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heifers and one cow, found one of his yearlings dead, August 4, 

 apparently all right the day before. August 12, a two-year-old 

 was taken sick and was left in the barn ; had profuse bloody 

 diarrhoea, oedema of throat and right side; temperature 105|. 

 Died some time during the night, and was dragged across the yard 

 to the road, along this some two hundred yards, then down into 

 the woods, where both carcasses were eventually burned. 



Mr. Prentiss, Hubbardston, in charge of a pasture in the eastern 

 part of the town, containing twenty-six head, young and old, 

 belonging to Mr. L. W. Newton, Southborough, found one of 

 the two-year-olds dead August 16 and one eighteen months old 

 August 17. Both carcasses were burned. Another three-year- 

 old, ear tag No. 213, seemed to wish to isolate herself from the 

 others, and no inclination to eat; temperature 104, pulse 90. 

 August 18, she resumed eating, and temperature was normal. 



August 27, heifer No. 70 was found dead. A three-year-old 

 was isolating herself from the others, ears lopped, eyes dull and 

 sunken, pulse 95 and temperature 106; August 28, temperature 

 104^, same physical symptoms; August 29, temperature 104, 

 same physical symptoms, with the addition of bleeding at the nose ; 

 in the afternoon, temperature 105f. Killed for post-mortem and 

 pathological specimens. Lesions were found in the pharynx, and 

 in both the serous and mucous membranes in the abdominal 

 cavity. The lesion in the pharynx immediately about the glottis 

 consisted of almost total destruction of the mucous membrane, 

 and oedema extending into the surrounding muscles, slightly dis- 

 colored at the base of the tongue. All the serous membranes 

 were affected with hemorrhagic spots about the size of quarters 

 and fifty-cent pieces, while on the mucous surfaces immediately in 

 opposition were spots much resembling small ulcers leading one to 

 suggest that the lesion originally started from this surface. These 

 carcasses were all disposed of by bui'uing. 



D. V. Meaney, living in Williamsville, directly west of Hubbard- 

 ston, on August 17 noticed, in a pasture containing ten head of 

 young cattle, that one of his two-year-olds was ill, evinced labored 

 breathing, eyes dull, weak pulse, bloody discharge from rectum 

 and temperature 105|; died some time during the night. Post- 

 mortem held in the afternoon of August 18, and lesions localized 

 in the throat; mucous membrane was dark in color at base of 

 tongue and in pharynx slight oedema ; carcass was burned. Mr. 

 Meaney found a yearling dead some ten days before this. 



Mr. N. B. Reed, Princeton, had four heifers turned out in a 

 pasture in the north part of the town. August 13 he noticed that 



