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SPLENIC APOPLEXY. 
On December 22nd a third died in the fold-yard It was 
one of eight, and was being fed at the time chiefly on hay, 
none of which, however, came from the field No. 37. 
After this time the disease disappeared until the month of 
March in the present year. 
On the 14th of this month a bullock feeding on hay in 
the yards died suddenly, a second on the loth, and a third 
on the 3Oth. These are the three animals previously spoken 
of as having been examined post-mortem by Mr. Blake, and 
the viscera of one of which was forwarded for my inspetion. 
They were part of a lot of ten bought on February 14th, at 
Bath fair, of the breeder. On their arrival at Sock, seven 
were selected from them and placed in the yards, and the 
remaining three were turned into the pastures, the suspected 
fields being avoided. These, with the four still in yards, 
were well at the time of my visit. The hay supplied to the 
animals came from different fields, and only about two loads 
of it from No. 30, none of which, it is thought, has yet been 
consumed. 
I come now to the evidence obtained with reference to the 
deaths of the sheep on this farm. 
In June, 1861, there were 205 shearling wethers grazing- 
on different parts of the farm, and having free access 
to No. 30. Fifteen of these died between a Wednesday 
and Saturday, in consequence of which ninety were selected 
from out of the remainder and sent to the metropolitan market 
on the Saturday, four of which died on the journey. On the 
Monday following—the 1st of July—thirty more of the 
sheep were sold to a dealer, three of which died in a day or 
two afterwards. On this same day, also, Mr. Bradley lost two 
more out of the number remaining in hand. Those left were 
now put on vetches, which were rather a poor crop, and 
they were kept on them consequently only for a week. 
After this they returned to the pasture grounds, but were 
prevented going into No. 30. No further deaths took place. 
Since this time, other sheep on the farm have died at irregular 
intervals, down to February 1st, amounting in all to about 
thirty. 
On the 5th of March last Mr. Bradley, with a view of 
arresting the progress of the malady, and to test the pre¬ 
ventive properties of salt in doing this, applied 9 cwt. 
per acre, of this material to the field No. 30. He then 
drew out ten shearling-wethers from 140, and turned them into 
the field on March 7th. One of these animals died on the 15th. 
After this the nine were removed for five days, and then turned 
into the field again, without any additional death, however, 
