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some of those present as to whether disease actually existed 
among their cattle, and, if so, to what extent. 
Mr. B. D. Kellog, of Iowa, said he thought the cry of “ fire ” 
was raised too frequently; in fact, when not even smoke was 
visible. He was of the opinion that the cry of disease, now heard 
in many parts of this country, and also sent across the water, was 
calculated to do much damage to the live-stock interests of 
America. The cry about hog cholera and kindred diseases was 
simply a cry about things of the past. With the exception of 
glanders among horses, he was not aware of the existence of any 
contagious disease among stock. 
Mr. W. B. Parsons, of Ohio, stated to the convention ; that 
although he had traveled quite extensively through the cattle¬ 
raising districts, both in the Eastern and Western States, he had 
not heard of any contagious disease among stock. There were a 
few cases of death among weak calves, produced by cold or lung 
trouble, but,such sickness should not be designated as pleuro¬ 
pneumonia. 
Dr. Prentis, of Illinois, indorsed the remarks made by the 
previous speaker. In reply to a question asked by one of the 
gentlemen present, he stated that up to the present time he had 
not known of the existence of one case of genuine pleuro-pneu- 
monia among the cattle of this country. 
Mr. J. Clark, of Iowa, said he did not know of any man in 
his State who anticipated trouble from pleuro-pneumonia. Con¬ 
tagious disease had never found its way into any of the stock 
raised in Iowa. He had been in England recently, and could 
bear testimony to the fact that the American shippers suffered 
much loss by the erroneous belief on the other side of the ocean 
that our cattle were diseased. 
Mr. L. S. Coffin, of Iowa, said he heartily agreed with Mr. 
Clark on some points, but differed with him on others. So far, 
Iowa was free from disease, but how long might it remain so ? 
So long as disease existed in any part of the country, no one State 
could feel absolutely safe; danger existed, and would continue to 
exist until every vestige of the disease was eradicated. 
Dr. Gadsden, of Pennsylvania, maintained that the English 
