458 Abortion in Cows. 
out in the day, and had hay and cotton-cake at night. They were served by 
unknown bulls. 
Total number, 3. 
Plan of Mr. I. D.'s No. 1 Shed. 
4. 
3. 
2. 
1. 
Heifer calved at full 
Heifer calved at 
Hfifer aborted about three or 
Heifer aborted about 
time in June. 
full time in May. 
four days after No. 1. Calf 
the middle of 
born alive, about 5 weeks off. 
March 1884. Calf 
Xot removed. 
bom alive about 
5 weeks off. Not 
removed. 
4. 
3. 
2. 
1. 
Plan of Mr. I. D.'s No. 2 Shed. 
6. 
5, 
4. 
3. 
2, 
1. 
Stripper. 
Heifer calved 
at full time 
In May 
1884, 
Heifer calved 
at full time 
in Way 
1884. 
Cow in second calf, 
aborted a month off in 
April 1884. Had pre- 
monitory symptoms 
for a week. Not re- 
moved. 
Stripper. 
Heifer calved 
at full time 
in May 
lb34. 
6. 
5. 
4. 
3. 
2. 
1. 
Farm 22.— Mr. T. T. keeps about 6 cows in-milk. In 1880 or 1881 a cow 
aborted in the summer, a second in autumn, and others during the winter 
and spring. Has had none since. The cow which had aborted first had been 
purchased two or three months previously. 
Total number, 6. 
Farm 23. — Mr. J. P. milks G cows, and generallj' has 3 or 4 calving 
heifers. Has had a case of abortion now and then for many years. In 
March 1883 a cow aborted, and was removed, the remainder going their full 
time. In January 1884 another cow in the same stand aborted about two 
months off. In February a heifer in another shed aborted about ten weeks 
oil". She was again put to the bull, and aborted in the same stand in 
November, fifteen weeks off. In March 1884 a cow aborted about six weeks 
off. She was standing next to the one that had done so in January 1884. 
In May another, about a month oil", aborted in the same shed, but wjth two 
in-calvers intervening between her and the last-mentioned cow, which went 
their full time, and the one next to her on the other side went her full time. 
All went well until ]March 188G. In the meantime the old sheds had been 
pulled down, and a splendid new building erected some distance from the 
former site. 
On March 15th a cow calved two weeks before her time, calf living. On 
"March 12th a cow, not belonging to this farm, but here since November, which 
had aborted last year at her owner's, and whic h was again due in May, began to 
s[)ring her udder, which went on until March 2oth, when, for fear of infecting 
the others, she was removed a mile distant. On the 28th she aborted twins, 
which were putrid. Early in April a cow, due ]\Iay 1st, which had shown 
premonitory symptoms for about a week, cast her calf, which was not putrid, 
but appeared to have been dead a week. 
Total number, 8.* 
• September 8tb, 1886, I found ergot in the pastures. 
