REMARKS ON SOUTHERN CATTLE. 
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I fully believe that cattle born and raised on an infected 
farm acquire immunity from the disease, and I am quite sure 
that such immunized cattle convey the infection to non-infected 
pastures, and it is by this means only that the infected area is 
extended or perpetuated. 
Cattle born and raised on a non-infected farm, sicken and 
probably die when put on an infected farm, although the infected 
farm may only be on the other side of a fence, or on the oppo¬ 
site side of a road. 
So far as I know there is but one way to tell an infected 
farm from a non-infected farm, and that is by testing the pas¬ 
tures in the proper season by placing on them cattle from a 
farm known to be non-infected. 
Richmond City and the adjoining counties have been within 
the so-called infected area since the line was mapped out, and 
that there are many non-infected farms and sections in the 
vicinity is proved by the fact that hundreds of cattle born and 
raised on these farms die annually when brought to Richmond 
and turned out to pasture on the commons during the day, 
where they contract the disease. 
Animals placed in a dairy stable, where the cattle are stall- 
fed entirely and only have the run of a yard wherein there is no 
grazing, neither infect others nor are liable to infection no 
matter where they are born and raised. 
To better illustrate some of the points I have called your 
attention to, I will read a letter from Mr. W. E. Grant. 
Grantland, Va., December 13th, 1895. 
Dr. W. H. Harbaugh, 
Richmond, Va. 
Dear Sir:—Your letter of the 12th inst. to hand. I have never seen a case of 
Southern fever, except at Colonel-, where you were then in attendance. As 
you know, my place is above, and on the opposite side of the James River. I 
have never heard of a case in my immediate neighborhood, though on the 
opposite side of the river, I have heard great complaints of sickness (of 
this nature, I suppose). Cattle which I have sold to go to Chesterfield have died, 
though in perfect health when I delivered them. 
I have brought cattle to my place from the mountains of North Carolina and 
Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Holland, and almost direct from the Island 
