113 

 173. 



1. Did not keep date ; constantly going and coming. 



3. Three years back, 18(57, 5,0U0; now, through drought, 1,200. 



5. One or two months coming and going. 



7. Latter end of 18Gi>. 



8. No idea. 



9. All in good health, fat, and free from any disease. 



10. Several of my neighbours inoculated, and lost fom- times as many as me. I speak 

 from the carcasses I saw lying about on tlie ground. To my knowledge I knew herds 

 to be inoculated, and very large mnubers die ; of course if I thought it useful I should 

 have inoculated, having at that time one of the largest herds in the district. I should 

 imagine the parties who employed people to inoculate, considered them capable of 

 properly inoculating ; but, right or wrongly performed, I know for a certainty it came 

 again as usual. I consider inoculation useless, and the operation as fatal as the 

 disease. 



11. I consider it would be better to take all the graziers have got left from this five years, 



hardship, floods, disease, drought, &c. I think it better to pass an Act to forgive 

 squatters who are near, and many beggared, qmte, three years' rent, 



174. 



10. The pleuro-pneumonia never having been seen on my runs, and never having seen it 

 in any of its stages, I cannot answer any of the questions ; but should the disease 

 appear amongst my cattle, I consider inoculation a preventive, and to a certain extent, 

 a cure. 



11. Yes. 



175. 



1. Never had occasion to inoculate. 



10. Cannot give any information of value, not having had experience in the matter. 



11. If it has been clearly proved that the disease is contagious or infectious, I believe an 



Act should be passed to make it compulsory to inoculate cattle so infected. 



176. 



1. December, 18G5. 



3. 300. 



4. In good condition, and not far to travel for water or grass. 



5. Four months. 



6. 75 per cent. 



7. April, 1866. 



8. Most all the calves, biit only 17 head of grown-up cattle. 



9. In good condition, and never have been infected since. 



10. I do not believe in inoculation, as I think pleuro-pneumonia will go througli all the 

 herds in the Colonies in time, but once the cattle having sufferc d a recovery, they will 

 never get diseased again. Cattle infected have passed through my herds several 

 tmies since 1866, and never infected any of them up to date. 



11. I do not by any means, as I believe inoculation will kill nearly as many as the disease 



itself. 



177. 



1. In the spring of 1868. 



3. 200. 



4. The cattle were in middling condition. 



5. Six or eight months. 



6. Out of 450, 200 only Avere inoculated— the rest died. 



7. About May, 186G. 



8. 250. 



9. Healthy. 



10. I would recommend all persons, as soon as the disease appears, to inoculate without 

 loss of time. 



11. I do. 



178. 



1. 1865. 



3. About 2,000, 



4. Healthy. 



<5. Four years. 



G. About 50 per cent. 



7. I think about June last. 



8. To the best of my knowledge, I lost 700. 



9. Free of the disease. 



10. None to make. My firm opinion is that inoculation is of no benefit. 



11. I certainly think not. 



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