TEXAS FEVER. 
103 
3, u red,” showed no outward signs of fever until October 20th, 
but from October 7th to 16th the evening temperatures had 
ranged from 103.5 F., to 106.4 F., and the morning tempera¬ 
ture from 101 to 103 F. The calf had fallen off some in flesh. 
The morning temperature October 20th was 103.3 ; evening 
temperature, 106.4, calf stupid. October 21st, morning, 104; 
evening, 106.2, calf sick. October 22d, morning, 104; even¬ 
ing, 105.9 5 ca ^ dull and gaunt. October 23d, morning, 101.5 ; 
evening, 105.4. October 24th, temperature normal. Calf has 
been grossly and continuously infested with ticks. 
FIG. 2.—GROUP OF JERSEY CAEVES AT TIME OF FIRST TICK-INFESTATION. 
No. 4, “ Fawn.” This calf showed but little signs of fever 
from the first infestation. From August 1, to September 25, 
the morning temperature remained normal, and only an occa¬ 
sional high evening temperature occurred. On September 26th, 
the evening temperature arose to 104 F., and from that date 
until October 30th, the evening temperatures remained high ; 
ranging from 103.7 to 106.3 F., only an occasional normal tem¬ 
perature being observed. From the 23d to the 29th the tem¬ 
perature ranged from 103 to 103.6, but through the greater 
part of the experiment, the morning temperatures were normal. 
The continuous and severe infestation to which these calves 
were subjected from running on grossly infested pastures caused 
them to fall off greatly in flesh. They went into winter quar¬ 
ters in bad condition, with skin harsh and scurfy. This condi¬ 
tion was, however, in part due to lack of nutrition ; the pastures 
became dry and short. On December 31st, calf No. 4 died from 
