226. 



1. Some about 1862 ; some about 1865. 



4. About 3 per cent. 



5. About a fortnight. 



12. Never had any deaths. 



13. Tends to mitigate the disease. 



14. My brothers and self were the first who inoculated cattle in New South Wales ; and we 



found that out of 350 head — 325 of which were inoculated, and 25 of wliich, the 

 strongest and healthiest, were not, — that the pcr-centage of deaths from disease was 

 greater in the cattle not inoculated ; and my experience leads me to be of opinion that 

 when a herd is infected the whole should be inoculated. 



1 5. No, as I consider the matter slioiild be left entirely in the hands of cattle owners them- 



selves. 



227. 



1. October, 1866. 



2. 2,000. 



4. About one-tenth — 200 — showing symptoms of disease. 



5. About six months. 



12. About 150 out of the herd had to be brought in after inoculation, on account of swollen 



tails. Some tails cut clean off above swelling ; others only opened. About 4 per cent, 

 died from this cause ; many recovered, with entire loss of tail. 



13. Apparently, progress of disease completely aiTested. 



14. Shearing operations following so soon after inoculation, had not opportunity of much 

 observation. Under impression that none that were properly inoculated died from 

 pi euro, luiless diseased at time of operation. Some few cases appear now and again of 

 pleuro, but only in j'oung cattle that have not been inoculated. Great care necessary 

 as to state of virus used for operating ; proper state to be decided on chiefly by colour 

 and clearness — which should be a medium between pale and dark sherry. The disease 

 appeared more virulent among the cattle depasturing on low swampy gromids than 

 among those on hilly country, leaving the impression that a tendency to rot was also 

 a predisposing cause of severity of attack. 



15. Do not ; but would grant a license to any owner of cattle to enter a neighbour's rim on 



which pleuro was, and in neighbour's presence, or some one deputed by him, kill any 

 cattle he chose evidently diseased with pleiu'O, to enable him (owner) to obtain viinis 

 to inoculate his own herd, paying his neighbour such price for every iDcast so killed as 

 might legally be appointed ; neighbour with infected stock to have option of keeping 

 any virus so obtained if he required it for his owji use, but of course not to receive pay- 

 ment for any cattle killed from which he so kept virus. 



228. 



1. Do not know. 



3. Don't know. 



4. Don't know. 



5. Don't know. 



12. Same. 



13. Not satisfactory. 



14. The question is, were the cattle properly inoculated ? Camaot say if the same cattle 

 were again affected or not. 



15. No. 



229. 



1. 1866. 



3. About 250. 



4. About 10 per cent, showed symptoms of disease. 



5. Two montlis. 



12. Many — I think fully 12 per cent. I tried no remedial measures. 



13. Disease disajipeared from time of inoculation — except some few, which I believe were 

 either missed, or the virus was carelessly introduced. 



14. My cattle have again broken oiit ; I inoculated a week ago, and of course cannot now 



give the result. I am of opinion tliat inoculation, properly performed, is an almost 

 infallible preventive. I believe, fnrther, that deaths will cease in a herd badh' 

 infected almost immediately, except in cases wliere the disease has taken dee]) root in 

 the S3'^stt'm. In three or four weeks after I inoculated, the cattle amused them- 

 selves by running and jum])ing abont, whieh ?!onc of them ever did during the two 

 montlis befoie. I believe my heavy loss was from over-inoculating, as I passed the 

 worsted through in two places in the tail, abcmt an inch apart, at the same time. This 

 was only done to the dairy cows, and the greatest nmuber of deaths was amongst 

 them. Straggling cattle died of disease amongst mine after mine were inoculated, 

 and mine wire not affected by it. 



15. Yes, decidedly. 



