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JAMES LAW. 
In the herd of Mr. Beard, two miles north of Neosho Falls, we saw three ani¬ 
mals which had been isolated from the rest of his cattle. One was an aged cow, 
which was lying down, had a temperature of 103.5°, blisters on the root of the 
tongue, swelling of the pharynx, ulceration of the left hind foot extending upon 
the first phalanx and around the coronet. The other two were two-year old steers, 
and had the feet much more extensively diseased. One animal had lost one of 
the horny digits, and in the second, one of the pair was coming off. In the mouths 
were blisters from the size of a lentil to that of a large pea, extending the whole 
length of the tongue, on the mucous membrane of the mouth and on the upper and 
lower labiae. 
One animal had died the same morning, after two days’ illness, the immediate 
cause of death appearing to be acute intestinal inflammation. Mr. Beard’s herd 
was only infected ten days after he had purchased a cow from Mr. Keith, who 
occupies a place two miles farther north, on which the disease first appear¬ 
ed. * * * At Mr. Keith’s we found a terrible state of things. Out of 120 head 
there was hardly one which had not been sick, or was sick, or just taking the 
disease. In one lot were 25 head of calves, of which fully half the number had 
lost either one or two feet (entirely gone); others were coming off. Some 
were ulcerated as far up as between the hock and fetlock. Then their mouths 
were very badly affected. What made it more conclusive that it was aphtha was 
that a calf had died in two days after the cow had been taken. On examin¬ 
ing the udder blisters and ulcerations were found on the mammae. Across the 
road were kept 95 head, consisting of young stock and cows, and of these we found 
25 or 30 affected fully as badly as Mr. Keith’s. This herd is owned by Messrs. 
Goodrich and Hindman. It is aphtha without a doubt, and in a most virulent 
form. * * * On Thursday (March 6 ) Governor Glick, Dr. Holcombe, and Mr. 
$ims, of the State Board of Agriculture, accompanied by a number of our citizens, 
went down. Dr. Holcombe confirmed it without a doubt. * * * 
The Emporia Republican for March 7 furnishes the following: 
There can no longer be any question whatever as to the nature of the disease. 
I had been very doubtful whether the reports would be verified. I did not 
expect to find the foot and mouth disease, but was prepared to fiud another. It is 
a specific disease, which takes its own time and terminates either fatally or other¬ 
wise. In my judgment, only a few will die. The majority of the cattle ex¬ 
amined showed the characteristic evidences of this peculiar disease. In the more 
recently discovered cases the very high temperature was found which belongs to 
this epidemic—about 104° Fah. One of the most positive proofs of the correct¬ 
ness of the diagnosis is the death of Keith’s calf several days after the mother 
was taken with disease. The disease poisons the milk, and thus killed the calf, 
which was only a few days old. The characteristic ulcerations of the alimentary 
canal and mouth were also found. 
As thus presented the evidence was overwhelming in favor of 
foot and mouth disease , and I decided to go at once to Kansas, 
but first consulted you as to the availability of any part of the 
Treasury appropriation for stamping out the disease in case it was 
