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M. R. TRUMBOWER. 
ious forms of saccharine plants in their early or stunted 
development. In one period ol the growth of the sorghum 
plant, when conversion of the vegetable starch into sugar is 
taking place, the plant is poisonous. I investigated several 
deaths from this cause during this year, when the excessive 
drought and early frosts had stopped the growth of some 
fields of sorghum, which were not protected from the open 
range.” 
DELAWARE.—Dr. H. P. Eves, ol Wilmington, writes as 
follows: 
“ You are well aware of the fact that our State of Dela¬ 
ware is extremely small compared with her sister States, but 
we are at present well represented with diseases. We have 
dreaded Southern, or Texas fever encroaching upon us, and 
within the last two or three years we were troubled with a 
slight outbreak. Glanders within the last year have caused 
more or less trouble in our cit} T and some of the adjacent 
townships. I can report one death of the owner of one of the 
animals, who contracted the disease while treating his horse. 
At present I do not know of a case. 
“ Cerebro spinal meningitis (so-called) is prevalent 
throughout the State. I can safely state that hundreds of 
horses die yearly. We have been striving to discover the 
cause, taking all steps possible, but as yet we are at sea. We 
have outbreaks during every month of the year; hot, cold, j 
dry, and wet seasons. During the last ten years, judging 
from personal observations, the loss caused by the above men¬ 
tioned disease amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars. 
“Tetanus prevails, but the number of cases yearly have 
been greatly reduced, due to the advice given by veterin¬ 
arians. 
“Tuberculosis is alarmingly present in the northern part 
of the State, especially within twenty miles of Wilmington. 
A great many cows have been tested with tuberculin, and 
we have found in a few herds as high as 75 per cent, diseased. 
“We have had several outbreaks of anthrax during the 
last four years, and at present the disease exists in the salt 
meadows bordering the Delaware Bay, about 25 or 30 miles 
