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Industry, and after making a thorough and careful examination of our entire herd, 

 consisting of seventy-one head of thoroughbred cows and heifers, he found llicni all 

 heaithy and in pood condition with the exception of one cow and one heifer t hat never 

 saw the stock sold by Mr. Clarke to Mr. Keefer and Mr. Boyd, of Illinois. These two. 

 he claims, have affection of the lungs, but would not pretend to state or say that t'.cy 

 were affected with pleuropneumonia or any other contagious disease. These t wo, as 

 well as the balance of the entire herd, are now in a fine, healthy condition. Then he 

 carefully examined the calves running in the lot mentioned together. One of these 

 calves he found with left lung consolidated, this being the calf that fell in the pond 

 heretofore mentioned, and one other calf discharging at the nose aud a cough, show- 

 ing evidence of bronchial and lung affection in a slight form. The cough he attrib- 

 uted to eating rag-weed. 



After examining and re-examining, this was the extent of his discovery of any dis- 

 ease in our entire herd. Nutrina of Tnnlaw (9946), the cow that was said to have 

 taken the disease to Mr. Clarke's place, and was supposed to have been badly dis- 

 eased with the dreadful disease of pleuro-pneuinonia of the worst form while at Mr. 

 Clarke's, proved, upon three close and careful examinations by Dr. Trumbower, to bo 

 entirely free from any disease and sound as a bell, with the remark "that she was 

 safe in any herd, and that we need have no fear of her." This cow has been running 

 with our herd over two months. Now, if any breeder of Jersey cattle, with a herd of 

 about eighty head, can say that after as thorough an examination as this he only 

 finds two or three head out of condition he certainly is fortunate. Now, Jersey breed- 

 ers and the public at large* you need have no fears of any disease from our herd. 

 We propose to stand by them, knowing they will stand by us, for we know their 

 healthy condition substantiates this statement. 



In conclusion we desire to correct the statement made in the papers that there were 

 twenty head shipped to Cynthiana, Ky., there being only the number named above. 

 We wish to impress upon the public the fact that not a single head of our herd, in- 

 eluding all the Clarke stock, both cows and calves, has ever refused for a single day 

 to take its feed, and certainly this is of itself sufficient evidence of its healthy condi- 

 tion. 



FEISBIE & LAKE. 



Cynthiana, Ky., September 1, 1884. 



Three days later Messrs. Frisbie & Lake addressed the following let- 

 ter to the Department: 



Cynthiana, Ky., September 18, 1S84. 

 Sir : Since writing you on the 15th instant the following facts have occurred, which 

 we deem it proper to advise you of. On Sunday last we observed an old cow of our 

 herd was off and droopy, showing signs of sickness. There was nothing, however, 

 in her appearance to excite alarm, nor were her symptoms those commonly attribu- 

 table to cattle affected with pleuro-pneumonia. However, on yesterday the cow be- 

 came very sick and much bloated. We relieved her by puncturing the stomach, allow- 

 ing the gas to escape. But as she was evid< ntly a very sick cow we immediately tel- 

 egraphed to Dr. E. T. Haggard, veterinary surgeon at Lexington, to come here this 

 morning. In response to our summons he came. The bloat of the animal prevented 

 his making such examination of the lungs as would determine the extent of their 

 affection, if affected at all, and he asked that the animal might be slaughtered and 

 a post-mortem examination made. To this we readily consented, and the animal was 

 killed and the examination made in our presence. The right lung was evidently very 

 much diseased, and Dr. Haggard pronounced the disease with which the animal was 

 affected as pleuro-pneumonia. Another animal in the same pasture is sick and seri- 

 ously affected as the cow we slaughtered, and will probably die, Two or three cattle 

 on another place are not well. Our herd consists of about two hundred and iiity head, 

 and all of them had an opportunity to take the disease if contagious. 

 Very respectfully, your obedient servants, 



FRISBIE & LAKE. 



Hon. E. A. Carman, 



Acting Commissioner of Agriculture. 



The meeting of stock-men, alluded to by Messrs. Frisbie & Lake in 

 their first letter to the Department, was held in Lexington, Ky., Sep- 

 tember 19, 1884. The Department is indebted to Mr. D. Eunyon, sec- 

 retary, for the following official copy of the proceedings : 



PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN KENTUCKY. 



In response to an urgent request of the president of the Kentucky Shorthorn 

 Breeders' Association, a large number of Jersey, Shorthorn, and grade cattle-breeders 

 assembled at Lexington, Ky., September 19, 1884, to determine ou the course of action 



