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probably be the case, receives some support from the way it 
is said that the malady has been introduced into Australia. 
The particulars of this, together with the judicious means 
which have been promptly adopted to limit its extension, will 
be seen from the following observations of the Editor of the 
6 Melbourne Argus, who, in directing public attention to the 
subject, thus writes : 
“ Considering its importance, a very small number of 
stock-owners attended the meeting held for the purpose of 
receiving the report of a sub-committee appointed to make 
inquiries and collect information relative to the breaking out 
of that terrible scourge of cattle, pleuro-pneumonia, the 
ravages of which in the old country have ruined so many 
farmers. 
“ That the disease does exist, and in an aggravated form, 
upon Mr. Boadle’s farm, there can be no possible question. 
The evidence, both lay and professional, upon the point, to 
say nothing of the specimens of morbid anatomy exhibited, 
was sufficient to convince the most sceptical of the iden¬ 
tity of the affection with the dreaded pleuro-pneumonia. 
The common danger has made farmers unanimous in 
determining upon the immediate eradication of the plague. 
Mr. Boadle’s cattle are to be destroyed at once, the proprietor 
being reimbursed by a committee appointed to collect the 
necessary subscriptions. It is satisfactory to know that the 
disease is, as yet, purely local; but if it be true that a milk¬ 
maid going c to place ’ from where the disease was present 
to an uninfected farm carried the malady with her, it will be 
seen that the most prompt measures can hardly be expeditious 
enough to prevent its spread. 
“ A single imported cow brought the plague with her from 
England, and now a herd of fifty-one are more or less affected. 
A post-and-rail fence alone divides Mr. Boadle’s from his 
neighbour’s farm, upon which a large quantity of stock are 
depasturing; and it is to Mr. Boadle’s praiseworthy exertions 
in giving warning and taking precautionary measures, that 
the contiguous cattle enjoy immunity from disease. At the 
meeting it was suggested that no imported cattle should be 
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