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13. A considerable number of the cattle lost the brush and a few joints of the tail ; some 

 few, tlie entire tail. After inoculation the disease gradually abated throughout the 

 herd, but whether the good eflect was the result of inoculation I cannot say. 



14. The cattle were not paddocked, but turned out on the run after they were inoculated, 



and on account of the wet weather, when they were mustered, we could not collect 

 more than about 1,000 head, whereas the entire number in the herd was about 1,400, 

 consequently from 300 to 400 were not done, and it is possible that nearly all of the 

 carcasses foimd after inoculation were those of the uninoculated ones ; but from the 

 mountainous nature of the run, and the small mobs the cattle run in, it was impossible 

 to form a positire idea of the correctness of this. 



15. As far as my experience led me, it is still a matter of doubt with me whether any 

 benefit resiilted from inoculation, as I am of opinion that the thsease was abating in my 

 cattle before I iuocidated them ; my impression is, however, that if a herd be inoculated 

 before the disease has reached it, and consequently before the cattle could have taken 

 the least infection, that then it would act as a preventative, as vaccination does with 

 human beings in small-pox. 



21. 



1. A.D. 1866. 



3. 500 head. 



4. Generally healthy, symptoms of disease shewing through the whole herd ; about thii-ty 

 died. 



5. Foiuleen days. 



12. I had no cattle die from excessive swelling ; use a seton, made of worsted, with 



di-essing of Venice turpentine, in preference to open incision for discharge, also as a 

 preventative against the fly. 



13. The disease (jjleuro-pneumouia) disappeared. 



14. The disease entirely disappeared from amongst my herd. They were daily exposed on 

 three sides of my run to diseased cattle, also to stray diseased cattle on my run, and 

 cattle once properly inoculated have never showii symptoms of a relapse of the disease. 

 Cattle infected should not be inoculated ; cows in calf should not be inoculated (visibly 

 so) ; it kills the calf, causes the cow to cast her calf; if far advanced, it generally proves 

 fatal to the cow. 



15. I do consider an Act should be passed, compelling owners of cattle to inoculate, as the 

 only remedy for its extermination. 



22. 



1. About July, 1864. 



3. 950 at both places included. 



4. The cattle were badly diseased — about 40 per cent, showing symptoms at the time. 



5. Time not exactly known, but generally supposed to be from four to six months before 



they were inoculated. 



12. Some deaths occurred from excessive swellings — per-centage unknown. In most cases of 

 excessive swellings, the tail cut off above the parts affected proved effectual if taken in 

 time. 



13. Those cattle that were properly inoculated did not take the disease, and began 

 gradually to improve in condition. 



14. In all cases where cattle were properly inoculated before they had actually taken the 



disease it has proved a preventive ; and in cases where they were afterwards exposed 

 to the infection they were not affected by it. 



15. I consider that an Act should be passed, obliging owners whose cattle are infected to 

 inoculate them ; because I believe inoculation to be a preventive, and there are many 

 who would not imless compelled. 



23. 



1. June, 1866. 



2. 220. 



4. Only one showed symptoms of disease at the time of inoculation, but about two a 

 week had been dying for the previous three months. 



5. About three months. 



12. Not one. The only death was that of the beast which was diseased at the time the 



operation was performed, as stated in answer to question 4. 



13. Two bullocks only (workers) afterwards (about three months) showed any spnptoms of 



disease, by breathing hard and standing away by themselves. I had them bled 

 copiously, and they were quite well again in a week. 



14. I first inoculated the milking cows, working bullocks, and young stock, and placed 

 them in the paddocks they usually occupy. After these had perfectly recovered, 

 I purchased three lots of store cattle at from thirty to fifty head each at 

 intervals of two or tlu'ee weeks. These I shall distinguish as Nos. 1, 2, and 3. 



