, 1860-07-27
AGRICULTURAL.
STOCK.


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Prepared expres.ls for the Press and Tt!bune.1
THE cA41Lx DISEASE.
With mn animal in c;r;];xed mnn more init.
roate,v connected than with the domestic coyx
sha f,rn;sha. him With bu,tar and nhaas. u;..
meat .nd leather. and what vou1d n do v;th-
ont her mi1kg S,e il tn him mani md dr;.1.
and clothing. What aterr,bia nnroar was sor,
time ago produced by the discovery that there
WAS a disease among the dairy cows of New
,,o,r, and how every stock -a;.cr IN III cor,x
trv held hin breotb when the news frs; cap,e of
the terrible cattle plague in Massachusetts,,
Sor has snh,eonent Investigation canaed tha IN.
1ar.st IN ah,te Nearly eyerv Sorthern Stats
ha. ,dontad ,r..,r,;9,a,v m...,,.. oh;o
anno;nted a comm,ttee of thre- exnerienced
men IN v;s;t the infected d;strict. md from the
renort Of The Chairman. Mr.. John Il. Klinpart.
70 n,onos, 10 furnish a sypops;s of The syun.
toma and cbarocter Of the ma,ady. and the
remedies suopested.
I. Ey,nptou.-In the early stare of the
,;saaoa Tho an;ma, s-nar.tes ;t.e,f frnm tba
-s,,1. dn,ino tho ea,,v mart of tbe dnv
-II.,, ---a dreaming. does
e. s -. 49, - . 49, 4pp ~, s".s' Ass -. -
.-.,oa. a...,r =. .o.e~.- -, w. 'ss..1 .es,.,.
,o;,s ~. ha~d aos;, . s1;ah. .a~.s a..~.
ub.t l,r.tv IN chs-.oto. III .o,a $780, ~ 49,
servsd .nd ~ rasa;-.t;an 10000 - ~ ,;,oss ~
na,t;n, and ,ohor~d ,s tborot tho .n;1,,1 Nd
-. -. .a,.s n..,.-., as...;s- -,
..u.. ~. aasst:.- - III :. s:..;.:sx.s NJ.
.a. ,.... -. 49,. ,..s
-ssaoad ond " st,r;n. H. rauah ha,on, -. mo-a
fr.nnsn+ md ho.,se +ho hraoth bacorea ,,o,s
n,o;x+ .nd offans;,a ,hs rr,,.s ia ,r;c,. .,d ,,-
bored sn,et;te and rnm;nat5on fcnd chex;nc,
ara oraatlv ;mnair.d-,be latte, he;ne often en.
+;,e1r Observation-Disclosures Of tbe bowels
ercrement almost hiaek and hard. the different
narta of the body NAV hava an equal distr,bu.
tim If heat or the xhols aurfrce NAV be un-
natura1,v coo,. the akin IN fired tn the ribs
the animal 1inches upon being subjected to
nres,ure upon theapine. or percussion upou tie
chest In a still nore hdvanced stare. The sni.
ma, freonent,v lie. down and wb;1e stand;,o
loota nincbed with tba head nro.rnded the
mouth ia covered with sa1ivia and The v,,o1a
o,nas-.,,a :, b.oa.,d ana Avn, .o,.,a,.
dr;nn;nn ~ .a.,. ~, - - ~. 1,n7.,..a
IA .sroes... ~. ..-a;.;,. WI. 49,
,.a.;.ad -. :. a..1;.t =. ~. .;d.. oftha o,,o..
:. .t..;. - .ts :,:.....s--. A.. ~,:-
low. 1ustIiur. breathing souud of health will ba
found replaced by a crepltstinp. crnck1inc or
rafting sound. yaryinr in depree of intens;tr
and character with the stage and extent Of the
f|iseas.
xnr<o~op->,-.s I'm rs.n,. ~ ..v...,
mr., ,nnrt<,n axar.;na,;ons II. El;.,ar. .h;,ts
H.. -. 81 ta. .. - r r. s;.aa.s
- :. H.. .a.s - -a-as . -, -ss,aH. rs-.:sss
..a;... c,t.-s s....1- ~ s;..es.;~
the first stage Of the disease, the lung will be
found congested in spots, and dark in color.
like liver, and hence eaid to be heptasized, and
this heptization is mottled and marked in an.
pearance. generally the base of the luno-
sometimes one, sometimes both 1ungs-beinc
diseased. Tbe d;sco,orcd nor,;ona NJ The 1nnoa
diferiu s;ze in proportion to the severity of The
case. When Gu, into. the living membrane Of
the small mir tubes. being swollen. ro1, or nont
out, and being light in color, eire the lung an
appearance as though dotted over with small
ebscesses. In more advanced stage the cor
gested portion Of the luur will be found hsrI-
..s .s;,.;. a., ~
snea aua 'Hpes'''us 70 LUG UT, a.' 'Re oroa'
chat tubes Beng closed up. Sill later, this
hardened psrt Of the lung will be found more
or loo, cor,,,a,a1r -, .an.-.+s1 f-o,, tha ha,1,,,,
~Dp' sepa' 'I' ' De'l'
lung. in the form OF slough hoatng altogether
;ng mn.
p"o. ,........,,
D. tontdg'on--Mr. hIlppeft prenouncea the
disease contagious It commenced in a partic.
,,.r fo,vl;t- .aa .,...a - a;-.,.,on IT,
:, 49, -,
aestsoylng all cattle infected Win IL, ano not
allowing others to occupy the same or contigu.
ous pastures, yards. or stables. its rayapcs NAV
=. ....~.os :. .es...:. s....t-a. :. 49,;
lty or other, it Is olwaJs present; aud just SO
long IS this is tue case. aud we have intercourse
w;th tbos. .,r,+,;e. .na +ha;- r,tt1o ,,,-
&. ''ese w 40 .A1 A.'P'' 'as.. ~es's,oa'
herds will be exposed to danger. The English
government has several times prohibited even
tha ;,,,or..,;o, oe t;aa. fr,,, c..-u.,r
ADP'' '1>on ~ n,ese tou "e4"AuS'
I. lnoeuzation--The best known remedy is
incubation. It has been successfully practiced
r,-,ra d,.;.. c..t- .-. ..a - Sa,,ha.,
y1AA''
a'sea scarcely any ea1he are 10" le1s' except
those which hare been operated on. 1t is not
an unfail1pr p,ep<u.ioa but will battle the dis.
Ir..- .-:.,..,.u.a.
eHse Al nino easeo oo' u 'en' Ant"a's a'feaaJ
Injected cannot, OF course, be curfd BY It. lu-
oculation Of the pleu1o. pneumonia is not in.