96 



85. 



1. October, 1865. 



3. 600. 



4. Healthy, in good condition. 



5. About ten month.s. 



6. Tlie whole was affected. 



7. About thirteen months. 



8. 200. 



9. Healthy. 



11. I cannot give an opinion respecting inoculation, my cattle being diseased before I 

 inoculated them. 



86. 



1. In the spring of 1864. 



3. 10,000 about. 



4. In fine condition. 



5. Near twelve months. 



6. I think a greater portion of the herd, more or less. 

 V. About twelve months after its appearance. 



8. About 10 per cent. ; 1,000 head. 



9. Very healthy ; have never observed a return of the disease. 



10. The infection was caused by a team of working bullocks I sent out from near 



. They ran amongst a fine lot of quiet cattle, milkers, &c., which first com- 

 menced dying. The disease was very viruicnt in that lot of cattle, killing one-third of 

 them ; but the general herd was not affected so dangerously, the greater portion of 

 those affected reeoverin<j;. I was breaking-in to the run at the time over 3,000 cattle 

 from New England, and had to turn them loose, the disease being more fatal while 

 together. 

 1. I do not tliink inocidation will prevent the spread of the disease, nor do I think that 

 a herd wliich has had the disease through it, is more Hable to a recurrence of it than an 

 inoculated herd. 



87. 



I. Do not know — about 3^ years ago. 



3. 120. 



4. Dying off daily. 



5. A month or five weeks. 



8. Forty. 



9. All healthy, and have shown no signs of disease since. 



10. If any of my cattle show any signs of disease, I shall immediately inoculate the whole 

 of them again ; and would reconnncnd every one to do the same, for it does the cattle 

 no harm if j)roperly done. I feel satisfied it is a preventive if done at once. 



11. I tliink persons ought to be obliged to inoculate cattle when diseased. 



88. 



10. My cattle were never diseased nor inoculated, but they have never mixed with diseased 



cattle. 



11. Yes, if it is proved to be good. 



89. 



1. The time the disease appeared in the district. 



3. 220. 



4. Cough and shortness of breath, and desire to be alone. 



5. About two years. 



6. 1.5 per cent. 



1. When the disease left the district. 



8. About half what was infected. 



9. In good health. 



10. As soon as I noticed any beast infected, I removed it to a small paddock and kept the 

 infected animals by themselves. As soon as any died, I burnt the cai-cass immediately. 

 As far as I observed, I lost less cattle than those that did inoculate, and had less 

 trouble than they had. 



II. Decidedly not. 



