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and Hufacker hold 600 bead of cattle together, on an open range north 

 of the Medicine Lodge stage road, and south ot Dr. Wisiun's range. 

 Tlie three parties live in the Illinois colony. All of their cattle except 

 80 head have been in the Sand Creek and Cedar Hill pool. They lost 

 30 ill the mouth of July. On the 10th of September the disease broke 

 out the second time ; they then lost 55 head ; 100 that were sick re- 

 covered. These same parties held cattle on this range for four succes- 

 sive years, and this is the first year that they met with any loss by 

 disease. Mr. Grarrison stated to me that he l);>iiglit 80 head of vaotii- 

 uated cattle from the vaccine farm at Webster Grove, Mo., all heifers, 

 yearlings, and two year-olds, with the exception of 12 head which were 

 yearling steers. 



He told me, in answer to my question whether or not the steers had 

 also been vaccinated, " Yes," said he, " they told me they could not 

 always i)rocure a sufficient number of heifers ; consequently, had to use 

 young steers." He says he loaded them on the cars at the Old National 

 stock-yards at Saint Louis, and lauded them at Harper on the 18th of 

 June. Mr. Garrison rei>orts that the Anderson herd of cattle went as 

 far west as P. B. Cole's range, which is directly north of their range. 

 Mr. White, in the same colony, lost 2 cows and 1 ox out of 4 cows and 

 6 oxen. He kept them strictly under his care at home. He bought 

 one of the cows in Harper County, and she came over the same road 

 where the McGuire oxen had been traveling. These cattle died in the 

 month of September. Mr. Peltou, in the colony, lost 2 out of 20 head, 

 1 in July and 1 in September. T. B. Stockstill, on the Medicine Lodge 

 road, between E. C. Davis and M. B. Moore, holds 150 head of cattle. 



Two died out of 5 that were sick. The first one was sick on the 

 Gtli instant and died on the 0th; the second one died a week later. 

 These cattle were close-herded all summer, and were uot in anj' way 

 exposed to the Hoyd cattle. He thinks his cattle took the disease 

 through M. B. Moore's. We then visited M. B. Moore, directly west 

 and adjoining Stockstill. He stated that his cattle began to die on the 

 11th or 12th of July, and 7 head died during the month. On the 15th 

 of September another outbreak of the disease set iu ; they then died off 

 rapidly for about teu days, wheu the death rate began to diminish. 

 Altogether he lost 40 out of 123 head; 5 recovered and 3 are yet sick. 



After death drops of blood would be seen to oozex)ut of the skin be- 

 tween the legs and under the jaw and side of neck. I examined a sick 

 two-year old heifer which he was bringing in from the herd as I drove 

 ui). Her temi)eratnre was raised to 107.8^ F. ; she passed feces cov- 

 ered with mucus and blood. 1 also examined a white cow with calf at 

 her side; had been sick for three weeks ; temperature 103.2° F. 



His cattle have been close herded since the lOtli day of .Iiilv. Three 

 of them were cutout of the Boyd herd at the roiind-iip in fJiiiie; none 

 of the rest have 1 eeii expose*! to Boyd's or any other known diseased 

 cattle, as far as he knows. On the 25tli 1 saw Mr. Moore again, when 



