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is always very much greater than that of the water in the 
well. 
The facts thus reported upon show the necessity of a che¬ 
mical examination of the waters of the district, and also the 
necessity of a botanical examination of the herbage, and as 
such my investigations are to be considered as preliminary 
rather than otherwise. Already several samples of water have 
been sent to Professor Voelcker, and will doubtless be, in due 
time, reported upon. These waters were taken from Mr. Brad- 
ley^s farm, and consisted—1st, of water from the pump; 2dly, 
from the drinking-place in the cattle-yard behind the house; 
andSdly, from the ditch which flows directly into the drinking- 
place from the pond previously described. In addition to 
the chemical and botanical investigations, I would suggest 
that, to lessen the effects of some of the causes in a practical 
manner, the suspected fields be thoroughly underdrained, 
and be dressed with lime. That, instead of being fed in the 
spring, they be shut up for mowing, and afterwards stocked 
heavily with strong-constitutioned animals; and, as further 
precaution for preserving the health of the cattle in the yards 
during the winter, that the hay taken from these fields be 
well salted when being put into the stack. 
As further preventives in Mr. Bradley^s case, I would sug¬ 
gest that the cattle-yards be entirely remodelled, so as to pre¬ 
vent the animals standing up to their knees in wet and filth 
while at the feeding-bins; and that means be taken to give 
them a supply of pure water to drink, by conducting the 
streams now passing through them into stone tanks placed 
above the level of the drainage of the yards. 
As these things belong rather to the future than the pre¬ 
sent, I have recommended Mr. Bradley to supply his animals 
with an improved diet, by adding some cake, corn, or bran 
daily, with good hay-chaff, to their ordinary allowance of hay, 
so as to lay the foundation for a better quality of blood. 
With a further view also of keeping their systems in a state 
better calculated to resist the disease, 1 have advised that an 
occasional dose of aperient medicine, consisting simply of 
Epsom salts, with a little ginger, be given, and after its effects 
have passed off, that each animal take two drachms of 
nitrate of potash, mixed with a bran mash, for two or three 
days in succession. It is to be hoped that these means may 
prove beneficial; but prevention of the disease during the 
winter months must, in Mr. Bradley’s case, be mainly based 
on sanitary improvements. Subsequently to my inspection 
I received from Mr. Bradley the carcass of a sheep which had 
died very suddenly on the field No. 30, making the second 
