The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-09-24
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Texas Cattlef AVER.

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This scourge, which has lately affected cat.
tie on several farms in the neighborhood of
Deer Creek, has entirely abuted No new
cases are reported, but nearly every one of
the cattle affected by it have died. At Indian
Springs Farm the home of the late Thomas
Symington, nine head of cattle, belonging to
Messrs. Gorrell and Janney, died, having all
the symptoms Of the disease Thomas
Lochary, residing on Judge Stump's farm,
also lost one steer, and Mr.. j. w. Wakeland,
at Churchville, lost some five OF six. The
report that Mr.. Gorrelps mules were attack.
ed with the same disease was erroneous
They were infested with strange kind of
tick like the disease cattle were, but there ap.
pears to be no connection between the ticks
and the fever. The disease is communicated
by contact with infected cattle, in warm
weather. A herd OF native cattle have been
known to sicken and die from having been
simply driven across road along which dis
eascd Texan cattle had been driven forty
eight hours previously. To take the disease,
cattle must be on the same ground with those
infected. fence between them is sufficient
to prevent the contagon. The danger is
over after several heavy frosts have occurred.
The drove Of Texan cattle which spread
the disease were brought into this county
about the middle of July last, and were
pastured one night at Mr.. j. W. Wakeland's,
Churchville. The next day they were driv-
en- to Indian Springs farm, where they re-
manned several weeks. When the cattle on
the latter place, belonging to Mcssrs. Gorrel
and Janney, and Mr. Wakland's cattle, com.
menced dying, the Texans were taken to
Havrc dc Grace and shipped to Philadelphia
These cattle were subsequently purchased at
the Philadelphia cattle scales and introduced
Into Cecil county. There they were sold to
farmers in the neighborhood of Port Deposit
Mr.. John Maulden bought twenty. five head
three of them are dead. Judge Stump also
bought some of the same lot, and lost one
John Stump, Jr., bought twenty five, seven
Of which have died. John Z. Gillespie
bought fine pair of oxen. They both died.
Mr.. G. p. Whitaker also lost three.
The only sure way to prevent the spread
of the disease is TO avoid placing cattle in
fields where diseased cattle have been pas-
tured until the poison is destroyed by sue
cessive heavy frosts.
A correspondent of the Elkton Democrat,
in an interesting article on the subject, gives
the symptoms of the disease as follows:
The first symptoms of the disease is an M.
pearance of anguor and weariness which is
unmstakeable; the head droops, the ears
hang down, the eyes are staring. This some
times occurs when cattle are terrified but
the stupid stare of the cattle affected by the
disease is very different from the furious stare
produced by terror The back is arched,
strong efforts are made 10 dung-which are
often Intellectual, the droppings being unusu-
ally dry, scanty and stained with blood
These symptoms are invariable The urine
is generally dark brown in color, and com.
monty called black water This symptom
is not, however, always present in the earlier
stages of the disease. The coat is generally