PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. 
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~ PLEUROPNEUMONIA. 
EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF DR. C. P. LYMAN TO THE 
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 
THE DISEASE IN CONNECTICUT. 
In the course of my investigations in Connecticut the following 
facts were gleaned :—An outbreak of contagious pleuro-pneumo- 
nia, says Mr. E. H. Hyde, chairman of the Commission, had oc¬ 
curred at Greenwich, occasioned by exposure to a calf which had 
been brought from New York and placed in the herd of Mr. B. 
Livingston Mead. This farm is located on the State line, a part 
being in the State of New York and a partin Connecticut. This 
herd consisted of twenty head. The buildings are in Connecticut. 
From seven to nine animals have died, the last one about the 18th 
of March, 1879. The remainder are unaccounted for. These 
animals were at one time examined by Professor Law. 
The herd of Daniel M. Griffin, on an adjoining farm, con¬ 
tracted the disease from Mr. Mead’s herd. He had twenty-seven 
head, eight of which died. With the exception of one animal, 
Mr. Griffin sold the remainder of the herd to dealers in New York 
for slaughter. The one he retained remained with his tenant and 
will soon be slaughtered on the place. 
Joseph B. Husted, of Greenwich, took some cattle to New York 
for slaughter, among them two cows. They were all landed at 
the infected Sixtieth street yard. The cows were not sold, and, 
after some hesitation on the part of the New York Commission, 
they were allowed to be returned to Connecticut, the Commis¬ 
sioners of the last named State being notified of the fact. The 
State authorities at once ordered them quarantined, but before the 
letter reached Mr. Husted he had sold them, and they are still 
untraced. They were taken away from Greenwich on or before 
July 11,1879. * 
Mr. Curtis Judson, of Watertown, near Waterbury, keeper of 
the Gramercy Park Hotel, bought two cows from Mr. Hedge, a 
dealer in New York, and placed them in an excellent herd of his 
