510 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Cow in stall No. 8, temperature, 102°; breathing fast; scour- 

 ing ; very lame behind ; both hind limbs swollen ; not much appe- 

 tite ; had been giving about six or seven quarts of milk ; both hind 

 quarters of udder swollen, red and tender ; secreting watery fluid. 



In all the udder seems to be the centre of infection. Last 

 summer he had three affected in the same way as these ; there 

 was finally gangrene and sloughing of parts. He describes the 

 tissue of the udder as being black. I called it "infective masti- 

 tis." I instructed him to cleanse and disinfect his barn, to give 

 his cows a dose of salts, and advised him to feed light ; prescribed 

 peroxide of hydrogen for injection in the udder, with external 

 applications of belladonna and camphor ointment. I also advised 

 separation of the well cows from those affected. 



If you care to have Frothingham examine milk, I will send you 

 sample. No sores on udder. 



Yours truly, John M. Parker. 



Swine Diseases. 



There was very little complaint of diseases among swine 

 during 1899. The outbreak at Lanesborough, spoken of at 

 the time of writing the last report, was investigated by Com- 

 missioner O'Connell. There were 17 animals quarantined, 

 with three owners; one owner had 1, one 10 and another 8 

 swine. The single pig died before January 22, the other 

 sick ones were recovering and were released January 24. 



January 17, 3 swine were quarantined in West Newbury 

 as having hog cholera. Commissioner Parker investigated 

 this outbreak, and learned that 3 pigs had previously died ; 

 he killed 1 of the quarantined animals and ordered the other 



2 killed. 



March 1, a case of hog cholera was reported in a pig that 

 died at Hardwick. The nature of the disease was discovered 

 on post-mortem by Dr. Switzer, and specimens sent Dr. 

 Frothingham for examination were lesions of hog cholera. 



March 1, 5 swine were quarantined by the inspector of 

 Fall River on suspicion of having tuberculosis, but inves- 

 tigation by a member of the Board found 2 pigs sick and 



3 healthy. These pigs were fed city swill, and either had 

 hog cholera or swine plague. They were released from 

 quarantine April 26. 



May 30, 53 swine were quarantined in Lowell as having 

 hog cholera ; they were visited by an agent of the Board 



