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growing on the contiguous pastures, which hitherto have 
been perfectly free from the disease. 
In the spring of 1856 some more cattle were turned into 
this field, and in the course of three weeks one of them died. 
The others were immediately removed, and with one ex¬ 
ception they all did well. I he animal thus alluded to died 
within two or three days of its removal. 
The field was then shut up for mowing, and after the hay¬ 
making it was stocked with about a dozen hulls , all of which 
went on well. They were turned in almost immediately after 
the removal of the hay, and consequently before the growth 
of much after-grass. 
In 1857 the same plan of mowing and stocking the after¬ 
grass with hills was adopted, and without any loss. 
In 1858, and also in 1859, the field was partly mown and 
partly fed with sheep. An occasional death took place 
among these animals. 
In 1859 the disease appeared on another part of Mr. Look's 
farm—field No. 2, situated at a considerable distance from 
No. 1. It broke out among eleven feeding oxen, four of 
which were at once slaughtered. This also is seemingly a 
good piece of grazing land, and the animals pastured upon it 
have ready access to a brook of pure water. 
In I860 No. 1 was fed with sheep entirely, and the deaths 
being numerous, the animals were removed; after which 
the field was skimmed over with the scythe, and then fed 
with hulls, and again without any loss. 
In this year two feeding cows died on No. 2. No loss 
occurred in No. 1 in 1861, although it was fed both with 
cattle and sheep. It was, however, very heavily stocked. 
In 1861 many sheep were lost on No. 2. In February of 
the present year a horse and three sheep died on No. 2. 
The horse is said to have presented the same post-mortem 
appearances as the cattle and sheep, but scientific evidence 
is wanting on this point. 
It is worthy of note that the sheep were only in the field 
for four or five hours, and on being put into another pasture, 
one died twelve hours afterwards, and the other two very 
early the next morning. 
Mr. Look buys barren cows for fatting, and has had no 
cases of the disease on any other of the pastutes, nor while 
the animals have been kept in the yards prior to being 
turned out to graze. The yards are good, well sheltered, and 
cleanly kept, and the animals have a supply of very good 
water. 
