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of cattle, occasioned results which were practically identical 
with those which followed inoculation with the matter of foot- 
rot. Some of the sheep used in the experiments contracted the 
disease in their hind feet after long: association with diseased 
animals. But as it was doubtful whether the disease had not 
resulted simply from long standing- on wet litter, and not from 
contact with the matter of foot-rot, other experiments were 
undertaken to decide the point. Some discharge from a diseased 
foot was daily rubbed upon the skin uniting the digits of sheep, 
which had resisted the effects of dirt and moisture for many 
weeks, and in eacli case a disease possessing all the characters of 
foot-rot resulted. 
It would appear, therefore, that under favourable circumstances 
mere contact of the discharge with the skin will suffice to 
develop the disease It is, however, established by other experi- 
ments that no such disease will follow if the animals are kept on 
dry ground, and allowed natural exercise ; and further, that the 
most advanced form of foot-rot will quickly give way, and 
ultimately yield entirely to such means as these, without the 
application of any remedies to the affected feet. 
XVI. — Farm Reports. 
In the Report of the Council read to the General Meeting of the 
Society last May, it was stated, that " The Society already 
possesses in its Journal valuable reports on the agriculture of 
most of the English counties. Several years, however, have 
elapsed since many of these reports were written, and the 
Council feel sure that in the present more advanced state of 
agricultural practice and science, there is still much of interest 
to record in different localities. They have therefore thought it 
advisable to obtain more detailed information as to the manage- 
ment of particular districts, and for this purpose special farms 
have been selected, to which gentlemen deputed by the Council 
have recently paid visits." 
The following reports are the results of the visits of either 
Mr. H. H. Dixon or myself, accompanied in every case by a 
member of Council. Mr. Dixon visited the Hill and Half-hill 
sheep-farms, accompanied by Mr. Jacob Wilson ; and Mr. Par- 
kinson's South Notts farm in company with Mr. Torn That 
gentleman was also so kind as to give me his valuable aid on 
the Yorkshire Wolds, in North Notts, and at Castleacre. In ob- 
taining materials for the report on a Midland clay-farm (Mr. 
Bomford's), and for that on Mr. Rawlence's sheep-farm, I received 
