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temperature of 176° F. in five minutes. If it should be in water 
it will resist the excessive heat longer than in a dry state. A 
3-per cent, solution of carbolic acid will destroy it in five min¬ 
utes, a i-per cent, solution of permanganate of potash in two 
minutes, and i to 5000 of bichloride of mercury in two min¬ 
utes. It is destroyed by desiccation in one week. It will live 
in water above 80° F. from fifteen to twenty days. It will re¬ 
sist putrefaction from fifteen to twenty-four days. It will live 
in distilled water six days. A low temperature will destroy it 
very quickly. 
After the removal or destruction of the last animal affected 
by the disease, I would recommend removal and burning of all 
loose material, such as refuse, hay, bedding, etc. Water and 
feed troughs and stalls of the stable should be thoroughly 
scrubbed with a broom and boiling water for the purpose of 
thoroughly destroying all material which may have accumulated 
and dried there. To make the cleansing more complete I would 
advise rescrubbing with i-per cent, solution of permanganate of 
potash, I to 5000 solution of bichloride of mercury or 3-per cent, 
solution of carbolic acid, after which whitewash all the above- 
mentioned places. The wagon tongue and neck yoke should 
be scrubbed and washed with one of these solutions. All har¬ 
ness, bridles, bridle bits, etc., should be thoroughly washed in a 
solution of permanganate of potash and oiled. 
A field, pasture, stream of water, stable or barn will become 
perfectly free from the bacillus in summer time in less than 
ninety days, without any treatment, and in a week or less in 
fall or winter, the time varying according to variations in tem¬ 
perature. It is absolutely unnecessary to hold any premises 
.under quarantine, where the animals have been removed and 
where it is impracticable to properly disinfect them, for a longer 
period. 
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stock paper, the Breeder's Gazette^ is a perfect gem of artistic 
excellence, and is worthy of the vast interests which it is so 
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