61 

 203. 



1. Juno and Julv, 1865. 



5. 1,100 head. 



4. Diseased ; about 1 per cent. 



6. Two weeks. 



12. About 4 per cent, died by excessive swelling. I cut the tails which were swollen 



whieli had, taken in time, the effect of stopping death. 



13. Very successful. 



14. On my station there were many of my neighbours' cattle and other stragglers ; and I 

 obs rved, generally speaking, that those cattle which were not inoculati d became 

 affected, and, in many cases, died. In another case I bought a team of working 

 bullocks. '1 hey became diseased ; I inoculated them, and they all lived. At the same 

 time I have seen carriers' bullocks die from this new precaution. The can-icrs adopted 

 the remedy at length, and were quite satisfied of its success. 



16. I most decidedly consider that such an Act should be passed. 



204. 



3. 1863. 



3. 4,872 head. 



4. Strong, in good condition ; about 12 per cent. 



5. One month. . 



12. Of the milking cows which I kept milking, 50 per cent, died ; I had 80 cows milking. 

 40 died ; all those that died were very much swollen at the butt of the tail and hind 

 parts. 



13. I cannot speak positively of the results. 



14. I am not in possession of anything that will prove that inoculation is either a preven- 

 tive or cure. I am not in favor of an Act to compel owners to inoculate. I think it 

 necessary to be very cautious as to stage of disease in the beast the virus is taken 

 from ; I think under no circumstances should cattle be tailed after inoculation. 



205. 



14. There has only been four or five cases of the disease appearing in this district, and 

 they have airinoculated with beneficial results. I have had no disease among my 

 cattle ; if thev should at any time, I shall inocvilate the first opportunity. 



15. I would not advise compulsory inoculation for several reasons— there would be gi-eat 



difficulties in the way at times. 



1. January 5th, 1865, 85 head ; January 21st, 15 head ; February 3rd to 24th. 1,262 head ; 

 March 3rd, 264 head ; Jime 2nd, 56 head. 



3. l.f)'<2 head— all that were mustered. 



4. About 2 per cent, perceptibly diseased, 



5. Uncertain— about four months. The disease was introduced ft-om a neighbouring 



herd, where store cattle were brought from New South Wales. The season of 1864 

 was excessively wet, and developed the disease perhaps more than it would in ordinary 

 seasons. 



12. I did not see any deaths from swellings, nor hear of any. 



13. The disease seemed to disappear quicker than in neighbouring herds, some of which 

 were niver inoculated. The cattle seemed also to improve quickly after recovering 

 from inoculation. Some lost two or three joints of the tail, but this I tliink arose from 

 inserting the needle too deeply. Before the end of 1865 the herd seemed quite free 

 from disease, and have remaiiied so ever since. Neighbouring herds remained diseased 

 much longer. 



14. I believe that if the operation is well and carefully perfonued it is a preventive, and 

 there is comparatively no risk of loss, especially if the virus can be procured from an 

 adjoining herd, instead of waiting till the disease is developed in the one to be operated 

 on ; but "if that is necessary, every diseased beast should if possible be separated and 

 put in a paddock to await the second stage. If beyond that (which will be known by 

 extensive swellings undtr the brisket and between the fore legs, and sometimes a cough 

 when the breast is moved or even without its moving) it had better be desfrnyed. 

 Inoculation will probably kill a beast if beyond the most incipient stage, or if it would 

 die whether or not it would probably hasten the end. In a warm climate like here 

 the disease evidently died out of those herds not inoculated, but I believe a large per- 

 centage died that might have been saved had inoculation been performed when the 

 di'^ease was first perceived. 



15. I do. 



