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JOHN FAUST. 
there have been outbreaks of anthrax during the past few 
y ears. 
Dr. J. H. Hollingsworth & Son, under date of July 24th, 
states that there are frequent outbreaks in and around Utica. 
He also states he has some herds which have been vacci¬ 
nated, and with splendid results. In one herd especially 
there have been no outbreaks in five years, while farmers on 
both sides of him have suffered losses. 
Dr. W. Huff, of Rome, N. Y., states there are frequent 
outbreaks in and around his district. 
Dr. Tait Butler, of Starkville, Miss., states that there is 
considerable anthrax in Missouri, principally in the bottom 
lands of the Mississippi, but occasionally in other districts, 
especially in the Yazoo Delta, which is between the Yazoo 
and Mississippi rivers. Horses and mules are more or less 
affected every year, and occasionally it becomes enzootic. 
In his section it is confined almost exclusively to cattle. 
The doctor has never seen a case of blackleg in Missis¬ 
sippi. 
Dr. J. VV. Connoway, of Columbia, Mo., states that they 
have occasional outbreaks of blackleg. 
Dr. W. F. Crowe, of Devil’s Lake, North Dakota, states 
that for two years they had outbreaks of anthrax, suffering a 
loss of about thirty-five head. 
Dr. E. Brainard, of Memphis, Missouri, reports cases of 
blackleg. 
Dr. R. A. Archibald, of Sacramento, Cal., says splenic 
apoplexy is very prevalent in the central and southern por¬ 
tions of the State. Anthrax is seldom seen in Northern Cali¬ 
fornia, but it does break out occasionally. 
To show the prophylactic value of vaccination, I will give 
an article written by me and published in our monthly jour¬ 
nals; also an article from the German journal, Pratische 1 
Thierkeilkunde , edited by Prof. Frohner and Prof. Kitt: 
For twenty-nine years, to my personal knowledge, splenic 
apoplexia and splenic fever have occurred every year up to 
1886 in a streak of swampy land about two miles long, and 
Mr. Noxon, one of the sufferers, says he lost $30,000 worth 
