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REPORT ON THE CATTLE PLAGUE. 
cause, the nutritious corn is changed into an altered un- 
sightly form, and endued with properties, the reverse of its 
original wholesomeness.” 
It is more than probable that many disorders have been 
produced by this curious abortion, the origin of which has 
hitherto remained unsuspected, but which might have been 
prevented had a better knowledge of corn-diseases prevailed 
amongst the growers of animal food . — Farmers Herald . 
REPORT ON THE CATTLE PLAGUE, STEPPE MURRAIN, 
OR RINDERPEST. 
By James Beart Simonds, Professor of Cattle Pathology 
in the Royal Veterinary College, Loudon. 
(< Continued from p. 218.) 
Besides these measures of precaution, special instructions 
are issued for the guidance of veterinary surgeons when the 
disease has entered the territory. These are — 
“1. That, on the appearance of pleuro-pneumonia, immediate notice 
should be given to the police authorities. 
“2. That the affected cattle are to be forthwith separated from the 
healthy, and removed to a distance. If they are put to grass, the meadows 
must be divided by good fences, and must be at the least five hundred paces 
distant from any in which other cattle are kept. 
“3. That the persons who tend cattle are to be directed to note care- 
fully the feeding and ruminating of the animals, and, on the slightest indi- 
cation of disturbed health, to have them professionally examined. 
“ 4. That an inspector, duly conversant with disease, is to be specially 
appointed to attend the sick cattle ; and that without his permission no 
animal is to be returned to those which are healthy. 
“5. That all animals which die are to be buried five feet deep, and 
covered with compact earth ; that the burial-places are to be not less distant 
than eight hundred paces from any road or paths travelled by cattle, and 
that they are afterwards to be surrounded by a strong fence or a ditch. 
“ 6. That the diseased cattle are only to be driven in particular roads ; 
that the stables in which they were placed when attacked are to be carefully 
cleaned, and the manure to be covered over with earth. 
“ 7. That none but medical officers are to make post-mortem examinations, 
and these only by permission of the police authorities ; and that no part of 
the carcase is to be taken away or used, with the exception of the skin. 
“ 8. That for the removal of the dead animals special vehicles are to be 
