No. 4.] CATTLE COMMISSIONERS. 



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a four-year-old Devon was not feeling well ; she was taken to his 

 barn in the village and placed in the cellar ; she would try to eat 

 and drink, but seemed unable to do so. August 16, temperature 

 104f , pulse 98, eyes bloodshot, respiration 7, comatose in charac- 

 ter ; swelling in throat and evidence of pain ; drooling profusely 

 from mouth ; inclined to lie down a good deal. August 18, symp- 

 toms much the same, except respiration was quite rapid, tempera- 

 ture 105 and pulse 100 ; killed for autopsy. Post-mortem showed 

 lesions entirely localized in the pharynx and immediate surround- 

 ings. The mucous membrane was entirely broken down and quite 

 black, considerable oedema of the pharyngeal muscles and liga- 

 ments. 



September 5, Mr. Morgan, living in the east part of Hubbard- 

 ston, noticed one of his two-yeai--old Jersey heifers with profuse 

 diarrhoBa. September 6, she would not eat, seemed very dull and 

 inclined to lie down ; died that same evening. Post-mortem re- 

 vealed hemorrhagic spots on the serous surface in the abdominal 

 cavity and black discoloration at base of tongue ; bloody faces in 

 rectum and floating color. This heifer was in milk and running 

 with four others, all but one being milch cows, and the exception 

 was a heifer about thirty months old, in milk. Carcass was burned. 



Summary. 



Pastdrks owned by— 



Number of Head. Died. 



Mr. Adams, . 

 Mr. Bennett, . 

 Mr. Lackey, . 

 Mr. Ford, 

 Mr. Newton, , 

 Mr. Meaney, 

 Mr. Morgan, 

 Mr. Reed, 

 Totals, , 



101 



22" 



* Percentage, 21.78. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



A. S. Cleaves. 

 A. W. Clark. 



