the premises of Frank Pecor and Fred Wieting; an examination showed that the hogs in both places were affected with this disease. Mr. Pecor had lost twenty-two and Mr. Wieting five. I established a quarantine in both places and gave directions as to the treatment and sanitary measures to be adopted, and the disease died out shortly afterward and did not spread to any other herds. These hogs had been fed on swill or refuse from hotels in the city of Oswego.

On January 15th I went to Arcade, Wyoming county, and on the farm of F. W. Sherwood, near there, I found one cow in his herd affected with tuberculosis. This case was reported at once to the State Board of Health, and the animal was killed shortly afterward by Dr. M. J. Henderson, by their order.

January 16th I went to Williamstown, Oswego county, and examined a herd of cows on the farm of Dennis Healy, four miles east of that place, and found them suffering from anthrax. Five had died from it prior to my arrival. This herd had been fed hay cut from a swampy field, and I think that the disease was caused by spores of the bacillus anthracis in the hay, which still retained their vitality and were taken into the system of the cattle.

January 26th I was called to Cuba, Allegany county, and went from there to Obi, twelve miles south, to examine a herd of cattle on the farm of Riley Otto, which had been reported to this Department as suffering from some contagious disease. I learned that about two weeks prior to my arrival, Mr. Otto had killed a cow for beef and found an abcess in one of the lungs. A thorough physical examination did not reveal any indication of tuberculosis or any other contagious disease in the herd, and they were all in apparent good health.

February 6th I went to the farm of Marshall Mead, in the town of Scriba, four miles south of the city of Oswego, and found his hogs affected with hog cholera. He had lost eighteen prior to my arrival. These hogs had been fed on swill and refuse from the Doolittle hotel, in the city. I established a quarantine on the premises, had the food changed and gave directions as to treat

ment, and the disease died out there in a short time and did not spread any further.

On February 20th I went to Frankfort, Herkimer county, on a complaint that the herd of milch cows on the farm of Clarence Orrendorf, a local milk dealer, were affected with some contagious disease. I made a thorough investigation of this herd and found them all in good health. The sanitary conditions of the stables were excellent and the food good.

On March 1st I was directed to go to Cattaraugus, Cattaraugus county, and examine the herd of cattle on the premises of Stephen Richardson; I did so, and found several affected with anthrax and one dead from it. Proper treatment and care eradicated the disease in the herd in a short time and no more losses occurred.

On March 4th I went to Mahopac Lake, Putnam county, and examined a herd of milch cows on the farm of Jesse Agor; I had examined this herd previously, in 1895, and found two cows affected with tuberculosis; as the milk was all shipped to New York city, and I had reason to think that I did not see all of the cows at that time, and Mr. Agor was so secretive and very unwilling to give me any information in reference to them, I decided to keep the herd under surveillance, and on this visit I learned that he had killed the affected ones. A physical examination showed that the herd at this time was apparently free from tuberculosis.

On March 8th I was called to Otto, Cattaraugus county, on the complaint of Milton Little, who reported that his herd of cattle was affected with some contagious disease. An examination of this herd showed that they were suffering from a depraved vitiated appetite. They were very poor and emaciated; had eaten and gnawed the barnyard fences, and some were so weak they could hardly get up; an investigation showed they had not been fed any hay during the winter, and received only straw and about one-half the necessary quantity of grain, as the farm was in charge of a tenant who worked it on shares. Mr. Little, at my suggestion, took charge of the cattle himself; plenty of good food and a course of tonics soon produced a change for the better, and

Mr. Little wrote me three weeks later that the herd was getting on finely.

March 14th I went to Dudley's settlement, near Bath, Steuben county, and examined a herd of cows on the farm of Philip M. Little; I found two cows in the herd affected with tuberculosis. These cows were at once reported to the State Board of Health.

On March 22d I examined the cattle on the farm of Benjamin Schoffer, near West Leyden, Lewis county, and found one cow affected with anthrax and one dead from it. This herd had been fed on "breaks" or ferns cut in a swampy piece of ground, and no doubt the spores were taken into the system in that manner; anthrax had prevailed to a large extent in this region in the fall of 1895.

April 30th I went to Goshen, Orange county, and examined the herd of Henry Bacon at that place; I found one cow affected with tuberculosis and reported the case to the State Board of Health at once.

On May 13th I went to Parish, Oswego county, and examined the herd of cows on the farm of W. O. Seaman, and found two badly affected with tuberculosis. The cases were reported to the State Board of Health at once.

On May 22d I went to Chestertown, Warren county, on a complaint from that place that the cows on the farm of Enos Brown, a local milk dealer, were affected with some disease; I made a thorough examination of this herd but failed to find any contagious disease. The cows were all in excellent health.

June 12th I examined the cows on the farm of Edward Gill at Pratt's Hollow, Madison county, and found that seven of them had died from anthrax; the balance of the herd were well; no other outbreak of the disease occurred in the neighborhood.

June 23d I went to West Valley, Cattaraugus county, to investigate some complaints as to sickness among cattle in that locality, and in company with Dr. M. J. Henderson, V. S., examined the cows on the farm of Henry Kruse; also a number of other herds in that vicinity; near Colden, Erie county, we found them nearly all suffering from depraved and vitiated appetites

and in poor condition. Dr. Henderson's report in this matter will cover the particulars in these cases. In fact, I found quite a large number of herds in the western part of the State affected in this same manner; it was owing to the shortness of the hay crop the preceding summer and the practice of feeding poor and mouldy straw, with short rations of grain and no hay.

On July 10th I went to Warsaw, Wyoming county, and examined the herd of cattle on the premises of Henry Smith, near Orangeville; also, several other herds in that vicinity, and found them all suffering from malnutrition and muscular stiffness.

August 5th, in company with V. C. Beebe, assistant commissioner, I examined the herd of cows on the farm of Peter Dillon, near Darien, Genesee county, and found them affected with malnutrition and muscular stiffness.

On August 19th I was directed to go to Kenoza Lake, Sullivan county, and investigate an outbreak of anthrax in that vicinity, which I did, and found that William Mousthrop, at that place, had lost three cows from it; the balance were not affected at that time. I then drove to Fosterdale, in the town of Cochecton, and found the herd of John Van Bergan affected and five cows dead; another farmer named Peter Keesler had lost seven from anthrax. I established a quarantine on all the affected farms, had the cattle removed to high ground and gave directions as to treatment and care. The disease did not spread any further and shortly afterward died out in that locality.

On August 21st I went to Greene, Chenango county, and examined the herd of cows on the premises of A. R. Whittemore. I found that anthrax had broken out in the herd and seven cows had died from it; the balance were not affected at that time, as they had been removed to high ground and given proper treatment.

On September 3d an outbreak of anthrax was reported on the farm of L. Kirtland, near Randolph, Cattaraugus county; on my arrival there I found that one cow had died from it. The herd was pasturing on low wet ground on the border of the Conewango swamp; I had them removed at once to the upland and

given proper treatment; no more trouble occurred on the farm from the disease.

September 10th I was directed to proceed to New Haven, Oswego county, and investigate an alleged disease among the milch cows of G. T. Gardener, of that place, who was selling his milk to a cheese factory near by. I made a thorough examination of the herd, consisting of seventeen milch cows, and found them all in good condition and good health and no disease among them. The only unusual circumstance in the case, as Mr. Gardener informed me, was that at times the milk became ropy or stringy. I then made an examination of the drinking water in the fields and found that in one place the water came through a black muck soil, which might produce the fungi causing ropy or stringy milk. I directed him to fence that place in, so as to keep the cattle from drinking there, and have heard of no complaint from the herd since.

On September 22d I went to Honeoye, Ontario county, and examined a herd of hogs owned by John Quick of that place; I found a large number of them affected with hog cholera and forty-five had already died from it. It appeared that Mr. Quick had gone to Buffalo and bought 110 hogs at the stock yards in that city, and immediately after getting them to Honeoye the disease broke out among them. There appears to be no doubt but that they were already infected when he got them at Buffalo, as the public press shortly afterward stated that the city board of health of Buffalo had taken action in the matter and caused a large number to be slaughtered there on account of hog cholera. It did not spread beyond Mr. Quick's premises and I have heard nothing from him since.

October 13th I was directed to go to Penn Yan and investigate an outbreak of hog cholera in that locality. On my arrival at the farm of Charles Whittaker, in the town of Benton, I found that he had lost a large number of hogs from this cause. I then examined the hogs on several farms in that vicinity and found a number affected with it. An investigation showed that the disease originally started about one year ago among some hogs