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220. 



1. December, 18G3. 



3. 900 head. 



4. Good condition, about 400 showing symptoms ; loss about 10 per cent. 



5. Two months. 



12. Two or three died from tlie inoculation swelling in the hinder parts. I have tried no rcmedj'. 



13. I believe the genuine article fur inoculation was never ascertained when my cattle 

 were done, therefore I do not altogether approve of it. 



14. I have had .some infected about six mouths afti.r being inoculated. The genuine virus 

 for inoculation is to be got in a beast's rump — that is, in one which has been inocu- 

 lated before; I have tried it myself, wiihout hurting the animal. If cattle have 

 plenty of salt, I don't think they would catch the disease. Bleeding in the ucck or 

 t lil I have also tried without a failure. 



15. I do not, as it is not iiifeclious — that is, when cattle are running on a nm, for I have 

 hid cattle with the disease from October, 18''3, up to the present time, without any 

 losses worth mentioning. 



221. 



1. AuGcust, 1864, to October. 



4. Stations verj' much diseased — upwards of 2,000 had died before wc began to inoculate ; 

 the I )ss from one herd that which first began to die, was not over forty head. 



5. From one to two years. 



12. No deaths occurred from swelling. 



13. Made a thorough cure, and not over 1 per cent, of deaths. None died but those that 

 were in the last stage of disease when inoculated. 



14. Inoculation, in my opinion, is a sure preventive ; and also a perfect cure, if used 

 during the first or second stage of the disease— the cattle at present perfectly sound. 



15. Most certainly. 



222. 



1. August, 1863. 



3. 550. 



4. Five head, showing symptoms strong, died within a week after inoculation— the rest 

 lived. Previous to inoculation, one, two, and sometimes three in a day, during the 

 space of two or thi-ee weeks, were found dead. 



0. The cattle showed symptoms of disease about six weeks prior thereto''. 



12. None. 



13. A perfect cin-e. 



14. My belief is, that cattle properly inoculated in due time ari free from the said disease. 



15. Yes. 



223. 



1. July, 1867. 



3. About 1,300. 



4. The disease was showing through the herd : pcr-centage about 10. 



5. About two months. 



12. AboTit two. Some we cut the tails off of, and some were lanced. 



13. T approve of it. 



14. I think all herds ought to be inoculated where any symptoms of the disease is showing, 



and that immediately. 



15. I hold that an Act should be passed compelling all persons who have cattle to inoculate 



them, where there is any symptoms of the disease. 



224. 



3. 500. 

 12. The method I have used in case of excessive swelling is to cut the tail ofl" above the 

 swollen part, which I believe to be the only remed}'. 



14. In any case where the disease has appeared I strongly advise inoculation. So far as my 

 experience goes I believe inoculation to be the only remedy for the disease. The 

 cattle on this run are now in perfect health. 



15. I believe that there should be an Act passed to compel owners of cattle to inoculate 

 them whenever symptoms of the disease appear. 



225. 



1. November, 1863. 



3. 1,000 head. 



4. Diseased — 10 per cent. 



5. Three months. 



12. A few died. Tried no means to case the swt'lling. 



13. It had a good and material effect in improving tlie condition of the cattle. 



14. The inoculation, in my opinion, had a decidedly good effect— were it not for it they 



would have all died. 



16. I do so consider. 



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