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and had been fed on cotton seed about no days, and they were 
so badly affected that we deemed it necessary to hold them for 
post-mortem examination. In the meantime two of them had 
died in the stock yards, and upon taking the temperature of the 
remaining twenty-one, we found that they varied from 103 to 
108 degrees. 1 also observed this peculiar condition of the 
e) es some speak about. Some seemed to be entirely blind and 
most of them had a discharge from the eye that ran down over 
their face. Some of the cattle had a staggering gait and swell¬ 
ing of the legs, about the same as you observe in a horse after 
standing in a stable for a time. The examination was con¬ 
tinued next day, when the cattle were killed and we found 
lesions that resembled Texas fever very much. While we did 
not find characteristic lesions of Texas fever, we found in some 
instances that the spleen was very much enlarged. I have 
learned from various feeders that have used cotton seed that 
from seventy to eighty days is about the proper length of time 
to feed cattle, as after this time they seem to lose ground, and 
it is advisable to get them into the market as soon ^s possible. 
As far as I am able to learn no investigations have been made 
with the exception of a few feeding experiments on some calves. 
Very soon after the above cases I had an opportunity to make a 
post-mortem examination of two steers that had been fed on 
cotton seed for about ninety days. They had taken on fat very 
rapidly, and had become sick very suddenly. They were 
shipped to Kansas City, where they were killed, but not in the 
usual manner by knocking them in the head, but stuck them 
alive. We found enlarged spleens in these two cattle, also en¬ 
larged livers ; the bile was slightly changed from the normal 
and the urine was highly colored. This is something I think 
ought to be investigated, as we see it quite frequently in Kansas 
City among cattle that have been fed on cotton seed and the 
animals lose their sight, and we find the internal organs pre¬ 
senting abnormal appearances. 
Dr. Wilson : In these 23 head, how many did you condemn ? 
Dr. Bennett: Seven out of twenty-three. It is claimed by 
some old feeders that they can tell a cotton seed steak as soon 
as they see it. The cattle we had there were not bright at all 
and the seven we had condemned showed the highest tempera¬ 
ture. Three of the seven showed marked change in the liver 
and resembled Texas fever to some extent. In one case we 
found something similar to a hobnailed liver. 
(To be continued.') 
