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turned them in with the Boyd cattle, where they remained over night. 

 Seven of these died, and 3 others in the herd of 500, on the Hiak Moore 

 range. They began to die sixteen days after exposure to the Boyd 

 cattle. 



October 25, we drove 7 miles west from Hari)er, stopping first at Mr. 

 H. F. Burr's place. Mr. Burr stated that he shipped into Harper, then 

 drove to his place, four lots of cattle ; the first one in the month of March, 

 one in April, one in May, and the last one in June; total number, 450 

 head. These cattle were brought from Colony, Anderson County, and 

 from Coffee and Allen Counties. Mr. Burr wintered 18 head of cattle. 

 He has been on the same range for five successive years, and has nev^er 

 before lost any cattle. He lost 175 head out of the 468 head this season, 

 and Mr. Moier, his son-in-law, lost on the same range 4 out of 7 head. 

 Mr. Burr thinks that all of his cattle except 25 head had been sick. He 

 used tincture belladonna as a curative agent. Several of his cattle died 

 in the month of July, but the greater number of deaths occurred in the 

 month of September. Mr. Boyd's cattle crossed his range in April. 

 We went out to his herd and I tested the temperature of several, which 

 registered as follows : 



o y. 



Two-year-old heifer, has beeu sick 102.7 



Oiie-year-ohl heifer, has beeu sick 104.2 



One-year-old heifer, has been sick 104.8 



One-year-old heifer, has been sick 104.2 



Four-year-old bull, has not beeu sick 102.9 



One-year-old heifer, has not beeu sick 103.4 



One-year-old heifer, has not been sick 103.1 



Two-year-old heifer, has not beeu sick 102.9 



We then drove 1 mile southwest to A. Hilliard's farm. He lost 1 cow 

 on the 20th of July, and another on the 10th of September. Mr. Boyd's 

 cattle crossed his range half a mile south of the house. On the 18th 

 of June Mr. Anderson's cattle went across the east end of his range, 

 leaving probably 80 rods between the two trails. Hilliard has owned 

 a work ox for the past two years. This ox was picketed on the Boyd 

 trail a number of times during the summer, but remained well. While 

 I was there I noticed a bull corraled near the barn ; he appeared thin 

 in fiosh, and I inquired if he was sick. Mr. Hilliard replied, not that 

 he was aware of. I tested the temperature of the animal ; it registered 

 102O F. 



An eight-year-old cow was in a separate pen ; I tried her temperature; 

 it was 101.8° F. On the 30th, as I was going toward Harper in the 

 evening, 1 met Mr. Hilliard. He stopped me and stated that the eight- 

 year-old cow which I saw in the pen at the time of my visit to his ])lace 

 was sick. "She appeared stupid last night, and this morning yielded 

 no milk." That this cow had positively not been exposed to the Boyd 

 trail, or any other infected place ; that she had beeu kept closely' yarded, 

 and had been well fed on dry feed for the ])ast three months, I prom- 

 ised him to see her in the morning. The following morning 1 drove out 

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