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fixt or thin, native or tborouglibred stock. Texas animals seem to be exempt. The 

 disease is very rapid in its work. An animal that is apparently bealtby and very 

 livelj^ in the evening may be found dead the next morning. Occasionally one may 

 be stupid for three or four days, but as a rule they die in a few hours. 



There is also a disease here among cattle which affects their feet. The foot swells 

 between the toes, laming the animal. In the worst cases the leg swells as high as 

 six inches above the ankle, ulcerates, and exudes a white matter. Sometimes tie 

 llesh protrudes from these ulcerated places. It generally disappear.'^ of its own accord, 

 but the worst cases either lame for life or kill the animal. 



Cattle in Siiline, Mitchell, Phillips, Lincoln, Ottawa, and other coun- 

 ties in Kansas suffered severely with this disease during the past sea- 

 son. Mr. Charles E. Faulkner, of Salina, Ivans., writing in December 

 last to lion. J. J. Ingalls, speaks of the disease as being wide spread 

 and disastrous in the counties above named. The following extract is 

 made from Mr. Faulkner's letter, which was kindly forwarded to this 

 Department by Senator Ingalls : 



Many thanks for your notice of my communication regarding black-leg among cat- 

 tle in Kansas. The Department seems to have made no special investigation of thie 

 disease. Losses this season will be heavy in the State. Over one hundred head have 

 died in this county (Saline) during the last three mouths, and the end is not yet. 

 Losses from Mitchell, Phillips, Lincoln, and Ottawa are reported. I hope that Con- 

 gress will aid the Department in instituting a thorough investigation of the subject, 

 in order that we may become better informed of tbe nature of the disease, its cause, 

 and preventive measures. 



ContactIOUs pleuro-pneumonia in iS'EW Jeesey.— Dr. William 

 B. E. Miller, of Camden, K. J., writing to the Department under date 

 of November 10 last, says : 



On the 31st ultimo I was summoned to visit a herd of cattle at White House. 

 Readiugton Township, Hunterdon County, in this State. On the Ist instant! exam- 

 ined some cattle on the farm of Mr. George Clum. Among his herd of about 60 cows 

 I found several infected with pleuro-pneumonia. During the past four months he 

 lias lost 2'i head. Soon after the first outbreak in the herd he had all the animals in- 

 oculated. On another farm owned by Mr. T. W. Pidcock, autl tenanted by Mr. Charles 

 Snyder, near Three Bridges, Hunterdon County, is a herd of 6.") cows. About the first 

 of March last there was brought from Bradford County, Pennsylvania, to Farmington. 

 K. J., a car-load of cows. From this car-load Messrs. PidcockandSnyder purchased 13 

 head. Ten of these animals were put on their farm and three were sentto another fawn. 

 The animals then upon the farm were neaily all inoculated. Plenro-pneunu)nia broke 

 out among these ten new arrivals, and soon eight had died. One was killed for the 

 ]>urpose of securing virus for inoculation purposes. All the remaining aninuiln wej"e 

 then inoculated a second time. There have been several cases on the farm since, but 

 I was unable to get the exact uumber at the time of my visitation. Every lot of 

 fresh cattle brought on the place since have immediately been inocul.ated, but out of 

 every lot one or two animals would either die of the diseas*- or be killed. On an- 

 other place occupied l)y Mr. Peter Pidcock, where thftro had never liceiia CHs»of,ooj] 

 tagious pl(!uro-i)neuuu)nia, a bull was brought from the F. N. Pidcock farm that had 

 had the disease but was supposed to have recovered. He infected this herd of 46 cows, 

 and 8 animals died before the contagion abated. All the animals were inoculated a« 

 soon as the disease broke out among them. On another farm, occupied by Mr. W. D. 

 Ammerman, 8 or 10 animals died of the disease during the sunnner mouths. There 

 are 41 head in one lot and 29 in another on this farm. All have been inoculated. 

 There is one acute case now on this farm. The animal has been inoculated, but stil I 



