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cases affected on inspection. The loss in the district from this 
being about 35 head during the two years.” 
SOUTH DAKOTA.—Report from Dr. G. W, Palmer, 
Lennox: 
“ The principal disease to contend with in this State is 
glanders, of which 102 cases in 1893, and 43 cases in 1894, 
came under my observation. My attention has been called to 
only one herd of bovines that were afflicted with tubercu¬ 
losis. That was in a herd of high bred short-horned cattle. 
The disease came to this herd from Iowa, and is still confined 
to that herd. Our native cattle are free from disease except 
lumpy-jaw, and a few cases of black-leg in the spring and fall 
of the year.” 
IOWA.—In reply to a special request, Dr. G. A. Johnson, 
of Sioux City, writes concerning the “ Corn-stalk Disease ” and 
the so-called “ Bottom Disease,” the following : 
“ In reply to your favor of the 19th inst., will say in regard 
to corn-stalk diseases, that in the Am. Vet. Review, Vol. 14, 
page 697, there is an article on that subject which was pre¬ 
sented by myself in the form of a paper before the I.S.V.M.A. 
In that article 1 presented my views at that time, which later 
investigation has only served to strengthen. In the article as 
published, in the second paragraph, fifth line, it should read, 
‘according to the old dry-murrain theory,’ instead of ‘the old 
dry-American.’ I have since seen another outbreak similar to 
the history given by me in the discussion that followed the 
reading of my paper. Also one outbreak among steers that 
were in pens being fattened for market. They were being 
fed snapped or jerked corn, that is, ears with the husks on. 
Some three out of about twenty died. Those that died pre¬ 
sented symptoms similar to those of other outbreaks. Not 
having held post-mortem examinations, I could not say what 
were the pathological lesions of these cases, further than that 
the owner stated that the contents of the omasum were fluid 
in each case, and that no other lesions were manifested which 
attracted his attention, except some congestion or engorge¬ 
ment of the lungs, but as he could not tell whether this was 
an ante or post-mortem change, it could not be of any weight. 
