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 51. 



I. No memoranda to show. 



4. Under 500. 



5. To this and the following questions it is impossible for me to give answers. 

 7. Disease does not exist among the herd at present. 



11. Certainly not. 



52. 



I. The autumn of 1866. 



3. 3,000. 



4. Strong, but not fat. 



5. Two years. 



6. I beheve the whole herd, more or less. 



7. The spring of 1868. 



8. About 15 per cent. 



9. Perfectly healthy. 



10. I was not in favour of inoculation from the beginning, consequently none of our herd 

 have been inoculated. I was of opinion that the disease would go through the herd 

 and then disappear ; and I flatter myself my opinion has turned out correct, as I have 

 not seen a beast infected with the disease on the run for the last eight months. 



11. I do not consider an Act should be passed obliging owners to inoculate. I am convinced 

 the inoculation itself kills from 5 per cent, to 10 per cent. If the disease ia in the 

 herd, nothing makes the distemper spread more than herding. 



53. 



I. July, 1864. 



3. 800 at present. 



4. Fair condition. 



5. Four years and a half. 



6. 50 per cent. 



7. A few months ago. 



8. About one-third. 



9. Very poor, for want of grass. 



10. Do not consider I lost more than my neighbours who did inoculate. 



11. I do not consider it necessary. 



54. 



1. November 16th, 1861. 



3. 2,000. 



4. Kather poor. 



5. Ever since, more or less. 



6. Every one. 



7. StiUinit. 



8. 2,000. 



9. Good condition, and Cumberland prevalent. 



10. If these diseases continue, very few cattle will be left. 



II. I do not. 



55. 



1. Never infected. 

 3. 300. 



9. All healthy. 

 10. BeUeve inoculation to be decidedly injurious. 



II. No, decidedly not. 



56. 



1. 1867. 



3. 400. 



6. No account kept. 



9. Healthy. 

 10. In 18G7 some of my cattle were slightly diseased, but I did not inoculate them or use 

 any remedy. No account at the time was kept, but I liave not suflerod much loss in 

 consequence. The cattle recovered their strength and usual appearance in a few 

 months. From my o^vn observation, the operating upon cattle diseased — or supposed 

 to be so — without a thorough knowledge of the disease and the use of the proper 

 remedies, acts detrimentally, and causes loss. 



II. I am of opinion that an Act shoiUtl be passed to enforce the use of a remedy for cattle 



badly infected. 



