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August 15. She was examined by Mr. Canfield, Mr. Odell and 

 Dr. R. S. Todd, of New Milford. The symptoms were almost 

 identical with those of the O'Brien cow. 



On Tuesday afternoon, August 17, one cow was found dead in 

 the pasture, and two missing. The missing cows were found 

 Wednesday ; one was dead, the other sick. 



On Thursday, August 19, a three-year-old heifer was examined 

 in the presence of Commissioner Sprague, Mr. Canfield and others. 

 She had the same appearances as the O'Brien and other cows. 

 One cow was observed to be sick August 19, while the commis- 

 sioner was there. She died Saturday, August 21. 



Messrs. D. H. Canfield and H. M. Canfield, South Britain, saw 

 ticks on the Odell cow. They were about the size of wheat grains. 

 Dr. R. S. Todd, veterinarian, of New Milford, Conn., saw the 

 post-mortem of Mr. Odell's cow : "The intestines were empty; 

 the manifolds baked ; the lungs and heart normal ; the liver and 

 spleen enlarged ; bladder filled with black urine ; gall bladder filled 

 with cheesy gall." 



He also saw two others, which he says were in almost the same 

 condition, but the spleens not nearly as large. They were, how- 

 ever, larger than normal, and dark. One had yellowish cast to 

 liver. The temperature of cows that he took ranged from 105° 

 to 106.4° F. One, an Ayrshire, was sub-normal, 96° F. This 

 cow died that night, after Dr. Todd left. 



Mr. Walter Booth, a butcher, opened at least three cows. All 

 had red water in bladder ; one had a very soft liver ; one had very 

 black gall ; the spleen in one was about twice the usual size, 

 others larger than usual. 



Though the determination of the cause of death in these cattle 

 is not as scientifically accurate as in the case of the Massachusetts 

 cattle, there is little room for doubt that these cattle also died of 

 Texas fever. The history of transportation through pen 15, alley 

 D, at West Albany, where, as will be maintained hereafter, a car- 

 load of quarantine cattle, shipped to New York, June 18, were fed 

 and watered ; the clinical development of the disease ; the gross 

 post-mortem appearances, as detailed to me by Dr. Todd, Mr. 

 Canfield and Mr. Booth ; combined with the finding of ticks at- 

 tached to cattle by at least three men, — practically decide the 

 diagnosis. 



On my return to Albany, Saturday, October 2, another set of 

 facts bearing upon this outbreak, and in line with the above, was 

 brought to my attention. 



In the investigation at Albany and in New York State I have 

 had the hearty co-operation of Mr. Charles A. Wieting, coramis- 



