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more liable to have it ; still fat cattle have it. A corre- 

 spondent in central Norfolk says those high fed and kept in 

 close barns. Another correspondent in western Worcester 

 says his observation convinces him that the disease is not 

 especially partial to any particular breed, but will be found 

 more common among cows kept for milk. Another in 

 central Essex says it is confined to no particular breed, 

 but he believes it is most common where cattle are kept in 

 badly ventilated stables and in large herds. Another in 

 western Worcester does not believe the breed has anything 

 to do with it, but that close confinement in poorly ventilated 

 stables is the main cause. Another in western Franklin 

 states that, so far as his observation goes, it is not confined 

 to any particular breed, and is most common under the high 

 pressure system of feeding and among animals kept closely 

 confined without proper ventilation. Another in eastern 

 Franklin, that it is most common with the Jerseys under 

 hio:h feedinof and close confinement. Another in eastern 

 Worcester, that high feeding or forcing in close stables, 

 without exercising, and that we hear little of it during warm 

 weather. Another in western Worcester, that it is not con- 

 fined to any particular breed, but an animal that has not a 

 particularly strong constitution and is of a great milking 

 capacity fed high would, he thinks, be more likely to be 

 affected than a beef animal. Another in southern Worcester, 

 that the Jerseys are perhaps more affected, and that warm, 

 close stables with a floor under which winter winds circulate 

 are the places where the disease most prevails ; also that cat- 

 tle seem to thrive better if they have a warm floor to lie on, 

 even if the air where they stand is below the freezing point. 

 Another in central Hampden says, from ol)servation should 

 say most common m the Channel Island breeds under too 

 close In'eeding and a forcing system of feeding. Others 

 state that they do not think the feed has anything to do 

 with it. 



An article on the subject of tuberculosis will be found 

 printed in the last pages of this IjuUetin. 



