Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-15
TEXAS FEVER.
Interesting Letter by Mr.. C. D. FoOte, De-
failing the Results of Innoculation
of Imported Cattle,


failing the Results of InnOculation
of Imported Cattle.
Mr.. c. D. Foote Of the Kiowa stock
farm, was here in attendance upon the
convention. The following letter which
appeared recently in the San Angelo
Standard, and which deals with the
question of innoculating stock for the
prevention of Texas fever, will be read
with interest by the members of the con-
vention, and by cattlemen throughout
the state.
KIowA STOCK FARM, March 6, 1890.
Editors Standard:
Agreeable to promise made some time
ago to give results of experiment in in
poculating imported cattle for Texas
fever for publication, have to say: The
result SO tar has been perfectly satsfac-
tory, and that your readers, many of
whom know are very much interested
in the result, may draw their own con-
illusions as TO the cause Of the immunity
of my stock, will give particulars of
treatment and compare, so far as I
know, my shipments with others.
The cattle, thirty head of Herefords,
consisting of one two-year-old bull,
eight bull calves, FIVE heifer calves,
three yearling heifers, seven two and
six three-year- heifers, were shipped
from Fayette, Mo-. on the 18th Of De-
cember in Street stable car, and came
through without unloading, arriving at
San Angelo December "a.
Before unloading they were inooulated
with virus prepared by Doctor Paul Pa
quin, state veterinarian of Missouri, and
the whole subsequent treatment was un-
der his instructions.
After being inuoculated they were
driven ten miles to the farm, and the in
nocculation repeated every fourth day for
sixteen days, and every day their temp
eratures taken with fever thermometer.
They were placed in a small yard on
the south side of shed, and before put
ting them in, all managers and every
thing else was removed and new feed
troughs and managers put in, and shed
whitewashed throughout. From the day
they came here they have been fed moth
ing but sorghum, cut fine, without seed
and no medicine of any kind has been
given. On the 18th OF January they
were turned into the pasture with Texas
cattle and have been fed and run in past
ure with them all the time SINCE
Their temperature during the time they
were kept up, ran from deg. to deg.
above normal, but other than this there
was no evidence of fever. Ny instruc-
lions from DR.. p, were to put them,
after keeping them isolated for twenty
days, in the worst infected pasture
could, but as don t know an infected
from non-infected pasture, / put them
on the best grass 1 had. Not one of the
thirty has shown any symptom of sick
ness, and they are now in better condl-
ton than when they came here.
Now, compare with other lots which
were not innoculated-and l will here
state that some of these figures are hear
say, but probably about right: About
December r. r. Wade bought twenty
two hesd-eleven are dead. December
/, William Turner, eleven head-eight
are dead. P. C. Lee during the fall got
three lots; out of one lot Of six FIVE are
dead and large percentage of the other
two lots. Conner Bros. bought thirty
head in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are dead. III.
81. Erskine bought FIVE in December, two
of which have been sick, but by care and
skillful nursing we're saved. Thomas
Mccall OF Concho county bought ten
head in December-six are dead. The
Malloy cattle company OF Conoho county