924 
ACORN-POISONING. 
acorns for the last three weeks. What I have lost has been 
since then.” 
A stock owner at Benenden, who lost several animals in 
1868 from acorn-poisoning, writes as follows : 
“ I have not had any bullocks ill from eating acorns this 
year, as I removed them before the acorns fell in the pastures. 
“ I have heard of several suffering from this ailment. 
“ In 1868, when my beasts were ill, and I lost nineteen, 
the only beast that had no medicine or nourishment recovered. 
She lost one eye, hut in other respects she made a very good 
animal.” 
Mr. Ashton, of Sevenoaks, writes : 
(e In reply to your letter of the 8th, I beg to inform you 
that I have had several cases of acorn-poisoning, which I have 
successfully treated when called in early. I have given ant- 
acids, and had the cattle taken into the yards. I enclose a 
list of those I made post-mortem examinations of. I was not 
called to these cases until death had taken place. My advice 
was always to get the cattle out of the paddocks early where 
the green acorns were falling. 
“ All the animals affected by this disease were yearlings. 
“ The following is the list of cases and the localities where 
they occurred : 
Seal 
Attacked. 
. 12 
Died. 
6 
Sevenoaks 
. 20 
8 
Ditto 
. 30 
10 
Sundridge 
. 7 
5 
Chevening 
. 6 
1 
Chipstead 
. 1 
1 
Mr. William F. Chattell, veterinary surgeon, of Bromley, 
writes : 
“ In answer to your note of the 8th inst., relative to acorn- 
poisoning in cattle, I have to inform you that I have had 
fourteen cases occurring in young stock (one to two years old). 
Five died ; the others are well. These animals were very poor, 
having had little but straw to eat ; but after the high winds 
they collected large quantities of acorns from under the oaks 
that abound in this district. No adult cattle have been affected. 
In some cases, where the ailment occurred in 1868, and the 
acorns have been collected, no disease has taken place. 
“ I have generally recommended the collecting of acorns 
as far as possible ; the giving of plenty of good food before 
