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Diet .—It is important that the inoculated animal should be 
well nourished, during the inoculation fever and subsequently, 
since there is a great lowering of the vitality of the animal, due 
to destruction of the red blood corpuscles. In the experiments 
at the North, the food has consisted of oats, bran, crushed corn, 
linseed meal, timothy and clover hay ; corn being withheld 
during the acute stage of the fever. The effort is made to feed 
in a manner that will maintain a lax condition of the bowels, 
since the elimination of waste products from the liver is mainly 
through the bowels. Under the heading of “Inoculation in 
the South ” is given suggestions as to appropriate feeding in 
that section. 
Season of the Year .—Inoculations have been made success¬ 
fully at all seasons of the year. In the North in midsummer, 
fall and winter. In the South, in winter and early spring. The 
most suitable time is at seasons when the animal does not suffer 
either from extreme heat or cold. If inoculated in the winter 
the cattle must be well sheltered, as the thinning of the blood 
resulting from the inoculation fever makes them less resistant 
to cold. Cattle inoculated in the north should be sent south 
in December or January, to prevent sudden gross infestation 
with ticks, as this may bring on a relapse. 
Inoculation in the South .—Cattle may be safely inoculated 
in the South, if they are kept free from the fever ticks until 
well recovered from the inoculation fever, say abort 60 days. 
This is best done in the winter after several severe frosts. 1 In 
Texas, this would be about January ist, as a rule. A suitable 
place should be prepared some months previously to receive 
and hold such cattle. To do this, the best plan seems to be to 
enclose a small pasture the previous June or July and allow no 
Texas cattle on it after that time. About December ist, burn 
off the grass. Very few ticks will survive such measures. 
Suitable sheds for shelter against storms should be provided. 
The cattle should be put in the above described enclosure im¬ 
mediately on their arrival, and allowed some time to recover 
from the effects of their journey ; say ten or fifteen days, before 
