16 



They were all put into tlac paddocks in which the farm cattle which had been 

 inoculated were kept. About a week after purchasing lot 3 the disease broke out in 

 lot 2, and two or three died. Tlien it appeared in lot 1, and subsequently in lot 3, 

 carrying oflf two or three weekly from the three lots for about three months. I then 

 inoculated them as described in answer to question 9, and I lost only the one which 

 was diseased at the time the operation was performed. Not one of the farm cattle 

 which had been previously inoculated and which were running with the diseased stock 

 subsequently took the disease, except the two working bullocks which I have alluded 

 to, and then only in a very mild form. Before inoculating at all, I took, for the sake 

 of experiment, six yearling calves ; of these, I inoculated two with the seton at 

 the tip of the tail ; of the other four, I inoculated two by making an incision at 

 the end of the tad and inserting the virus, and the other two by making a slight 

 incision on the ribs. The first-mentioned two were both successful ; of the second two, 

 one was successful, and the other unsuccessful. The two last-mentioned were swelled in 

 the body, head, tail, and loins, and died in dreadful agony. 

 15. I can see so many and such serious difficulties in the way of compulsory inoculation, 

 that I think it would be better to leave the matter in the hands of the stockholders 

 themselves. 



24. 



1. April, 1862. 



3. 1,000. 



4. 75 per cent. 



5. About one montli. 



12. Very few. I do not think I lost 3 per cent, when I first commenced to inoculate. I 



done about two hundred head of quiet cattle about the house ; there was only one of 

 them died from excessive swelling. 



13. When I commenced to inoculate, my cattle were dying very fust; after they were 



inoculated, they ceased to die. 



14. I believe that inoculation is not only a preventative but a cure. I had ten cows 

 milking in 1867— two of them were inoculated in 1862 when calves ; the other eight 

 caught the pleuro ; one after the other, seven of them died, and six of their calves. I 

 thought for a time it was the Cumberland disease tliey had. When the seventh cow 

 died her calf was bad, and I killed him to see what ailed him. When I opened him I 

 found it was the pleuro, I took some of the virus from him and inoculated the eighth 

 cow ; it cured her — she lost half of her tail. I have the cow milkiiig now. There were 

 four working bullocks that were inoculated in 1862, in the paddock with these cows all 

 the time, and it never took any effect on them. The virus I used was the colour of 

 amber. I beheve that if cattle arc inoculated properly they will never take the pleuro 

 again. I inoculated the seven milkers that died with what they call preserved virus, 

 that I got from a veterinary surgeon— it never took the slightest eiiect. I believe 

 that if the virus does not swell the tail it is no good. 



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

 inoculate them. 



25. 



1. August, 1863. 



3. 800 head. 



4. Slightly diseased ; 1^ per cent. 



5. About a week. 



12. Yes, i per cent. The swelling chiefly occurred in the tail and hips. Cut 4 inches 



of the tail off, and make an incision between the hip bone and the butt of the tail, 

 about 2 inches deep. Apply Yeniee turpentine, after being first well washed witli 

 warm water for about a week, or until the swelling disappears — a sound cure. 



13. A decided preventive from pleuro-pneumonia. 



14. A great number of our neighbours' cattle were dying around us who were not inocu- 



lated, without affecting ours in the least after being inoc\dated. They were exposed, 

 but not in any way aflected. Cattle inocidated ought not to be disturbed but as little 

 as possible. We cousider the spring of the year to be the best time for inoculating, as 

 there is then more yoiuig grass, and the cattle require to be well purged. 



15. We consider that an Act should bo passed to compel owners of cattle infected to 



inoculate, as we had, and have considerable experience amongst cattle. 



26. 



1. July, 18G3. 



3. 280 head. 



4. All lu-altliy but four, those diseased, of which three died. Thirty died before 



inocidated. 



5. In the herd three months. 



