, and had lost 

 both hind feet at the I'etlock joints. Three were killed. The 8 head which 

 he bought since the disease broke out, all became sick within two or 



