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On the other hand, secondary growths as a result of a 

 primary infection do seem to occur in an actinomycotic 

 animal, and cases of actinomycosis have been observed in 

 man ; therefore, until more is known, it seems only safe to 

 forbid the use of milk from cows with actinomycosis of the 

 udder. The occurrence of this disease in the mammary 

 gland is an argument in favor of bedding cows with sawdust 

 or sand in localities where the trouble is prevalent, as an in- 

 fection of the udder may in time result in the ruin and loss 

 of one or more quarters of the gland. Actinomycosis 

 yields sometimes to treatment with iodide of potash given in 

 the feed two or three times daily, in full-sized doses, con- 

 tinued for some time, and may be worthy of a trial in an 

 attempt to cure a valuable breeding animal. It lessens the 

 milk secretion, and causes the skin to become rough and 

 scaly and the eyes to run. When these symptoms occur, 

 the treatment may be suspended for a while, to be resumed 

 later, if necessary. 



Texas Fever. 



There has been no Texas fever in Massachusetts during 

 the summer of 1901, similar conditions prevailing to the 

 summer of 1900 and for the past few years, the last out- 

 break of this disease being in the summer of 1897. This 

 outbreak was due to violating the rules of the United States 

 Bureau of Animal Industry at the stock yards in Albany, 

 cattle from an infected territory being penned in yards which 

 were afterwards used for northern cattle. Some of the 

 northern cattle exposed at this time were taken to Massa- 

 chusetts and Connecticut, and afterwards died, but it was 

 too late in the season for others to become infected. 



The Bureau of Animal Industry requires all cars contain- 

 ing cattle from infected districts to bear a placard stating 

 the fact, and such cattle cannot be yarded in pens used for 

 northern cattle. During the months when there is no frost 

 the Cattle Commission will not allow any southern cattle to 

 be brought into the State except for immediate slaughter, 

 and they must be unloaded directly from the cars into the 

 abattoir. With the present rules and regulations of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry, and the legislation of Massa- 



