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tools, two horses, and a goat advertised to take place on this farm 

 soon after the arrival of the cattle. Dr. Bridge objected to the con- 

 ducting of the sale there, but, finally, when I told him that we would 

 see that no person went in or near the 'barn in which the cattle were, 

 and I had promised to buy the two horses and the goat (the only 

 live stock on the farm) he gave us permission to hold the sale 

 and no evil results followed. 



"The stables and cattle were thoroughly disinfected every day, 

 but no precautions were taken to disinfect the hay or straw in the 

 mows above, although the men had every day gone up to these mows 

 to throw down hay. Immediately at the close of the 90-day period 

 these cattle were all taken to my home farm and placed with other 

 cattle then on the place. About three months later one-half or 

 more were sold and others farmed out among farmers in this locality. 

 There was no further spread of the disease. Every animal had the 

 disease, and not one died, not one aborted, and every calf born during 

 the period was saved. Also, no udder trouble resulted, and this not- 

 withstanding the fact that considerable hoof trouble resulted and sev- 

 eral of these animals lost the shell of their hoofs during the sum- 

 mer, the last ones probably as late as September or October while 

 they were running with animals that had not previously had the 

 disease. Some of the cattle also lost their horns, though I do not 

 now remember how many. No United States inspector visited the 

 place during the epizootic. 



"Before we got all of the cattle off the ship they had com- 

 menced to load beef cattle and sheep into the ship, without its dis- 





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July, 1883. 



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