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bulls were shipped south Feb. 25th. They arrived in good con¬ 
dition at the ranch in Harrison county, Texas, March 2d. 
Clinical notes after shipment .—March 28th. The bulls are 
in fine condition. Found one tick on Nos. 534 and 540. None 
on No. 3. They are fed on bran and oats twice a day, and 
allowed to run on a good pasture. 
April 3d. The bulls run daily with the native cattle. They 
are apparently well. 
April 10th. The bulls appear healthy. Found six ticks on 
Nos. 534 and 540. No ticks on No. 3. The bulls run freely 
with native cattle, but are housed and fed at night. 
April 24th. The bulls are doing well. But few ticks have 
been on them. 
May 30th. The bulls appear in good health. 
June 14th. Bulls were infested with ticks. No. 534 has 
fever, temperature 104.5 0 F.; gave salts. No. 540 has fever, 
temperature 106.5 0 F.; gave salts. No. 3 has no fever, well 
infested with ticks. 
June 16th. Bulls recovering. No. 534, fever falling, tem¬ 
perature 102.5 0 , desires food. No. 540, fever falling, tempera¬ 
ture 104.5 0 , appears better. No. 3, no fever, appears normal. 
June 18th. Bulls all doing well. No. 3 has shown no signs 
of fever. 
June 19th. Bulls appear well. July, no report. 
August 18th. Bulls running with native cows. They all 
appear well. No. 3 has never shown any signs of fever. 
OVERALL. —84 HEAD OF REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS. 
This lot consisted of 84 head gf Hereford bulls, all bred in 
Missouri. Their ages ranged from 7 to 12 months. They were 
shipped in very rough weather, and on arrival at the ranch in 
Coleman county, Texas, they were very tired and drawn. They 
were fed cotton seed, which caused a considerable number of 
them to have scours. On December 22, 1898, they were inocu¬ 
lated with defibrinated blood from a two-year-old immune steer, 
bred on the ranch. Sixty-four were given 1 cc. each of the 
blood and the remaining twenty were given 2 cc. each. These 
