THE RECENT CATTLE DISEASE IN KANSAS. 
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diseased cattle throughout, but had shown neither lameness nor 
sore mouth. At Hindman’s a herd of pigs ran in the yard with 
the sick cattle until the hoofs of the latter began to slough off, 
when they were shut out lest they should ruin the stock be gnaw¬ 
ing them. At the time of our experiments a young litter (three 
weeks old), too small to be kept out by the fence, ran freely with 
the sick cattle in the yard. The older hogs were only separated 
from the cattle by a common board fence ; yet at no time did 
any of these swine, young or old, manifest any symptoms of lame¬ 
ness or sore month. 
PROBABILITIES OF INFECTION WITH FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. 
None of the affected herds were on the line of any railway 
where infecting material might have been dropped. No strangers 
were employed about the farms, so that the fancy that infection 
had been introduced in the clothing of emigrants had to be aban¬ 
doned. No connection could be established with any recently im¬ 
ported animals. Keith’s herd, the first to be attacked, had re¬ 
ceived, December 13, an accession of 63 calves (now yearlings) 
purchased from Mr. Davis in the northern part of Allen County, 
and th<?se were the first to be attacked, ten day after arrival, yet 
inquiry at Mr. Davis’s could elicit no evidence that his stock had 
suffered. Mr. Davis had picked up these calves mainly in 
Woodson County, intending to hold them, but sold on being of¬ 
fered a profit. All did well while on his hands, as did also his 
other cattle after they left. Keith bought 8 more calves Febru¬ 
ary 2, which were in due time attacked like the others; one was 
also bought December 17 of Mr. Inge, whose remaining cattle 
continued sound. Keith and his nephew have farms on op¬ 
posite sides of Hindman’s, and Keith and his dog frequently 
crossed through among Hindman’s cattle, yet the latter kept well 
for seven weeks after Keith’s were attacked. Hindman’s cattle 
passed once over the road used by Keith’s, but this was six weeks 
before the former were attacked, which entirely excludes foot and 
mouth disease, as that would have developed within a week. 
Beard purchased a cow from Keith, and ten days later his stock 
were attacked, but the first to suffer was one of the former herd, 
