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the farmers annuallj suffer great loss from tliis disease. But few 

 farms located on tlie river front have escaped this disease in the 

 past five years. It visits manj every year, and I have witnessed 

 as many as six cases affecting all the animals on one farm in two 

 weeks' time. It occurs in the epizootic form here during the 

 months of July, August, and September. Isolated cases are met 

 with during the ^\anter months. During December, 1900, and 

 January, 1901, the disease assumed the epizootic foiTa in the 

 counties above mentioned, it being the first time in a number of 

 years that it occurred here in the epizootic form in winter. The 



Fig. 87— Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. Staggering and giving away 

 in the limbs. 



cities in the vicinity of the infested district are almost free from 

 the disease, only a small number of cases having occurred each 

 year. 



Its origin is involved in mystery. It is due to a specific poison, 

 which, existing in the air, becomes absorbed in the system. "We 

 do not know the origin and nature of the poison. The more ex- 

 perience we have with the disease the more are we at a loss as to 



