No. 4.] CATTLE COMMISSIONERS. 511 



Fourth Carload. — Mr. M. W. Odell of Roxbury Centre, Conn., 

 bought eighteen cows, nine heifers and four calves in St. Law- 

 rence County, N. Y. They were shipped from Norwood, N. Y., 

 consigned to New Milford, Conn., via Utica, in New York Central 

 car No. 22931. They arrived at the West Albany stock yards 

 Sunday, August 1, and were di-iven into pen 15, alley D, to be 

 fed, watered and rested. They remained here until Monday, 

 August 2, when they were reshipped to New Milford, where they 

 arrived Tuesday, August 3. They were then driven to Mr. 

 Canfield's farm, two miles south-east of New Milford. On the 

 4th of August they were driven to Roxbury, and kept on Mr. 

 M. W. Odell's farm, separate from other cattle. The distribution 

 of these is as follows : — 



August 5, H. N. Allen, Pawling, N. Y., 

 August 5, Wm. O'Brien, Roxbury, Conn., . 

 August 5, Alonzo Whitehead, Roxbury, Conn., 

 August 5, Chas. Botchford, Roxbury, Conn., 

 August 9, G. W. Hurlburt, Roxbury, Conn., 

 August 16, Anthony Mazotos, Naugatuck, . 

 September 9, C. H. Sanford, Bridgewater, . 

 September 15, Chas Botchford, Roxbury, . 

 October 1, now in lot, Roxbury, . 

 October 1, now in lot, Roxbury, . 



Buried in lot, 



Buried in lot, 



2 cows, 2 died. 

 1 cow, 1 died. 



1 cow. 



2 cows, 1 died. 



2 heifers.* 

 1 cow. 



1 cow. 

 1 cow. 

 5 cows. 

 5 heifers. 



3 heifers, 3 died. 

 3 heifers, 3 died. 



It is thus apparent that, of the twenty-seven head, ten died. 

 One heifer was temporarily sick, but recovered. Mr. Odell found 

 five ticks upon her, each half as large as the little finger nail. A 

 careful search yielded none on October 1, the time of my inspec- 

 tion. 



The following notes will indicate the character of the disease, 

 and the post-mortem appearances as near as can be arrived at : — 



Mr. O'Brien's cow was taken sick Friday, August 13, and died 

 Sunday night, August 15. She was examined Monday morning. 

 The flesh looked well ; the spleen enlarged, soft, pulpy and dark ; 

 the gall bladder large, with thickened contents ; the kidneys dark, 

 even black ; the lungs and heart perfectly healthy ; the intestines 

 all right; the bladder full. Mr. O'Brien reported that the cow 

 passed dark-red water while sick. 



Mr. Odell's cow calved August 14, and seemed well, but did not 

 come to her milk. She first appeared sick Monday, August 16, 

 and died Tuesday night, August 17. She passed red water on 



* Two years old. 



