TUBERCULOSIS. 
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John D. Wing, of Millbrook, twenty-seven diseased cattle. 
Mrs. Allen, of Pittsfield, sixty-six out of one hundred heads. 
P. L. Van Wagnen, of Poughkeepsie, twenty-nine out of six¬ 
ty-two heads. 
Sears and Howell, of Blooming Grove, Orange County, with 
sixty-two out of seventy-nine heads. 
Mr. S. Ver Plank, of Fishkill, with twenty-seven out of fifty 
five head. 
S. Burchard, of Hamilton, with twenty-three out of forty- 
five head. J 
D. Willigan, Gardner,' Ulster County, with twenty-one out 
of twenty-four. 
And numerous others, which time would not permit, could 
be cited. 
Now, gentlemen, you can see by these few examples which 
gave, and of which there are hundreds more, the extensive ex¬ 
istence of this disease. I think it time our government should 
take strong measures to stamp it out from the standpoint of 
economy. 
The following points will be of great value in the investiga¬ 
tion of herds: 
First, your highest natural temperature is from 5 p. m. to 9 
P. M., and from 9. p. M. to I A. M. gradually decreases, and grad¬ 
ually increases again from 1 A. M. to 6 A. M., and then from 6 
A. M. to 12 M. gradually decreases. The morning rise is not as 
great as the evening rise. 
In hot weather while in pasture and in hot stables, also after 
exercise and feeding, the temperature is increased. Large 
quantities of water will reduce the temperature. 
My plan in investigation has been to have the cattle placed 
in the stable at 5 p. M. initial temperature about 7 p. M. and in¬ 
ject tuberculin at 10 P. M„ and then start to take the tempera¬ 
ture at 6 A. M., 8 A. M., 10 A. M., 12 M., 2 p. M., and 4 p. M., and 
longer under circumstances. * 
The animals to be tested are to receive no food or water 
from 5 p. m. until 5 p. m. the next day. 
