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W. H. HARBAUGH. 
the death-rate is very small ; when I say all Southern calves, I think I am right, as 
the ticks are pretty well scattered all over the territory, when the winter is not severe 
enough to destroy them.” 
The points which I particularly desire to call your attention 
to at this meeting are the following : 
(1) The whole territory known as the permanently infected 
district is not infected. There are farms and sections of counties 
' within this so-called infected area, which are as free from infec¬ 
tion as any place North of the Potomac. 
(2) All Southern cattle are not dangerous. There are cattle 
raised on certain farms in the South as free from the disease as 
if they had been raised in any Northern State, and when these 
cattle are taken to other farms, perhaps but a mile or two 
distant from where they were born and raised, they contract the 
disease. 
(3) All Southei n ticks are not dangerous. Right here in the 
so-called permanently infected district, there are farms where 
ticks are on cattle at all times, and when cattle are put on the 
farms from outside the infected district, no harm has resulted. 
(4) All acute cases of the disease are not hopeless ones to 
treat. Mild ones are favorable, and frequently recover without 
any treatment, and often in spite of the most atrocious treat¬ 
ment. § 
Before proceeding further, I wish it to be well understood 
that I am not here to criticise the work of the Bureau of Animal 
Industry. On the contrary, I am of opinion that the worK of 
the Bureau stands unequaled by any similar body the world 
over, and should receive the hearty support and encouragement 
of every veterinarian who has at heart the interest of this 
country and his profession. But that there is room for honest 
difference in opinion on this subject is unquestionable, and, in 
fact, if you will carefully read the special report on Texas fever, 
you will be informed by the investigators of many doubts which 
they freely point out. 
I will also say here that so far as the disease is concerned, 
in my opinion, the only works of practical importance to us as 
