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the mouth. A second cow had a healthy mouth; both hind feet were 

 lost at the coronet, and the tip of the tail was gangrenous. A steer, 

 probably two years old, had lost both hind feet at the fetlock, about an 

 inch of the tail "was lifeless, and the mouth contained a number of sores 

 and discolorations. A second steer was in almost precisely the same 

 condition. A third steer was walking around the yard, very lame, and 

 had a large slough of the tissues on the posterior surface of the fetlock 

 joint. A fourth steer in the pasture had both limbs as high as and in- 

 cluding the fetlock joint stiff and cold. Still another animal was lame 

 in the hind limb. Seven herds within a radius of 4 miles had suffered. 

 Six abortions were reported. 



April 24 and 251 visited a number of the diseased herds in Effingham 

 and adjoining counties in Illinois. The farm of Lemuel Faunce is situ- 

 ated 10 miles northeast of Effingham and one and one-half miles from 

 Montrose. The first cases appeared in the latter part of December, and 

 began with diarrhea and other signs of digestive disturbance. There 

 were 21 head of cattle on the farm and no new ones had been purchased 

 at the time of or immediately preceding the outbreak. Two cows, each 

 of which had both hind legs affected, had been killed before my visit; 

 I steer has a hind limb off at the fetlock; another has a clear line of 

 demarcation formed at the fetlock, the part below being gangrenous; a 

 bull has lost both toes from one foot and one toe from the other; 2 other 

 animals were very stiff. One steer had two attacks and another had 

 three attacks of lameness, and the latter entirely recovered. The ani- 

 mal that was first to suffer still had sores, i. e., erosions of the mucous 

 membrane on the upper lip and gums exactly like those which I saw 

 when examining the affected cattle at Neosho Falls and at Kirksville, 

 though four months had elapsed since the appearance of the disease. 

 Some of the sick ones had slavered and smacked the lips, showing that 

 the mouth was quite severely affected. 



The horses on this farm had also been troubled with an eruption in 

 the mouths which had caused salivation and loud smacking of the 

 tongue and lips. These were now entirely recovered, though slight 

 evidences of the sores on the lips were still visible. The horses were 

 seen to have lost appetite in January or early in February. The last 

 of February sores were observed in the mouths, and it was six weeks 

 before these healed. Only one hog was kept, though many of the 

 neighbors' hogs had been continually running around the pastures. 

 None of these had been affected. 



Three miles north and 1 mile west of Mr. Faunce's farm, Mr. Dubroc 

 had yearlings in a high, dry lot, in which was an out-house for shelter, 

 parly filled with hay. All of these were affected and all recovered. 

 There were here 160 head of cattle, only 8 or 10 of which, all told, were 

 lame. Ten or 12 goats were running with the cattle, but remained well ; 

 the two places mentioned above were so situated on different roads that 

 there was little if any passing from oae to the other, and the outbreaks 

 were therefore independent of each other. 



Other cases of the disease occurred on the farm of Mr. John Mason, 

 who lives near Wheeler in Jasper County. This gentleman owned 120 

 head of cattle, of which 17 had been affected. Six animals were so bad 

 that they had been killed; 2 others remained, one of which had lost a 

 foot, and the second one would lose both of the posterior feet at or 

 above the fetlock; a part of the tail of this one was also gangrenous. 

 Nine others had been more or less lame but had lost no limbs. On this 

 farm and in close proximity to the cattle were 25 horses and mules, 100 

 hogs and 40 sheep, all of which had been free from disease. 



