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Lake on August 31, aud since he reported that j)louro-pneuraonia existed in said herd, 

 that this meeting condemns his concealment of the results, reported to the governor by- 

 Messrs. Frisbie & Lake, whereby they could not sooner have isolated their herd, and 

 that a copy of said resolutions be forwarded to the Commissioner of Agriculture." 

 The following resolution, offered by Mr. W. W. Estill, vs\is carried: 

 " Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the governor at once call the 

 legislature together to devise ways and means for exterminating pleuropneumonia as 

 demonstrated by post-mortem to exist in our State." 



The following resolution, offered by Mr. T. C. Anderson, was carried: 

 "Resolved, That the governor of Kentucky be requested to call upon the Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture of the United States to put into quarantine all the herds of cattle 

 in this State suspected of being infected with pleuro-pneumonia." 



Senator John S. Williams said the governor ought to be requested to call the legis- 

 lature into extra session to consider the matter, and if such session is not called the 

 cattle should be at once slaughtered, and he felt sure that the next legislature would 

 pay the owners a reasonable price for them. He said that if something is not done to 

 stamp out the disease it will destroy the cattle interests of the State. 

 The following resolution was offered and adopted : 



"Resolved, That Messrs. Frisbie & Lake and the Chair appoint a committee to de- 

 vise ways and means to exterminate the disease." 



The Chair appointed the following committee in conformity with this resolution, 

 viz : General P. W. Hardin, A. J. Alexander, Leslie Combs, William Warfield, and D. 

 A. Givens. 



The meeting adjourned to meet again in Lexington on Saturday, September 27, 

 1884. 



R. DOUGLASS, President. 



D. Runyon, Secretary. 



September 24 I visited and inspected tins herd. I examined partic- 

 ularly the animals Dr. Trumbower reported to be diseased, and was 

 able to confirm bis report in every respect. At that time a number of 

 additional animals were suffering from pleuro-pneumonia, and several 

 seemed to be in the first stages of this disease, but owing to the great 

 number in this herd, and the large pastures in which they were run- 

 ning, I was unable to make a careful examination of all the animals. 



October 3, Dr. Paaren, State veterinarian of Illinois, found a Jersey 

 heifer at Saint Charles, 111., which belonged to W. A. Stewart, and had 

 been purchased from Mr. Clarke, that was suffering from pleuro-pneu- 

 monia; also a ten-year-old native cow, belonging to the same gentleman, 

 which had been running with this heifer and had contracted the disease 

 from her. Both were slaughtered, and a, post-mortem examination is said 

 to have revealed typical pleuro-pneumonia. The following week Dr. 

 Paaren killed a second Jersey heifer at Saint Charles, which belonged 

 to D. B. Moore, which had been purchased early in the spring from the 

 Clarke herd at Geneva. 



The following is a recapitulation of the total number of animals 

 affected in this outbreak according to our information: 



Owner. 



Number 

 exposed. 



Number 

 affected. 



C. R. C. Dve 



C. N. MitoWJ 



W. C. Clarke* 



John Bovd 



D. H. & S. S. Tripp. 



O. J. Bailey 



A. G. Eplert 



D. W. Bawlingfl 



W. A. Stewart 



Frisbie & Lake 



65 

 30 

 34 

 21 

 G5 

 60 

 100 

 1 



250 



Total 



626 



101 



* Includes the animals sold -which were afterwards found diseased. 



t About the number exposed previous to the sale, and the number affected includes those which cqu- 

 tracted the disease after the gale, 



