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CATTLE COMMISSIONERS. 



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Mr. Eugg's heifer, August 20, developed quick respii'ation, 

 bloodshot eyes, quick pulse, vomited iu the moruiug of August 20, 

 and commenced to improve until she was evidently normal. 



In the Bennett pasture, located in the north-west part of Hub- 

 bardston, near the Templeton line, coutaiuiug thirty-eight head of 

 young cattle, July 28, a bull two years old was found dead. He 

 was partially buried where he died ; he belonged to Blanche Ben- 

 nett of Hubbardston. August 2, L. S. Moore found one of his 

 two-year-old heifers dead ; she was also partially buried up. Au- 

 gust 6, an eighteen-months-old heifer, belonging to L. S. Moore, 

 was found dead. When the pasture was visited the previous day 

 the three men there were unable to catch this heifer, though they 

 were sure she had a clearly developed enlargement about the lower 

 jaws. Ante-mortem showed oedematous condition about the 

 larynx and pharynx and sub-maxillary space ; heifer was found 

 lying in the ferns, and no evidence whatever of any struggling 

 before death. Post-mortem revealed lesions entirely localized in 

 the region of the larynx, pharynx and sub-maxillary muscles, 

 apparently identical with the black Colby heifer. August 9, 

 Frank Hayes found one of his eighteeu-months-old heifers dead 

 in this same pasture. All of these carcasses were finally thoroughly 

 burned in this and all the other pastures. 



August 8, in the John H. Lackey pasture, located iu the south 

 part of the town, and about two miles from the Adams pasture, 

 John Collar found one of his two-year-old heifers dead. This 

 pasture contained three head. 



D. P. Ford, living in the western part of the town, having three 



