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mention one or two instances of its conveyance to county dis¬ 
tricts, where the source of the malady could be undoubtedly traced. 
Mr. Wheelock, of Roslyn, L. I., bought two cows from a New 
York dealer. They sickened soon after, infected the rest of his 
herd, and six were lost before the plague could be stayed. 
Mr. Kenyon was so satisfied it was not contagious that he 
purchased and took home two of Mr. W’s. cows. One of these 
sickened and died, and infected several of his herd, one of which 
had to be destroyed to prevent the maintenance of the contagion. 
Mr. Post of Westbury, L. I., purchased a cow from a passing 
herd, said to have come from a swill stable near Brooklyn. She 
infected his herd and his brother’s, and, after heavy losses, they 
found it needful to kill all the survivors, and begin anew with 
fresh stock. Mr. Gilbert Miller, of Katonah, Westchester County, 
took in a Jersey cow, sent from Mott Haven as a present to his 
son-in-law. Three months later his herd was generally infected, 
and the Jersey cow and two others more out of six died. 
Mrs. Robertson’s herd, occupying a piece across the road, suf¬ 
fered from the disease three months later, and five out of twelve 
died. Mr. Collins, Fiftieth street, New York, had a Jersey cow 
sick with a sporadic (?) disease of the respiratory organs, from 
which she recovered under the care of a veterinarian. Her calf 
was sent to the farm of Solomon Mead, of Greenwich, Conn. 
The calf sickened and died in a little over two weeks after arrival, 
but infected the whole herd, five of which had died up to the 
time of my visit. 
One of Mr. Mead’s cows broke out and went into the herd of 
Mr. Griffin, and at the time of my visit Mr. G. had lost one and 
had two sick. 
These are examples of what we meet with every day. If Mr. 
Finlay can see this disease without tracing similar channels of 
contagion, I fear that his blindness must be wilful. 
I cannot conclude without a reference to Mr. Finlay’s sneer 
at the “ stamping out ” of the disease. The most superficial ac¬ 
quaintance with the history of the malady would have shown him 
that this is the only successful method of dealing with this and 
other fatal contagions of animals. 
