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The germs are taken into the system from eating grass 

 around a swamp or drinking the water from stagnant pools. 

 They find their way from the bowels into the blood, and work 

 around until they locate themselves in the bowels or tissues 

 under the skin. When an animal dies from this disease it 

 bloats, up, decomposition setting in very quickly, and there is 

 a blood-stained fluid flows from the mouth, nose and anus. 

 If you have had an animal or two die while pasturing on this 

 kind of land, and showing the above symptoms and appear- 

 ance after death, send for the government veterinary inspec- 

 tor; he will examine the blood, and if the germs are found 

 you will then be sure of anthrax. Burn the carcasses of the 

 dead cattle and remove the sound ones from the pasture. 

 Drain the field and break it up. This is the best way to get 

 rid of the germs. Sheep are also subject to this disease and 

 present the same symptoms. 



Treatment. — There is no effectual treatment, but we 

 recommend vaccination with carbon or anthrax vaccine* as 

 a preventative. 



7. Black Quarter. 



Black Quarter. 



Black Quarter is extremely infectious and very fatal, 

 appearing more frequently in cattle from six months to three 



♦Carbon or anthrax vaccine may be obtained from the company whose 

 announcement appears on the latter pages of this book. Full directions 

 are also supplied. 



