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J. W. CONNAWAY. 
Jan. 17, 1899. Cattle have been moved to the ranch in 
Dimmit county. Four or five have died of blackleg. Other¬ 
wise they are doing nicely. 
Aug. 23d. No losses from fever among inoculated cattle up 
to July 10th. Not many ticks on them until then. Since 
that date have lost ten which were inoculated, and ten others 
have been sick but have recovered. They have been fed grain 
and hay or cane until June 1st, when grass was so abundant 
that they preferred it. They were doing as well as one could 
wish until July 10th. One Red Polled bull which has carried 
ticks all spring and summer has shown no signs of fever to date. 
Sep. 20th. Cattle all doing well. 
Has lost about 40 per cent, of those that were not inocu¬ 
lated. 
TOD.—LAURELES RANCH, 30 HEAD OF REGISTERED HEREFORDS. 
This lot of bulls, consisting of thirty head of registered 
Herefords bred in Missouri and Illinois, was supplied by Capt. 
John Tod, manager of the Laureles Ranch, Corpus Christi, 
Texas. On their arrival at the Missouri Station, Nov. 1, 1898, 
they varied in weight from about 275 lbs. to 850 lbs. The 
weight of each at the beginning and end of experiment, with 
FIG. 6.—GROUP OF INOCUEATED HEREFORD BUEES, SIX MONTHS AFTER 
EXPOSURE TO INFECTION AT THE EAUREEES RANCH, 
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. 
gain or loss, are given at the head of the temperature tables, 
see pages 37 to 40, also in the clinical notes, pages 27 to 36. 
