74 

 260. 



1. April, 1867. 



3. 600 head. 



4. About 10 per cent, were diseased. 



5. About three or four weeks from the time the disease was first seen. 



12. No deaths are heheved to have occurred, and no means were tried to cure the swellings. 



13. The disease disappeared very shortly after the cattle were inoculated, and this is 

 attributed to the inoculation. 



14. I believe that although there may be solitary' cases of disease in a herd that has been 

 inoculated, or that the disease has once passed tlirough, that such a herd will never 

 again suffer to an}' extent worth mentioning ; that an animal having been properly 

 inoculated, or having once had the disease, is not liable to have it again. 



15. Most decidedly. In the event of the disease appearing again to any extent, owners 

 should be compelled to moculate. 



261. 



1. October, 1865. 



3. 1,200. 



4. Cattle badly diseased. About 15 per cent. 



5. About six or seven months. 



12. None noticed. 



13. I believe at the time the cattle were inoculated the disease was leaving the herd. 



14. If a herd of cattle have the disease in it, the best way is to leave them alone, and by no 

 means have them knocked about, and the losses will be trifling. 



15. I don't think it necessary for an Act to be passed. 



262. 



1. Januaiy 1st, 1863. 



3. 350 head. About the same number not inoculated. 



4. "Ulien inoculated apparently sound. 



5. Showed on the run about March, 1865. About 20 head died with the disease. Kept 

 going and coming. Sometimes one or two died, till inoculated. 



11. Being a bush run I could not say what died, but I think about 3 per cent, died. 



13. I am happy to say that I have not seen any disease on the run since the inoculation — 

 those that were done, or those that were not. 



14. I have known in Victoria, cattle that were properly inoculated take the disease and die 



The disease has taken more effect on rich pasture than on poor land. Inoculation is 

 an open question with the Victorian squatters. I do not believe in it myself, as I 

 think the cure is as bad as the disease. 



15. May God direct the Government to do for the best ! 



263. 



1. April and May, 1866. 



3. 2,500 head. 



4. A small per-centage showed disease — otherwise herd looked well. 



5. About 2 or 3 months. 



12. Great numbers died, evidently from the swelling. In some cases the tail swelling was 

 cut off, in many cases it di'oppcd oflF. 



13. Eesult is — I do not believe in it at all — I consider it a perfect farce. My next neigh- 

 bour, who, at that time did not believe in it, lost verj' few cattle ; he did not 



inoculate ; his herd in the paddocks being about the same as my own. 



14. A neighbour of mine, one , through whose land my cattle, both store and 



fat, while diseased in both cases, did not lose a beast by pleuro, though my stock, 



certainly in one case, were dropped and mixed with his ( ). I have not done any 



inoculation since date named, nor do I see any sufficient proof of its efficacy to induce 

 me to renew the operation. 



15. Should only be upon such indisputable evidence as none could refute ; this j-ou cannot 

 get. In this district the herds are reduced, I believe, one-half by drought, in some 

 cases to one-fourth. 



264. 



1. July 5, 1865. 



3. 3,000. 



4. Not showing disease. About 10 per cent. 



5. Disease showed itself in the herd about three weeks before any were inoculated. 



12. About 3 per cent., by cutting the tails till Idood flowed freely, always resulting in a 



cure. 



13. It did not seem to do the cattle any haim in the way of fattening. 



