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80 that I could see them every day, and see its result. Virus should be taken out of 

 the chest, when the lung is in a proper state. I find a good deep cut with a knife, and 

 a little Venice turpentine rolled up in a lump of tow, will keep the swelling down if 

 put well into tlie wound. The tow keeps the wound open, as well as keeping the Venice 

 turpentine in the wound, which causes a good dischai'ge. No beast will die through 

 swellings, as long as you see it in tinic-to apply your remedy, and keep the passage clear. 

 Stoppage of the passage will kill very soon, but that can be prevented with care ; but 

 with virus properly taken — that is, in a proper stage, and properly used — there will 

 be no swelling to speak of. But in small, quiet herds, I prefer vaccination to inocu- 

 lation — it is nuich lighter, and answers just the same — it has just the same effect. I 

 have inoculated and vaccinated 2,348 at diflerent periods, and I don't think I had 

 above six or seven die out of the whole. I had not one die from vaccination. I 

 have ciu'cd several head of cattle that had pleuro-pneumonia by bleeding. I have one 

 Hereford bald-face cow milking that was nearly dead with pleuro-pneumonia, and you 

 would think she never had it — she shows no symptoms of it whatever. But I have 

 cattle on the run that had it when it first broke out that are doing very well, breeding 

 every year ; but if you run tliem fifty yards they cough at once as bad as when they 

 had it first. But I believe a great number of people that have inoculated don't 

 know anything about what they are doing or what they are using. As long as they 

 can get virus of any kind, they think it is right. I don't believe that any beast that 

 has had pleuro-pneumonia very bad and recovers, is good for work, or will stand the 

 hardships they would before the lung is so much destroyed — a Uttle exercise overcomes 

 them. I verily believe if inocidation had been studied more at the beginning by 

 experienced men, and made compidsory, a great many thoxisands of cattle would have 

 been saved. 

 15. I do bcheve that such an Act should be passed. 



81. 



4. None inocvdated that showed any symptoms of disease. 



5. There were odd ones some length of time before showing symptoms of disease. 

 12. If not attended to, if they swell, they die. 



14. I believe if cattle are properly inoculated before they get the disease, they will not get 



it after for some vears. 



15. Yes, I think it would be a good thing. 



82. 



1. August, September, and December, 1863. 



3. 650. 



4. With few exceptions, the cattle were in excellent condition, many being nearly market- 



able. The disease fu-st appeared in a river paddock, where w-ere 250 head of fattening 

 cattle. There were not more than 5 per cent, of these showing symptoms ; and had 

 I not seen a good deal of the disease, I shoidd not have known that plem-o-pneumonia 

 was present. 



5. About three weeks. 



12. Not more than 2 per cent, in the first 200 head ; about 20 per cent, in the second 

 410 ; and 25 per cent, in the third 37. No cure was attempted. 



13. Few deaths occurred in my herd after the effects of inoculation had passed away — not 



more than i per cent, per annum ; and up to the present time no symptoms of pleuro- 

 pneumonia have appeared, except in a few calves, the progeny of the cows that had 

 disease when inoculated. 



14. I am, though a loser to a large percentage, quite convinced that inoculation is a certain 



preventive and cure. I frequently had stray diseased cattle in my herd, and I can 

 confidently say that not a beast of mine died from the disease six months after 

 inoculation. I attribute my loss to using virus taken from cattle in the last stage of 

 the disease. If I ever had to inocidate again, I feel confident that I could do so with 

 little loss. I should only use the virus from a beast in the early stage of disease, and 

 carefidly avoid making the incision so deep as to draw blood. ^ly present herd, with 

 the exception of a few of those iuocidated in 1863, is xminoculated, but no disease has 

 ever appeared since then. I have some store cattle fi'om a herd which was not inocu- 

 lated, though diseased, and I consider that there are a great number of "non-fattcners" 

 amongst them solely from the disease having undennined their constitutions. Many 

 have a bad cough, and a miserable, haggard appearance after cold weather ; and 

 several persons who have seen them agree with me in attributing their unhealthincss 

 to this cause. They, however, show no symptoms of the disease ; they are without 

 doubt suffering from the effects of disease having been allowed to die o\it in them. I 

 say so because I had one or two similar eases in my own herd, doubtless froiu their 

 having escaped inoculation. 



15. I do not consider an Act of Parliament necessary. 



