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oRccts which often follow the importation of American cattle into 

 the Pliilippines. To the extent of Ids knowledge, extensive tempera- 

 ture recortls following these introductions have never been kept, and 

 it seems possible that such fever periods may be common in cattle 

 elsewhere undergoing similar processes of acchmatization. It is 

 regretted that the station was not prepared to make blood counts 

 during these periods of high temperatures. The follo\\dng chnical 

 charts (figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5) give the data obtained from the tempera- 

 ture observations. 



At the tmie of sliipment of these animals from Seattle to Guam 

 the heifer Willowmoor Queen Bess 25344 was in an advanced stage 

 of pregnancy, and on Januaiy 22, 1912, she dropped a dead calf. 

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its death before birth was due to the same cause wliich produced a 

 fevered condition of the cow during the week prior to bhth (see 

 fig. 4) can not be proved. Aside from this misfortune and the loss 

 of the bull the cattle have collectively made a very satisfactory show- 

 ing. The two cows have held up faudy well in milk production and 

 at the same time have maintained a fair condition of flesh. At the 

 close of the fiscal year both cows were pregnant. The anunals have 

 attracted considerable interest among owners of hve stock and as 

 much breeding work as was advisable with the one young bull has 

 been accomphshed. The bull Willowmoor John Gray 13478 (PI. V, 

 fig. 1) has a breeding record of 23 services to his credit for the eight 

 months ending June 30 of the fiscal year herein reported, and in 

 that time he mcreased in weight from 630 pounds to 835 pounds. 

 The photograph was taken at the close of the fiscal year. 



