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AND MINING RECORD. 



Vol. IV. FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1901. No. 13. 



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CONTENTS. 



PAv>E. 



District Reports ... ... 387 



Veterinary. 



Horsesickness, By H. Watkins- 



Pitchford, F.R.C.V.S. ... 385 



Reports for June ... ... 397 



Agriculture. 



A Chat with Mr. Willie Nicholson. 



By"Frgates" ... ... 393 



Manure Experiments, Canada .. 400 



Horses. 



Examination as to Soundness ... 391 

 Cattle. 



Pedigrees of Mr. 0. Hosking's Bulls 389 



page. 



Entomology. 



Death of Miss Ormerod. By C.F. ... 388 



Fruit Culture. 



Cultivation ... ... ... 414 



Correspondence. 



A Mealie Sport, Alex. Pardy ... 410 



A Pig Malady, J.D.S. ... ... 414 



Thoroughbreds. James McDonald ... 412 

 Commercial Fertilisers, James 



Thorro d... .. ... 412 



Branding Cattle and Horses, Cincin- 



atus ... ... ... 413 



Gleanings ... ... ... 390 



Market Reports ... ... 416 



Horsesickness investigations. 



By H. Watkins Pitchford, F.R.C.V.S. 

 {Continued.) 



THE fact of the conjunctiva or mucous- 

 membrane of the eye being con- 

 stantly inflamed — or " injected," as it is 

 termed— to a degree more or less marked, 

 is probably of small significance in con- 

 sideration of the ajtiology, &r cause, of 

 the disease. One recalls the frequency 

 of this symptom in Rinderpest, Rabies, 

 Influenza and Bubonic Plague. That in- 

 fection through the conjunctival-mem- 

 brane is possible would seem likely from 

 recorded cases of Glanders, or specific 

 Iritis, contracted in this manner, where 



contagious particulate matter has gained 

 access to the eye. There seems, theoreti- 

 cally, no reason why such infection should 

 not take place in the case of Horsesick- 

 ness, although no evidence has yet been 

 brought forward in support of the theory. 

 I have failed to induce the disease by 

 spraying contagious fluids into the con- 

 junctival sac. The fact again of other 

 animals in close contact with an in- 

 fected horse remaining free from disease 

 would seem to point to its non-volatile 

 nature. 



