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D. F. LUCKEY. 
cal direction. The calf standing- facing ns, it could be seen 
that the respirations were double the normal in number. The 
eyes glared. I jumped at it, and in its haste to get away it rap¬ 
idly lost control of its muscles, going for a short distance in a 
very awkward, stiff and spraddled gait. A little more excite¬ 
ment which I furnished by jumping at it again and it went 
down to its knees. Moving along for a few paces, struggling to 
get back on its front feet, it pitched forward on its neck with 
its head turned to the right. The hind quarters were still in a 
standing position. It then fell over on its right side, the head 
being turned under its body. Another violent effort and it got 
up to its knees with the head straightened out, but immediately 
fell over on its left side. As long as we were near enough to 
cause it any uneasiness it lay there in a helpless and pitiful 
condition, appearing very much like it might have had an over 
dose of strychnine. The temperature taken at this time was 
normal. We walked away about fifty yards and the calf began 
to recover self-control. During the violent attack of nervous 
symptoms it was lying flat on its side. It first straightened up 
to a natural recumbent position, and a little later with some 
caution rose to its feet. We were absent from the pasture 
about two hours, looking at some sheep which had shown the 
same symptoms, and on our return the calf was nursing its 
mother in a very contented fashion. 
These symptoms were shown by all of the affected animals. 
During the course of this disease the functions of all the 
organs except the motor nervous system seemed to go on nor¬ 
mally. The general condition of the affected animals was as 
good as of those showing no symptoms. There was only one 
death and that in all probability was due to the fact that the 
yearling, which was found dead, fell into a ditch and died from 
exhaustion. 
History and Surrottndings .—Mr. Arnold has constantly on 
hand an average of two hundred and fifty head of cattle. 
They are pure bred and high grade Aberdeen-Angus. He has 
twelve pastures, containing from forty to one hundred and sixty 
