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156. 



1. Spring of 1864. 

 3. About 4,000. 

 9. Healthy. 



10. A large proportion of those diseased recovered and did well. They were left alone" ag 

 much as possible, as we found that running about when sick did a great deal of harm. 

 The cattle were running at large without any inclosurc, and we could not say what per- 

 centage were diseased. For a long time a few would be seen sick, and some dead. 

 The lierd is now very healthy. 



11. We do not consider such a course necessary. 



167. 



1. I think, about March, 1863. 



3. About 400 head in all. 



4. Fat, and in good condition, when infected ; soon got very poor. 



5. About three months before inoculation ; after inoculation soon disappeared. 



6. About 10 per cent. 



7. A very short time aft r the inoculation. 



8. I think from 150 to 200 head. 



9. I fancy the cattle do not look so healthy now as they did some few years since. I 

 observe a great many get swellings in their jaws and under the throat, which, if 

 opened in time, runs away in matter; if let alone gets into a hard lump, and the 

 cattle appear to be choking, and it frequently tiu-ns to cancer. In former years, before 

 the pleuro, I did not see one-fifth so many as since affected in this way. Sometimes 

 there will be a lump as big as a large apple between the windpipe and the neck-bone, 

 which, if not cut it will soon kill the cattle ; it is very difficult to get at it there. I 

 I have seen a lar^e one and several smaller ones around it, all full of putrid corniption. 



11. It strikes me very forcibly that an Act should bj passed to compel inoculation, whether 

 cattle are infected or not, although it would be a difficult matter to get virus just now — 

 around this neighbourhood at all events. 



158. 



3. About 3,000. 



9. Healthy, but poor, from scarcity of grass. 



10. This herd has not been inoculated, but from the experience of my friends in inoculation 

 I have reason to believe in it as a preventive for pleuro-pneumonia, and purpose 

 inoculating this herd as soon as the virus can be obtained. 



11. I do. 



159. 



1. Not known. 



4. In good order. 



5. Six months in summer. 



6. 3 per cent. 



7. In winter season. 



8. Not known. 



9. In good order. 



10. My opinion is, if cattle are left quiet and not disturbed when symptoms of the disease 

 show themselves, the decrease will be less, and generally most of diseased cattle 

 will recover. 



11 I do not consider that it would be any benefit to prevent the disease from taking its 

 course. 



160. 



1. During the last five years. 



3. About eighty head. 



5. Five years. 



6. About one-half 



7. I believe since I inoculated in May. 



8. About 10 per cent, per annum. 



9. A])i)arcntly free fi'oni disease. 



10. My herd being a milking herd, and consisting chiefly of cows in milk and J'oung 

 calves, I never cared to try inoculation until, my losses continuing j'car after year, I 

 was afraid I should lose all unless I took some steps to eradicate the disease. Neaily 

 all the cows I have at present have had the disease, and have recovered. 



11. I do not think it advisable to pass an Act for the purposii of compelling owners to 

 inoculate. Paddocks adjoining my own have never had disease in them, although the 

 cattle have occasionally mixed. 



