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STorPACI'] OF CANADIAN CATTLh: TliADK. 
 
 S U M M A K Y . 
 
 Frmn tliu tc>;iiiwiiiL,' it will l)o .soon that 1 iuiimal, ami is .s.ii<l to have .stcntl in tlio 
 llioi'o woro sold at Diiiuloo cii (itli October i Siiiiio liyiv, if not tlio saiiio .sliill, as tlio 
 r»'_'"J cattlo, laiulod oil 'J'Jtli Soi)tuii»l)or f.i' i Canadian cow tirst insitocUjil, and tliu 
 IMonksoatoM s.s., and (i84 oattlo landed (V opinion is ox|irossod, if tlioir was any iiluuro 
 Ihu'onas.s. 'I'lio cattlo, hoth wliilo on board at all, that tho lionio-brod cow nnist liavo 
 tlio ships and wliilo housed in tlio covered Itoon sutforini^' Ijifoic tho Oanadiai:s arrived, 
 shods at laniliiiL.' wharf, where they stood for and thai tlio ('aii;uliaii cow, which was lir.st 
 .several days, had nice, dry, comfortable killed, if it had pieiiro at all, must have cou- 
 (|uartors. After tlie sale they wore lisfiersed traded it from the home-bred animal, 
 over the country, many of them boiii;,' put | On the "Jlst October, .Mr Kspliii of 
 out into Holds, remaining,' out all nii^ht, and i Westertoii, Coliiston, near Arbroath, 
 it happened just at that i)artiuular time that ' re[iortoil that a CaiKidian ox liou^dit 
 a spell of cold, wot wiatiier occurred, lastiiii,' by him on (Jth October «..■ .Aloiiksiatoii's 
 for marly a week, and which was (|nito ; cari^'o was showinj,' indic.itions of pleuro. 
 sutiicienttoeau.se the cases of cold , and lung The animal wuh tlieroafter killed, and its 
 allection which showed them.selves among ' luni,'s sent to tho I'.oard of Agriculturo in 
 the cattle. ! London, with the result that Westerton, 
 
 On Sunday, !>th October, a eow, which, , ^'"Hi^ton, \vji.s declared infected, and all 
 it ia said, had calved on board ship. anil, '^"■ttlo there ordered to be slaughtered, 
 on thai account, w;is in a weakly con- ^«|' check ajipoars so far to have bi'on 
 ditioii. bought by Mr (Juild of Lindorcs uiade in this ca.se on the Hoard of Agricul- 
 aiid Parkhill, was examined by .^Ir lleid. ; turos diagnosis. 
 
 veterinary surgeon, -\uehtormuchty, who ^ On the L'lst October, .Mr Stewart of 
 thought it was suti'erii;g from ])leuro. This ; Lcckiobank ropoitiid two animals alf'oeted 
 was noliiiwd to Hoard uf Agriculture, who { with illness. One apjioars to have recovered 
 ordered the animal to bo slaughtered, and j before the IJoard of .\grieulturo Inspecior 
 the lungs .sent to tho Royal Veterinary Col- ! got there, while tho other, which is also 
 lege, London, tho result being that the j stated to have boon nearly better, was 
 Hoard of .Vgriculturo examiners lU'onouncod ; slaughtered, and its lungs .sent to London, 
 it a case of pleuro, and out of the whole herd the result being that Lockiebank was a 1. so 
 
 (U'clarod infected with pleuro. rs'o chock 
 Would apjieal' to have boon so far matle on 
 this ea.so on the IJoard of .\griculture's 
 diagno.^is, except that Mr Sti'Wart, the 
 owner of the animal, who had pievi(jusly 
 had considerable experience of pleuro, 
 is strongly of opinion that it was not a 
 ■ase of pleuro at all. Following on these 
 eases orders appear to liave boon given 
 
 of 'J'J.'i head of cat tie on tin; two farms 107 
 head known to have boon in contact with 
 the animal killed were ordered to be 
 slaughtered. 
 
 In the case of tho cow referred to it ap- 
 l)oarstliat Mr Ueid retained a piece of one of 
 tho lungs, and this, .at the instance of the 
 Fifoshiie Local .\ulliority, was submitted to 
 Principal Williams, of lioyal Dick's 
 
 Veteiinaiy College, Kdinburgh, with the } for the slaughter of the whole (^f the 
 result that a joint opinion was re- j 1-00 Canadian cattle sold at Dundee 
 ceived from Princijial Williams aiur on the tltli October, and this a|ppoars 
 Professor Owen Williams stating that the to have now boon accomplished with- 
 animal had died of broncho-pneumonia or ' <nit a single case of ])leuro, so far as is 
 " cornstalk," a non-contagious lung disea.se, I I'epoitod, having been discovoreil, or any 
 and not ot pleuro-pnoumonia at all. j suspicion att.icheil to any animal outside of 
 
 Subseiiuently Professor U. Wallace, Agri- 1 the three whose ca.ses we have already given 
 cultural Department, Edinburgh I'liiversity, i iiarticulars of ; nor are any cases n'liortod of 
 examined the lungs and microscopic sections, inflection having spread fnniiany of those 1200 
 
 corroborating the opinion of Principal Wil 
 Hams and I'rofessor Owen Williams. 
 
 On H.n inspection of the lungs of the other 
 107 cattle slaughtered at Parkhill by Mr 
 Oordon. from the Board of .Vgriculture, and 
 -Mr lloid, veterinary surgeon, it would ap- 
 pear that suspicion could only be attached to 
 the lungs of (Uie other cow. Its luiins were, 
 therefore, immediatelydespatciiod to London, 
 with tlio result that the Hoard of Agriculture 
 examiners .are said to have proiiuuneeil that 
 the lungs showed all the symptoms of pleuro. 
 This cow, it has transpired, was a home-bred 
 
 cattle to any of the largo number of other 
 cattle with wiiich they li.ivo been in contact 
 at the diflorent farms. 
 
 It will also bo noted that the farmers 
 whose eatllo have lioen slaughtered aee 
 almost to a man of tho most strong opinion 
 tli.it there is no pleuro at all, but that the 
 Hoard of .\griculiure h.ive entirely blundereil 
 in their diagnosis. This opinion, it will be 
 seen from the ajipended interviews, is also 
 shared by other leading agriculturist.s 
 throughout F(U'farsliire, Fifeshire, and Perth- 
 shiri). 
 
 NoTK. — Since above was written tile Imigs of oiii' aniiiml slaiiu'htered at Ardgaith, Perthshire, 
 have been npurled liy ISoanl of Agrieultme us iiifeeti'l, and the iviiiaiiiiiig .^loek, lO'i liead, 
 slatiglitered out. No check lias .so far bei.'ii made of Hoaiil of Agriculture's iliai,'iio,«i«. 'I'lie Perth 
 Local .Vutliuriiy iiave recpii.sitjoiied fur an iiidepciiileiit iuve>iiyatioii of tin lungs. 
 
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 SCHEDULING AND SLAUGHTERING OF 
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 Tiiiulori's, 
 
 l'\)rfiir.shiri' Farm.s, 
 
 liCC'kiehank, 
 
 rarkhiU, - 
 
 Hruntoii, 
 
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 El^insliin.' and lSiinlL>liin . 
 
 Arlu-o.atli, - • I'i, -1, 
 
 Korfiir, 
 
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 1ialc(»ii)iie, 
 
 Kiiuioniiark, ^fttlivcii. 
 
 Kdi'iibank. lieucluirs, 
 
 Knockeiiiiy, 
 
 Newton of (4Iamis, 
 
 Hoss-Hliire, • 
 
 I'erthsliiri;, - 
 
 Ar(l;,raith, - 
 
 INTERVIEWS WITH FARMERS AND 
 
 OTHERS— 
 Mr (Graham, Kildiimy, 
 Mr Stewart, Leckiebank, - 
 .Messrs Lawson & Diitf, 
 Mr Constal)le, 15aludgariio, 
 Mr Millar, Falsido, 
 Mr (Jilisim, Leodi, 
 Mr Gilruth, Seatoii, 
 xMr M'Waltiir, Ktliie, 
 Mr Donaldson, Xewton, - 
 Mr lit 11, Ernntoii, 
 Mr Ks])lin, Oolliston, 
 Mr Hall, Gondii; Acres, 
 Mr Si'mple, Hauglis of Kinnaird, 
 Mr Nicoll, S(mth Mains, - 
 Mr Uatchflor, Finavon, 
 !Mr yniith, Lundiu Castlu, - 
 Mr Watson, Kirton of Liindic, 
 Mr iSinijison, Hatton of Xowtyl'j, 
 Mr Wni. Siinp-on, Ingliston, 
 Mr (!uo. Roy. Kirkhill, 
 Mr Alex. Deiiuliar, Forfar, 
 Mr Aiidruw Ositr, Louli of liilf, 
 Mr (iranger, J'itcur, Coujiar Angus, 
 Mr A. I'ittullo, South Cask, 
 Mr T. .(. (}ardinctr,l?anchory,Coui)arAngii.> 
 (!olom'l Dickson, I'anbride, 
 Mr I'eter M'lntyrc, Dcnfind, 
 Mr Andrew Hutchtwon, Dundee, 
 Mr Christie, Scotscraig, 
 Mr ISallingall, Dunbog, 
 Mr Alexander, Mallindarg, 
 Mr Harley, Peasehills, 
 Mr Inglis, CoUuthie, 
 ^fr Watt, Kilniuny, 
 Mr Fanpdiar, I'itscandly, - 
 Mr Keid. Kilniundy, 
 Mr Scott, Mains of ISrigton, 
 Messrs Keiil & Smith, Lethani, 
 Mr Playfair, Morphie, 
 Mr Samson, Ijalwylli), 
 Mr Rodger, Mains of Dun, 
 Mr liell. TJarns of Claverliou~( , 
 Mr Dingwall, Kaniornie Hill. 
 Mr Melville, ISallo Mill, - 
 .Mr Dunn, North Kincaiile, 
 Mr Synie, Leuchars Castle, 
 Mr (Jeiitle, Airdrie, Anslrnther, 
 Mr M'Laren, Dearachie, 
 Mr Downio, l^alcombic, 
 Mr Gariliner, Henhili, 
 
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 Meeting of F.ariiiers. IVrthi^ 
 
 " Let Us lia\e Free Trade," 
 
 A Carse Farmer's Oiiinion, 
 
 IJuyers of Monkseaton and lliivona Cattle, 
 
 Wholesale Slaughtering in ForfarHhire. 
 
 Craiid Healthy Measts, .... 
 
 A Piece of \eedless Fxjiense, - 
 
 In(''gnant Protests, ..... 
 
 Cai idians Healthiest Cattle in the World. 
 
 l'rincii)al Williams' ( )pinion. 
 
 Interview w ith Principal Williams, - 
 
 Pleuro f. Cornstalk (Illustrations), - 
 
 Sheer .Vbsurdity, ..... 
 
 No Pleuro in Canada, .... 
 
 Testimony of Forfar Farmers, 
 
 Feeling in Canada, 
 
 A Hardshi]) on Farmers and " I'oor Folk," 
 
 Deptitation to Mr Herbert (iardiner, 
 
 Mr Whitelaw, M.P.'s Letter to the IJoard 
 
 of Agriculture, 
 Fifesliire Farmers Indignant, 
 A Forfar Vet.'s Experience. 
 A Perthshire Farmer's Opinion, 
 IJoard of .\griculture"s Letter to Fifesliire 
 County Clerk, - . . - 
 
 Profes.sor Wallace's Opinion, 
 (Hasgow Authorities, 
 Carvenoni Cattleman's Opinion, 
 -Mr Stewart Lindsaj'. 
 Fnglish Farmers demaml Protection, 
 PRESS COMMENTS— 
 Scotsnum — No Disi'ase traceable, - 
 North British Daily -Mail's Opinion, 
 Dundee Courier — 
 
 On the Drink of a Miiddle, 
 
 Is the Scare warranted '. 
 
 Dangers Incurred, 
 
 Iiiiniediate Action neces>,iiy, 
 
 Into the Muddle. 
 
 Scottish Farmers and the (loverunient, - 
 
 Opportunity for Scottish M.l'.'s, 
 
 Prohibition of Canadian Cattle, - 
 
 Dangers of Delay. 
 
 A Significant Letter. 
 
 Professor Wallace's Protest, 
 Aberdeen Journal's Ojiinion, 
 North British Agricultiu'ist. 
 Meat Trades Journal, 
 Edinburgh Evening News, 
 Edinburgh Evening ])ispatch, 
 (Ilasgow llirald's Opinion, 
 'I'oronto Empire's Opinion, 
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 STOPPAGE OF CANADIAN CATTLE TRADE. 
 
 INJUSTICE TO SCOTCH FARMERS. 
 
 THE PLEURO SCARE FROM DAY TO DAY. 
 
 Prom ftumirr Courier of 2.'>id Octohrr, 1S02. 
 
 SLArr.IITKIUNG OF THE OATTLE. 
 
 CONTIXrKD CON'THOVI HSY OX 'I'HK 
 DFSKASK. 
 
 The vopnrfpil onHirenk of pI('\iro-i)m'nmnnia on 
 tlio fntini 'if I'aikliiil nnd LiiHlnrcs, ncnr Xi>\vl)uic;li. 
 linx pi'ciiti'il imich tiilk, ivit onlv in tlio <li-tiiot,. hiit 
 tlnoupilinut till- wliolc ot Fifcsliiio niiil tlm ndjoin- 
 iiig ri>\ii\tie-i. Tlw f;n'in of T.iiiildrcs Im occMipiiil liv 
 Mr Willinm OiiiM, wliilo tliat of Paikliill is 
 mnnnfl;p<l liy liis son, ;\Ti' f;\iil(l, jnn. Tin' fact tlint 
 the cow wliicli is xaiil to liavc lioiMi aflf' ctod was 
 inijiortod fi'oin f'aiiaila Iuih ^'ivon list; to 
 (•o\sii)Kii.\iH,E nisrfssif>N. 
 Spvoral of tlie Icnilinc: faimpis in tlm ilisttict liold 
 that no snch ilisonse ns contagions iilonvo. 
 pneumonia ever existed in Tanaila, and attiilnitc 
 the il'npss of the cow to hioncho-pnonmonia or 
 cornstalk dispasp, whioh is nnn-contauiinns and 
 unknown in this conntry, but well known in tlip 
 AVestern States of Aitiprica. Tlio animal affcptod 
 is said to havn lippti landed at Dundee on tlip 20th 
 Spptpmlier by the steamer IMonksoaton, which dis- 
 charKiil a oarco of 522 head and 4ealvcs, all shipped 
 by Messrs Rickprdike it frowo. Alontreal. These 
 cattle, along with 0S4 head landed by the Thomson 
 r.iiie steamer ITnroiia, were di-iimseil of at a sale 
 held on the fith October. l\Ir Guild attended tlif 
 -^ale, and bnught the cow along with six heifers. 
 These were des])atclied bv rail to Xewbiirgli on tlie 
 samp day. the row, for roiivinieiice. being housed 
 at Parkhill for the night. On Sunday ^Fr Keid, 
 veterinary surgeon. Anehtermu'dity. was called to 
 attend to the animal, wliich apjieared to be 
 
 sn'FKiiiNfi vwn\ n.i.NKMs. 
 Mr Reid, on examining the cow. wasof o|iinion that 
 it was suffering from pli'uro-piieiimnnia, and at once 
 cominnnicated with the lioanl of Agrieulture. 
 This bodv immediately ordoied the cow to be 
 killed, and the lung" sent to the Royal Veterinary 
 College, London. There theyweie examined by 
 the Iiisjiectors of the lioard of .\gi ienltnre. who 
 also came to the poiicln>ion that the cow had been 
 affected by contagions p'eiiro-|ineuinoiiin. Onh'rs 
 were thenaftei sent by tlie lioaid to liav.' the 
 whole of the animals wliicli lind been in contact 
 with the diseaseil one killeil. On learning of tills 
 the Fifeshire Local .Authority communicated with 
 the I'oard, anil requested that tlie 
 
 sr,.\rr;nTi liiNf! oi- tiik catti.k 
 should be delayed until a full investigation were 
 made into the case, which was of a iiecnliar 
 character. Tlie fact that the cow was a rami liaii, 
 and that no outbreak of ))Ieuin was ever known to 
 have occnned in Canada, w,i^ also iioiiited out. 
 The T.oard of Agriculture, however, decided that 
 the whole herd should lie killed, and replied to that 
 effect. In nil, the stock on the two farms numbi-red 
 223 head, and ot these uo fewer than 107 were 
 
 known to liav,; been in contact with the infected 
 animal. Tlie cattle were valued on Wednesday, 
 and on Thursday morning the wml; of slaughtering 
 them was commeiu'i'd by a nnmbir of Initchers 
 nndpr the supervision of Jfr Duff, of ^fl■ssrs Lawson 
 k Duff, aiietioneeis, Dundee. .Mtoirether 05 
 animals liav.' heen oiden'd to be killed on I'iirkhill 
 Farm ami 43 at Lindores. t'p till la-t ni'.;lit about 
 30 head had hem slaughtired at I'arkhill and 20 at 
 liii.dores. The 
 
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 wascariicdon vigorously all day by the butchers, 
 wlio were assisted hy several of the servants on the 
 farms. A lariro shed was utiliseil on each of the 
 farms fru' the skinning ami cleaning of the carcasi'S, 
 which were hung in rows from the jf ists of tlio 
 bnihlings. The lungs of each of the animills were 
 not allowed to bo removed from the carcases until 
 tliey had been examined by Mr Gordon, one of the 
 P.eard of .Agriculture Inspectors, who has been going 
 to ami from the farms since the operations were 
 commenced. Jlr Reid, V.S., has al.-o been in at- 
 tendance. 
 
 MOST 01' THK .ANIM.\r,S KU-LED 
 
 were from two to four yeans of a','e, and they in- 
 cluded eight Canadian heifers and two Canadian 
 stots. The carcases wiifjli from O."! cwts. to 1\ cwts. 
 each, and nil are for :\Ies-rs Lawscni it Dutf," Dun- 
 dee. It is exjieeted that the whi.lp nf the animals 
 will he killed by to-night. Tiio jinrchasers at the 
 sale of the Monkseaton's cargo included four or five 
 of thcfarmersin the distiict-^ around ('n]iarand Xew. 
 burgh. T')) till last night no further trace of the 
 disease had heen discovered. Mr Reid, we under- 
 stand, before sending off one of the lungs to 
 London, lelained a jiieee. 'I'lie Local .Authority 
 yesterday comminieatt'd with Jlr Keid, and re- 
 quested liim to have the 
 
 I'AHT OK TIIK T.rN'O I)K.SP.\TCHKI) 
 to Professor Williams, Edinhurgh, in onler that he 
 might give his opinion as to whether the disease 
 was that of contagions pleuro-pnenmonia or not. 
 His decision will in all inobahility he ri'liorted to a 
 meeting of the .Authority which is pyjH'eted to bi> 
 iield in Cnjiar on Tin slay first. Mr A. ISallingall, 
 Dnnboi.', on whom our repri'sentativc called yi'stcr- 
 day, is one of the gentlemen holding the opinion 
 that the outbreak is not one ot 
 
 INFKCTKirs I'l.KrllO-l'NKrMONl.X, 
 
 but of coru.-<talk disease, which, aithongli to some 
 extent unknown in this (piarter, is very common 
 in the \\'esterii States of America. Contagious 
 pleuro, he ex))laine(l, was transmitted from one 
 animal to another by hreathing. ami it first of all 
 alfpcted the bronchial tubes, whereas the disease 
 known as cornstalk seemed to he more a species of 
 hhinilpoisiniing, and all'ected the lungs throngh the 
 lilood. He also understood cornstalk to ad'cet the 
 lungs more in the extremities of the veins than in 
 the centre. It was next to impossible, ho thought, 
 
From hmiln VourW of S'ind and .74th Oftoher, /.9,0,?. 
 
 for nn nnimnl Hiifforiiig from contatfintin picnro- 
 pmumonia to have been hro;ij{(it fr"tn Sfontrcnl f" 
 I)iini]('o without 1 aviiii^ aff' ' t<'<I iw/jnc of flic otlid 
 nniinals in the steamer. Thi' 
 
 TWO |i|.'-KS-K>, 
 
 nltliough liavinpt inonv riytii|it'(rn» »itnilar, wcrir, lie 
 hi'lil, qnito ilisfiiict, and couM i-a-ily bf iliHfin 
 KuIhIic'I hv ('xi>ertK: am) hi- Ih ''f o|iiriiot) that I'ro- 
 fcssoi Williams who N ic ;4!(ii|c'"l p» a Njicrialist in 
 this ilirc'ction, will li:ivc no ilitfimlty in f>rovin',' 
 whctlu'i' or not till' nniiTial hail ln-cit ,-iff<ctcil with 
 covnstfilk disease. Consi hi ii/^' Th<- < \t<h-ive trntfic 
 carried on in cattle hrtv/een IJ n ih-c ft?,d Canaihi, 
 the necpsHity of ;;ettiii;< at the iial fartx wa^ of the 
 hif^hest imiMiitiinci'. If it wan iitov<«l fo he a 
 ){>'iiuiue ease of contii^^ioiiH |i|i-iiio, it would, he he- 
 liovcd, follow a.s 
 
 A M.VrrKH OK NK<.-F>H|TV 
 that Canachi woidd huvi- to he \ihi-ii\ under the 
 same rei;idntii>ns ns the St itei-, Thio woidd iinjily ! 
 that all live cattle iinporti'.! fio;n <,'a fida woiiM 
 have to he slonghtered on htndinii. Mr .Mitnliill, of 
 l''li>kmilii, ond srveiiil cjthei wellkijown authorities ; 
 on cattle endorse Mi I!alliii'.4airit o|<inions. Mr ! 
 I'eid, who has had lai(;e eMjcrif-iice ii>f loral in?'i)eo- 
 tor for the district, -^till fii"n!v a lh<res to his ^ 
 former oiiiniou th;it tlin cow- hii.j lii-.-n .• fftrin^ from 1 
 contagions jilciiro. Slujuld thi- h'- tli<- case, the 
 
 WHdI.K KV THK CANAIIlAX-* 
 disposed of at the sale in J)iiiidte on the f!th 
 October will have to be tiac-d an 1 •l;inj<htercd, 
 along with the animals with which tfi- v have been 
 in contait. This will involve a lai!{' nndi rtaking, 
 as over 1200 head were sold, and tie-'! in tnrn mnst 
 by thia time have been in coutaet uith inany otheis, 
 
 WHOLESALE SCHEDlLTNf; 
 FARMH. 
 
 f)F 
 
 BUSPECTED CASE M ARBROATH. 
 
 FORFARSHIRK FMOIKK OX THK 
 ]>()SITIOV, 
 The slaughtering of tin' 107 rattle on Parkhill 
 and Lindores which were dedareil to have been in 
 contact with the animal Kuii|«j»i-d to be infected 
 with pleiiro bea;an on Tlmrwlay in Jx.tt. places, and 
 was continued on Satunlay. >fr fJordon, the 
 Government iuHpector, trav(d!<-<i from I'erth on 
 Saturday rnnrning by rl.e l')..V)trai'> to suixrintend 
 the slaughtering. On n-a' hing N'<wbiir:ili he at 
 once proneoded to Parkhill. H<ie in a *h(d ther.' 
 were twenty carcases hung up rcoly to be taken 
 away by Messrs Lnvsoii k l;iiff, iJnodef!. who 
 have bought the whole of the ejir<-Mses. After 
 a short stay, Mr (jordon prot.'eeded to I, indoles, 
 where the veinaining portion oi the anirnaU were 
 being slaughtered. When our ie|.re-enta'ivi' 
 entered the slaugliterhou-e ei({ht animals that hid 
 been newly killed wiTe being dreK»ed, There were 
 fully a dozen men at work. After the carcises weie 
 thoioughly cleaned iliey w<'re removed to another 
 shed, in whiidi, as alie:idy stat<-d, there were fully 
 a score of carcases. Here were to he seen the 
 remains of the animal which va* »tnp}w;sed to hiivi' 
 been suffering fiom ]ileiiio-pii-';fr!<iiiifi. The hcnst 
 was cut in ipiarteis. and tie iii*< rnaN ha I been 
 I emoveil for examination. Mi l).,(f. Iniieh •-, cut 
 out slices from the flank, which he found to be 
 perfectly true. At midday th'-re were 20 cattle to 
 lie killed and dressed at I'ark'.ill. The men hail 
 been working hard since 'l'huc«<Uy rnoruing, and 
 were 
 
 THOnOlOHLY KICK OK lUK WOFIK. 
 The scene presented by tlie whol«r»ale slaughter 
 was of the most revoltihg kind. Kven the animals 
 on the farm rcbcUuJ agiiiiiitt it. A young man was 
 
 leadinjt a horsp along the front of the farm, but 
 when the beiist came near the Hiautihterhouse it 
 became restive and began to rear. The unusunl 
 occ inence attiiicti d the iitti iition of more than one 
 of the seiviii t". and, on in(|uiiy, it was nscertained 
 thiit the horse shied a' the smell of so much flesh 
 meat. ,\t fjiidorcs the "slaughtering out" was 
 carried on vigorously on Saturday. iMr I)ufT 
 was anxious to have the work finished that 
 day, an 1 to effi ct t'lis he engaged a nuiiber of 
 e\tin h'inds. Then> were no peisons either at 
 l';nkhill or Lindores but those eiiitaged in cairy- 
 ing out the orders of the I'.oaid of .V'.'iieultuie. 
 Mr A. Hntcheson, vice-convener of the I'lith 
 County Coiuicil, was engaged to value the animals 
 which weie ordered to be shiughteKvl, but, 
 thnu;,di his viiliiation has not transpired, it is 
 undeistoo(l that ]\Ir (luihl will lose rihout t2(M) lui 
 nccount of the iietion of the I'.oard of .Agriculture. 
 .Vs iilieady indicated, the scene of carnage both at 
 rnikhill and at Liiuhues was a sickening one, 
 Ciirciises Iny ipiite thick on the floor of the 
 slaighterhouse nudergoing the pvoce.-s of denning 
 and dressing, jireiinratoiy to beiiiL' strung u)) in an 
 fidjoining shed. After each half-dozen carcases had 
 been made ready for the butcher they were re- 
 moved from the killing-house, and another half- 
 dozen cattle were bron^'ht in and slaughtered by 
 expericiiced bufcluus fnun Dundee. .Vlthoiigh 
 there were nearly n dozen men imnloyed in the 
 ghastly operations on each farm, the work of 
 slaughtering nroceeded slowlv, and it was hite on 
 Saturday ninht before' the last of the herd was 
 killed. Many of the cattle as soon alive in the reeds 
 on Saturday were very thin, and would have im- 
 proved imiiiensely with a few wei ks' feeilin.'. Th" 
 leanest of the cattle weie value 1 at ilfl a-hend, and 
 the best of them weri' valued at £17. This, of 
 cotirse, was the value put u])nn them in fixing the 
 comiiensatiou due to the owner, Vr Guild of 
 Lindores. I\lr Graham, farmer, Kildinny, thinks 
 the T'loaril of .\griculturo have made a huge mistake 
 ill ordering the slaughteiiug out of the cattle on 
 Taikhill and Lindores. He points out that ideuro 
 has never been known in Canada, and that it had 
 not been proved that the animal at I'arkhill which 
 was said to be diseased was sutfeiing from jdeuro. 
 Had it been clearly shown that the animal was 
 sutferiiig fiom ])leuro, he thinks the slaughteriiig 
 out of the stock was c|nite justifiable. Several 
 other Terthshiu' fainieis expussed exactly the 
 same oiiiuiiui. 
 
 TIIK SALK .\T DCNDFE. 
 On Friday twenty siiles wiue received at Dundee, 
 .Tiiil sold in the meat market of JNIessrs Lawsnn & 
 I )uff, while (level! others which arrived on Satur- 
 day were disposed of privately. It was iiitiuided to 
 have the whole of the dead moat transferred to 
 Dundee on Saturday, but on acitount of the iiiter- 
 ru|ition of tiiitiie conse(|ueiit on the breakdown on 
 the line near St Fort it was late in the evening till 
 the consignment arrived. Tlie inent is lying at the 
 'Pay T>rid:;e Slatiiui, and a iioitioii of it will be s<dd 
 privately to-d,iy, while the reinainiler will he clis- 
 posed of by auction to-morrow. The juices realised 
 for the meat aliendy sohl laiuieil from 2.'.il to 4d 
 |ier lb., and this is considered a fair aveiaire, having 
 regird to the fact that the slaughtereil animals 
 were store catth\ 
 
 HKSTRIOTIONS OX THK JIOVEMENT OF 
 CVTILK. 
 
 INFr Patriclc, the county clerk, has received a 
 letter, dat(>d 21st Oetoher, from Mr Davenport, 
 ti'avelling insiiector for the Doanl of Agricultuie, 
 stating that he has serv d a no'i(!e on certain cattle 
 owners in Fife, restricting the movements of their 
 
 1 
 
I'rinii linuihi t'lmrlir of J.'flli itinl .\'itli Orlnln >■, /.S'.''„', 
 
 OF 
 
 ciittlo tliroiiL'huiit tlui county. 'I'lw f(ilU>wiiig nro 
 tliO'C wlio liiivi.' lii'iMi st'ivi il witli tlio iintiof ; — .Mr 
 1'. Cliii.vtii', Sc()t>ciiiii;, 'I'MyiiDi t ; .Mr S. Dosviiio, 
 IliiliDiiiliji', (iiul; ^ir .V. Itiiiiciiii, ( 'riiiL;f<iuili", 
 I'liimr; .Mi A. (.ili'liri<t, Cniviuiin, Aiisliiillu'r ; 
 .M( Willi, l.ickicliiiiik, Ai.n; lutlior ; \V. AVil.snii 
 AlorliiM, kiiinsli.inm, Kile; W . (ii'iitlf, .Virdrii', 
 (i.ul; l!. Iluiciii -(111, ^;r,,iii iiniciiiiiit, Kii liCiililv ; 
 1. lo^li, 'I'loii^liii-, Ciiiil; W. .Millii, I'iilsiili', 
 Aii.su 111 liir. >iiiiiliii iioliLiM liiivc iiUo Ijul'ii 11'- 
 cilviil liy I'm Mil r^ in FDriaisliiio, KiiiC'ir- 
 illiiunliiic, mill Dilifi coimik's, wild are kiunvn 
 ti) li.ivu imrcliiis cl cMttiU lit iliL' Hulc. .Not 
 only ilucs ilic orilcr :i|i|ily to tliii:<f iiiiiiiiiilH 
 which t'liiiiKid pint of tin' ciii^imt' liiu .MmiUMMitdii, 
 lull tuiilt dlliuis which hiivc conu.' iii cimiIiiu', In 
 tlif uvtiit ut'ciuili! I'ciiig iiiovi'il III iiintiiivi'iilii.ii 
 cl till! Older thusc Msiionsildi' iiio IIiiIiIl' to tiiu' 
 mill iiiijii iMiiiliiriit, 'I'liu .Miiuk^i'iituii luri'-'uil iit 
 ],iiliiili.u 1)11 Si.'|iluiiiln.'r li'.lth, iiliil liur u:ir.;,o C'.ii.si^tt'il 
 ul 523 hfitil. I liu c ittlu Wire solii on (itii Octubci, 
 mill tliuy wuru ili:i! riiiuii;i| oM'r a \v\y wiilu iiri.'ii, 
 tlio Ijiiycrs iiii;liiiliiig luinnis liuni J'fi ih inri', I'Vii- 
 t'mshin , 1 ill sill U', liiwi liLss-^hiro, miil .Moiiii sh.r.'. 
 /.iiinit tliis si'iisoii ol tilt! yi'iii fill iiiuis lii',j;iii lu JMVf 
 ciiUlc u'iiuivi',1 fioin thu IIlIiIs til liLf cmiitn, hut 
 iii.iiiy ot thi-'in arL'.-till oiitsiilu. .\ntli(Sf cmiiiot \iv 
 hini-i:il uiik-.ss iiiiilur a siiecial licoiisr, it is i..\|ii'c'tiN| 
 tiii'ir health may in many caios hu seriously 
 alfccteil, an I this wouhi, ol coiiisu, rt'-ult in a 
 ilisastroii.s loss to lliu ownei. Tin' riitth' liiinli'il liy 
 till- .M.yii'..,ciitoii wi'iL' .soil! Ill conjunction wilhliSt 
 hiout;lit to iJiiinhe liy tlio 'I'hiinisuii Liiiu sto:iinti 
 Huron 1, a total of 1-07 uniniiiU hcing cNiio.se.l on 
 thti day of !.alu. At that tunc the caigo were 
 coiisi'lereil to he in excellent ortler, ami 
 the prices paid were in aihance of tliusi- 
 paid at pievious Miles. .Amongst the Iniyers were 
 — .\lr lioheit Hoihiui, Miiin^ of L'uu; .Mr Spciice, 
 (.juiiskinny ; iMr Couper, JJr.i ■ of I'uit; .Mi Kohert 
 iJoiialdson, .Sewtuii, Jinurlieillor ; iJailic SiiliiU'iiil, 
 Woodrae ; ilr John JJull, t.'iiiildcots ; ^Mr Guoig'! 
 Mcoll, Forlar ; ilessrs llcnl ii I'ii^lnr, l.ethiiin ; 
 Air Jl'Walter, I'^thie ; Mr .Jaines iJuncan, Dundee; 
 .Mr .Samiisjii, lialwyllo ; Mr I >. ?Souter, Jirechiii ; 
 .Mr A. Oouper, ^taiinochy ; e.\-l!ailie 1 iiylur, I'lt- 
 liviu ; Mr .\. JJ. Wiitson, Kirktou of Ltindie ; Air 
 Jiimea Key, hutciier, Diiiiiho ; .Messrs Liiw-son \ 
 Duff, iJuiiiiee; Mr 1'. .M'liityre, Dundee; Mr 
 Mr A. J.awson, Ui.n.lee; Air 
 All hispliii, CoUistoii ; Air 
 All lieoige Koy, KirUhili ; 
 
 ,..,., , Air Laiiig, Keith; Air .John 
 
 W'eighloii, Kiist Idvios; Air Hutchison, Fostertoii ; 
 Air (jiuild, rarkhill ; Air Andrew Uiliulh, Seatoii, 
 &0. 
 
 .Vsked wli it he thiiu;ht of 
 ni'iii ill ipiesiioii said it wn * 
 
 Tlioiilstni, riiniiiiilioe 
 JJrowii, iJairiilieg ; 
 Winter, iJiuiliarrow 
 Air Jaylor, Keith 
 
 «USJ'ECTKD OUTllHEAK AT ARI5R0.VT1I. 
 
 A case of suiiposed pleuro-piicuinoiiia has taken 
 place on the fiiriii of Wistcrlon, rollistoii, near .\r- 
 nroatli, tenanted hy Air iJasid Esiiliii. The aninial 
 iitl'ected is a Oiinailiaii o.\, and, along with five 
 others, was puiclnised hy Air Fspliii at a sale held 
 in Dundee on (itli Octoher. The animals forined 
 part of the cargoes of the Aloiikseaton, which 
 airived with a lirge shipment on 211th Septemoer, 
 mid the lloruiia. Jlr Esplln on Friday l!i>t ropoited 
 the matter to Sergeant Craik, of the County Coii- 
 Biahulary, who at once communicated with .Mi Wal- 
 lace, V.,-^., district iiispectut for the Arbroatli Local 
 Authmity. Acting on his instructions, the auunal 
 was slaiighteicd on Saturday. 'J'he lungs were 
 taken out. and forwarded to the Board of Agricul- 
 ture in Loudon lor inspection. 
 
 A FORFAUSHIKE FARAIKR INTERVIEWED. 
 
 The order by the Board of Agiicultnre is likely 
 to result ill great liardship to those farmers who, 
 
 owing to the lateness of the harvest, have not hern 
 ahie to reinuvo their cattle froin the lields tolhti 
 ciiilits. One of oiil repitsiiiljitii'ei, heiiiiiig that 
 liiitiees had hreli received liv fiillliers in the County, 
 has had an interview with oil' of the laigest 
 fiiiiners in l''oi faishiii 
 the Oiiie;-, the genii 
 
 isideut the I'.iiaid nf Al;i icidtlli e l.al lesolwd tlnit 
 t!ie illiK's-i Iriiiii which tli.' miiiiial dii d in l''ife was 
 p'eiiro. and, having shiughteied such a largi! herd 
 nil the stieiiglh of that lielief. Were 
 
 Niir I.IKKI.V ■I'll Tt UN HACK. 
 Olherwiso they coiill never have issued these 
 s;riug'iit stereotyped iioticrs. Ill- lield, how'i'vei, 
 tnat lire circuhii, when Iriiiin'd, w.is not iiiti liih d 
 111 ai>piy to weallior such ,is that we are now 
 i\|ieiieiicing. Ill the summer time, w In n the 
 lields were in good order, there would have lieeii 
 nothiiu; to >ay agiilist it, hut this was the season 
 when Imiueis were olilii;ed to ^ll'■ltl■l their slock. 
 I'lMsoiiiiUy he had puichasd sis Ciittle at the sale 
 of the .Moiikse lion's ciigo, an.l these weie he'ded 
 with other 10 oi i">0 heists, so lliiit lliev all Ciiiiio 
 vvlihin the r.iiige of th ' circular. He ha I inteii le I 
 tying them up to-diiy for the winti'r, luit the 
 notice pieveiite I his iloin^ this, and every diiy they 
 iemii.iiieil out now had the eM'ect of lowering them 
 in value. 
 
 •nil; I.DSS TO K.MIMKUs 
 
 who had not their stock in cmiitsyet must liea very 
 serious one, as no iecom|ieiise was allow iil for the 
 ileteiiiiiiitioli involved. The clause was iihsurd on 
 tile lace of it, hecause it slioiild certainly he pro- 
 vided tliiit the animals could he sheltered, although 
 it might he (piile right to iirohihit their removal 
 from tiie farm. There must he many fanners in tin; 
 s.iiiie aw kward iiosition as himself, the Aloiikseatoii's 
 cattle heiiig in contact with those impurted hy the 
 Iluiona, or with Irish ai:d other ciittle. it heiiig 
 customary among a good niiiny agiiculturists to 
 have all sorts of hea^-ls iu order to watch which 
 were the most protitahle. The notice was a haisli 
 and cruel one. The animals which he had avei aged 
 iu value about tl5 per head, and the etfect of 
 
 A \Vi;KK'rt KXI'O.sfliK 
 in the present weather would n: hicc them by t'L' 
 lo to p 1 head. It ivould lake them from a moiitli 
 to si\ wi eks to make up what they would lu>e if 
 ki'iit out night and day for a week just now; and 
 not only that, hut many of them might die or con- 
 iiiict lung diseases, which a guo 1 few farmeis 
 agreed in believing wa< the initial stage of pleum. 
 'lliere had been a gieat deal of foolish titik about 
 the necessity for (loveruinent rcguhiting the 
 luaiiner iu which Canadian cattle were introduced, 
 liut such high-handed notion as this pointed to the 
 necessity of (joveriimeiit adopting some judiciou.s 
 method for preventing such an unseasonable Order 
 being issued by the Jioard of Agriculture. 
 
 THE POSITION IN niV] AIllUlOATII 
 DllSTllICT. 
 
 SCIIKDULING OF FARAIS. 
 
 .Vmougst the buyers at the sale held in Dundee 
 oil the tith inst. of the Canadian catile shipped by 
 the Aloiikseaton and Hurona there were several of 
 the leading fanners iu the Arbroath district. The 
 only farm on which any sign of disease has ns yet 
 manifested itself is that of DavM Esplin at < 'ollis- 
 ton, where, as stated yesterday, a bullock was 
 killed on Satuiday and the lungs forwarded to 
 liondou for iuspoction. The otliui farmers in thu 
 district have, in view of the pleuro outbreak, all 
 received instructions from the Board of Agi iculture 
 not to move their cattle, and accordingly a largo 
 proportion of the aniinals purchased ou the 6th 
 
/'Vof/i /hinili, Ciiii>-'i,r of Z'lth Octohir, ISUJ, 
 
 OctdliiT mo still imt ill lliu fu'ldM. At Mr II. J. 
 J)iiiiiiliU(iii'.-i till III (il 
 
 M.WIn.N, IS\ KlIKKIl.l.OII, 
 
 till If nil' 1M» c.iitli', 111 wliitli .'11 well' imrt'liast^il liy 
 Mr lioiiiililsdii :il till' N.ili' (il ( iiiiii.liuii cattli'iii 
 luiiiili'i' (iij litli ( >(a ilii'i, mill c'iiiiv"}'ril til hiH tiiiiii 
 lit Ni wtiili. Ill arciiKliilu'c »illi the iiisti lU'tiiiii~ 
 CdiitaliU'ii III 11 c:iH'iihii' t'luiii till' lliiaiii nt' Ai;iiuiil' 
 tiiic, .Ml ItiiiiiiMsim iilliiwn ilit'x' itiiiti.iils til i< iiKiiii I 
 III till' iIl'IiI wliL'i'i' till y vvci'L' imt (111 tlii'ii iiiiiv.il, . 
 
 mill llu'.v lin' llilH ii'lilDVcil tl'iiiii till- li-'.st lit' lliL' 
 Ciittli' vvliicli an' ti'i'iliiij;. .\ii luti rc^tini^ iiiciiKiit, I 
 ill Vit'W lit' till' liiiM-.ihii' .■.iH-iiiiliii;.; iif iiili'i tioii, i» 
 tlillt tliUMi' iiniiiiiils III .Ml Duiiiilil.Miii s iiiaiia^t'il lu 
 (;i.t uut of tlii'lr iiwii ticM iiitu an ii Ijiiaiiii^' oiii', 
 wlurc tliuy wii-c iiiixril witli U'"i ntliti iiiiiiiiiiU lio- 
 loiiKMig to .Mr .Vuilitw .MiluL', KiilU'iu .Mill. Tliu 
 L'mialiaii cnltU imi(.'liii'<t'il liy Mr DoualiUoii mi the 
 tllli Inst, arc tine, licallliy'liinkiii^ aiiiiiial-, iili'l .Mr 
 l)oiialil-(iii slates that Ins cNin'ikiiCi' ut' Caiiailiaii 
 cattlf at aiivr.iti.' lias inuviil iluiii to lie cniisiiUi- 
 ably MijiL'iiiir to tin' Irish luiiiiials. .Mr Do.iiilii iiii 
 wrote to the lioaiil ot .\giiciiltiiii yesteiilay a.-kiii;^ 
 tiiein what -tcjis they iiruiidM'il to lalie in reyaru 
 to thr eattle wliiuh he has lyiii<j out in tnc lielil, 
 anil niontioiieil the lianlnhiii they would have to 
 niukrgo ill the event ot a ■•liell ol seveiu Weather. 
 On the farm of iMr .lohii JJell, 
 
 IIKLNTU.V, 
 thorp iiro forty-eight cattle, one of tlicin heiii^; a 
 Caimiliaii cow, about live years old, hough t liy .\li 
 JJell at the sale in iJuiiileeoii the litli iii>t. .\s the 
 cow has heen jieiliiitted to iiiiiiglu with the ilhei 
 t'orty-.-eveii, it will he a -eiioiis nuitter lor Mr Jlell 
 if the Hoard of .\giieiiltiile tiiiils tliiil the |ileUio in 
 of the eontagioiis Uiiiil, as the whole ot tiie fi.vty- 
 eight will have to he .■<laiigliterud. 'Hie only incoii 
 venielice e\iierieiiceil hy Mr Jiell in the iiieantiine 
 18 in regard to the removal of the cattle, which th'j 
 Hoard of Agriculture ineveiit him tioin doing. .Mr 
 Itell »<tutes that his Canadian cow is in as healthy a 
 condition iis any of the rest of his stock. lie is of 
 the ii|iiliion t.iat the outhreak is not of a dangerous 
 type, and tliinks the regulations of the lioaid of 
 Agricultiiie nniiecessHrily stringent, lu the event 
 of a ikclaration hy the Hoard that the outhreak is 
 one of contagions plouio a cou.-iderahle amount of 
 tjlaiigliteriiig will, in coinnion with that on .Mi 
 ISell's farm, take [iluc • on \li Andicw (idiiith's 
 farm of 
 
 sK.vroN, .vLciiMmiii:. 
 At the Dundee sale on the (iUi iiist. Mr Giliuth 
 bouj:ht eight bullocks, and had them conveyed to 
 his larin at ■seutield, where tiiey were iilaced 
 amongst othei ten aiilinals. Mi tiiliuth had the 
 intention of tnsnsferring tlu'sc aiuinals from .'iea- 
 tield to .Seat' .11, but received waining from the 
 Board of Agritdture to lefraiii lioin doing so in the 
 meantime. Nothing like trouble has made its aii- 
 pearance amongst the eight animilsat Heaiiehl. 
 
 Oilier biiyuis ill the district were Mr John Hall, 
 Cioudie Aciii", and .Mi J. Uodifer, Couithill, Invcr- 
 keiUor. Niithing of the natnie of disease is re- 
 ported from either of these faiineis. Mr Rodger 
 purchased and brought to liisfaim fioiii Inindee on 
 the (nil iiist. fourteen aiiiinal.s, and it is stated tiiat 
 tiothing appears to be wroug with tliein. In regard 
 to the 
 
 lASK AT WKSTKHTO.S", COLLISTON, 
 
 the reniBiiiiii^ cattle were stated yesterday to be in 
 apparently \ vcelleiit condition, no signs of disease 
 having ttppeaiod in either ot the other five animals. 
 It appears tli'At Mr Espliii saw 'hat something was 
 the matter with the animal ai the middle of last 
 week, and on Friday he oenmiuiucated his sus- 
 picioUH to Sergeant C'raik, of the County Ui.n- 
 stabulary. Mr AVallaoe, V'.S., dihlriot inspector, 
 was also told of the matter, and information was 
 
 Mint to the Hoard of AgriciiUiui", who orilered the 
 
 aiiim.il til be killed aii<' the lungs sent 
 on to them for the purpose ut being 
 examined by the inspectors ot the linard. N" 
 liotilieation of tin' result of that examination 
 has as yet been leeeived, but .Mr SS'allace, \'.S., 
 llie distiiut itisliectoi lor the .Vibioatli Local 
 .\ulhoiity, sates that he expecis that the result 
 of the t\aniiiiatioii will be intiinateil to liini to- 
 iiMirow. The tniiher action of the lioiird of 
 Agiieiiltnie is bi'ing iiw.iiteil with a coii>ideiable 
 amount nt intrret, but in ilie lie', .itiiiie it may be 
 slated that must of tin tanners in llie di>trict are 
 siioiigly disiiielmed to believe that it will tiiiii out 
 a genuine case of contagious pieuio, or, at all 
 eveiils, >iieli as Would lender at all necessary the 
 wholesale shiiiglit'.'iiiig of all catlb: iiicliioed in an 
 alfeeted area. It should be pointed out that in 
 |)iiiidee striit luecaulioiis aie in force against the 
 sale ot any meat which i^ Ull>oUiid. .Not long ago 
 the I'estrietiiiiis i i toice Were eomphiined of on the 
 ground of exiH'iisi', hut in an eineigeiicy of this 
 kind their value is certainly eon-ideialile. 
 
 .><1.\ l''\KMs IN I'Kin'ilSlllKl'; SCHKIinj';!), 
 ( oiisi lerable stir was oeea>ioned among agri- 
 tiillurists attending the I'eith nuclion maris yes- 
 terday when it became known that six farms in 
 I'eithshire had been scheduled in coiiseipience of 
 one of the b'S.\ head of t.'aimdian cattle, which 
 ai rived in the iMonks' atoii sieamship at Dundee on 
 lilltli iSepi.ember, liming been su-pected of being 
 iiif'Ctid with pK UKi-pneiimonia. .Mr I'litiic^; 
 .Martin, eleik to the I'eithshire l.oeal .Vuthoiity, 
 leceived iiitiination from .Mi Davenport, travelling 
 inspector of the lio.il'.l of .\gi iciiltuie, that he lunl 
 seiv.il notices iilidel the powers granted under 
 .\rt;cle 15 of the I'l. iiio rneiiinonia lirdeis of IMll, 
 lestncting the movement of cattle, on the toUoW- 
 iiig iiersiilis : — Mr 1'. Coiistuhle, iiahdga oo, Incli- 
 tiire ; .\lr .). (iianger, I'itciii, Coupai Viigiis ; .Mr 
 \V. .Ulan, Kinnoiipark, JNlithveii ; .Mr 1'. (.i. 
 tiaidiner, Jlanchoiy, Coiipar .Vngus; .Mr David 
 .Moig 111, Arilgaith, tileiicarse ; ami Jlr D. I'atullo, 
 (jtti-k, CoUpar Angus. 
 
 TUK OAK.SK DIsritlCT. 
 .Ml I'atiick Constable. Ijaleilgaino, states that he 
 Inmght six of the Canadi.in cattle lormiiig part of 
 the .Muiikseaton cargo. Dnly five stots lia\e lieeii in 
 coiilaet with them. The C.inadians and the i-tots 
 are on tin I'rioiy parks. He h.is, however. III cows 
 ill the byres at JJaledgaino, but these c " uive 
 never heen iieaier the Canadians than a ipiaiter of 
 a mile. .At the beginning of last week .Mr Constable 
 sent 24 cattle from the faini of Balgay tor sale. 
 If he had kept them for a few (.lays longer they 
 Would have been enclosed within the sched'aled 
 area. The farm of iialedgariio is a compaia- 
 tively small one, there being only three pairs 
 of horses on it. Mr Constable is satis- 
 lied with the apiiearancc of his Canadians, 
 and is sure that there is no disease amongst 
 tliein. The Canadians were bought lor winterini,'. 
 .Mr W . 1"'. Morgan, .Vrdgaith, purchased seven cattle 
 either fioni the .MonUseatoii cargo or that of the 
 llurona, but as JMr .Moigan was absent from the 
 tarin when our representative called yesterday, it 
 could not be ascertained which ship they were 
 consigned with. Ardgaith is a si.x-pair farm lying 
 about a mile east from Clencaise Kailway Station. 
 There aie other twenty American cattle on the 
 farm, but it is a good while since they were bought. 
 1 hey were confined to a separate part of the byre 
 from the seven which weie last purchased. At the 
 time of puichase the cattle were in a very lean con- 
 dition, but they have now improved considerably. 
 The two batches have never been in contact, and a 
 veterinary surgeon from Inohture, who was present 
 
 ! 
 
 \ 
 
 I 
 
I'rum liundic Courivf u/ ..','itli, uuU JiUli Oilobir, /•s','/,' 
 
 at till' liim 1)11 Satui'ilay, t'Mwniiiril tlir ahiiiiils, 
 
 iimlci'l (ilicil tlliU Mirl'4' wric IKi >} lll|ili>lll-> i>t |i|i'lllii. 
 'I'lli'li' ilU' lot Irciliillj (llUlc ami Sl\ ciiWH on tin' 
 f.iiiii. I 
 
 MKiiu i;.\ nisiiiicr. i 
 
 .Ml' Willi. Ill) AIImii, Kiiiiiiiii|i.ii U, who i.i an cNti'ii- 
 sivc IimIci 111 liw Mtiick, Nt itc< iliai lic^ imii^liiKiMl I 
 ill Dii'iili't' lil'ii'cii catlli' wliiuii I'liiiiii'il |i,iit lit till' 
 C.Ugx li|iiiii;lit iivil tiy tile llilliiiia. I lie «linliMit 
 
 cliu tilti'cii ctttlc wi'iu 111 II I'lii'Wiiiil eoiiiliiiuii, iiikI 
 \vi II' iiu'iiiit to lio kr|>t, Hilly a slimt tiiiii' I.L'tun; 
 lifiii^ ii'-old. .Siiici' till' ( 'ana liaiH Well' taUi'u t') 
 KiuiniiHi.iik tlu'y liavi' ti'il Will, jii.c iai>iilly tiUtii 
 1)11 tlc'sli, aii'l liavt; iiovcr .-luivvii tlu' sli^jlit'.wt siyin 
 (if iliMc:i.so. 1 litre aiL' otlici hcvi'iity cattli' on thu 
 lai'iii, ill! uf which havi; hn.'ii in cum act wall thu 
 foi' iyiK'iH. 'I'lio taiiii iM a [iiL'tty Imj,'' uiu', tht'iu 
 lu'ing live jiivir iil hmii'S uii it, UilniiiiH to tin' 
 Kiili[insoil L'a^c (it |ik"iio at, raikhill, wliiiih lu I tu 
 till.' '"hiii^hti'i III'.; (lilt lit the I'litii'i' lici'i, .Mr .\llan 
 (.'\|iiL'-iM.!.l I ho (i|iiniiiii that it was not a cisc iit' in- ' 
 It'C'tidiiH plt'iins ai''l lit'liiivt'il tliu aiiini il lia<l canght 
 a chill while crci-^siiiii ihu .\tlantic. 
 
 l''l)RF.VllsniliK F.\.ll.M.>S SUHKlJl'l.KD. 
 
 Yesterday warning .Mr .V. W. Mvlcs, clerk to the 
 I''i)rl'ai>liire Local .Viit iiority, received liiiin .Mr !■. 
 il. l)a\ iiiiiMt, liavelliii^' iii-iiectur to thi' Jioard of 
 Agiici tale, tiie t'ollowiiij; li.st of faiins in tlie 
 C(niiit_\ «liich li.ive lieeii .■^che liiled as atfected areas. 
 \Ve uiider,-.t,ind that most of th" farnieis an' cattle- 
 dealers iiaiiied inuchitsed caiiie which riiii^ht 
 Iroiii Canada liy the .^tiuiiiur .Moiik.>e.ttoii : — .J. 
 Adam, Kiaidistoii, i''uilai ; •' llriicc, Ivnockliouse, 
 (ilamis; .1. JJ. Ijull, Jtrui mi, Arhroatli ; W. 
 C'alih r, JSeutou of L\an, .Montrose ; \V. Couiiar, 
 Kiutiockat, Jirechin ; .lohn F. Dick-oii, J'ilkello, 
 C'lunoii.stie ; DoiiaMsjii, Xewtoii, Arhroath ; A. 
 Deiichar, cattledi.'aler, l''orfar ; l',>iiliii, CoUistoii, 
 Arhroaih; Hume, Town Clerk's otlice, .Viliroalli; 
 ^\'. .M'Laien, Uerachie, I'oitai; lieorye Nicoll, 
 South .Mains, I'oifar; K. Kodgei, .Mams of Dun, 
 iiiidj^uol J)iin ; Kciil I't Smith, Leihaiii ; .1. Sam- 
 son, Iialwyllo, JJrechin ; S]u'hce, Cleiiskenno, 
 Montrose ; Ua\ id Soular, ISiechiii ; Thoiiias Seinide, 
 Fariiill, Jirechin; William Siiii|>>oii, Inglistoii, 
 Bleiyle ; .V. .Siniiison, llalton. New tele ; Aniuuid, 
 Newton of (ihimis ; L'uiiiihlson, Ni.'wton of Claims ; 
 J. Cihsoii, l.eocli, Anchterhouse ; (uliiilh, Si'atoii, 
 Arbioatli ; Hull, Coudic Acres, Arhroath ; David 
 Kiniieai, Jjy^art, Montrose; I'layfaii, Jloriihie, 
 Montrose;.!. Ko l^er, Conrihill, luverkeillor ; G. 
 Koy, Kirkhill, Foifar; William Salmoiid, Wood- 
 lea, Forfai ; Stewart, Noranhaiik, JJrechin ; 
 bemple, Jtlaughs of Ivinnaird, Montrose; Taylor, 
 I'itlivie, Carnoustie; A. Ji. Watson, l-Lirkdeii, 
 Luiulie; Winter, JJuinharrow; Coiigletoii, D'lin- 
 bariow. 
 
 DOUJiT ON THE .SUBJECT. 
 
 The discoveiy in Fife.shire of iileuro-imciimonia 
 ill an animal from Canada is (says AJonday's TiiinxJ, 
 if it turns out to he true, a veiy serious matter ; 
 but the fact that the JJoaid of Agriculture has sus- 
 pended the order for slaughter gives striugth to 
 the rumour that there is some doubt on the suhject, 
 and therefore any comments had better be deferred. 
 Uf there being uleuio-iineumonia in the animal 
 fiom the United States slaughtered at Deptford 
 tliere seems to be no duubl, and iu each case the 
 prompt action of the Jiourd ot Agriculture has bi.en 
 most praiseworthy. Apart from these two cases, 
 stock continues fairly healthy, the gieat drawback 
 to the breeder and grazier being the low prices 
 whioh j[)revail and which seem to show no sign of 
 itnprovuig. Both in corn and horn there have been 
 
 lliii'tiiai ions dining ihe past week, hut no s(j|i<l iin 
 plovcllli'lll can helepolted. W neat and slit .p ill e 
 s.i^lill\ ht'ltei ill value, but cattle leliium as lliey 
 Were, and itre almost unsah.'able, 
 
 W.VS Tin; AM.MAI, SMri.t.l.i:))'.' 
 
 .Vii (Utile cliaie^e iu ihe ontlnok a-i to the aiiinii- 
 '•ioii (if .tlileiic.iu jatllc til the inleiioi of this 
 counliy has been piodiiced (ays .Satiii.hiy ^ 
 Sl.iiiiiii I'd ) liy tln^ detection of an animal nlfected 
 witli pleiiid'jMieuiiKiliia ill .1 car^o ol cattle liolil 
 New Vork, and anothei in a lot ot .Ntoie cattle fruiii 
 Canada. .\s (', inula lui^ been flee fioin the disease 
 fill yeais. the probaliillty is that the latter beast 
 w.is an .\nu'licaii one smuggled aciuss the iiuider, 
 ai it is repoited that many ha.e been Miin;{Kled 
 recently. 'Ihe syinptnuis ot disia^e Were not 
 mil ice I until iheaiiinal had aiiived at a tiiriii in 
 l''ite.-liire, and \s\\, n il had liei n slaughteied .md its 
 liiiig> ha I been e\ inline I by l'iiiles.>.ur liiowii, who 
 driMiiedil to III' iilfeettd Willi piiiiiii-piieulie'iiia, 
 over a luiinlred catlle on the fai m had to he kille I 
 also. In the case of the aniin.il which came diiect 
 Iroiii the I'liiteil .'■'tales a portio.i of tlie liinu;s has 
 been sent to the Chief ol the \iiuiican l.n.iu of 
 Animal Indn.siiy. I'eihap-, as on a pj v^ous 
 occasion, th.it geiitleinan w id elideavoiir to per- laile 
 Us that the di.iease was not cuntagions pleaio- 
 piii uiiioiiia, hut " corn.slalk disease,' "'• niinetlimg 
 ofthekind. liut we can only he ;■ <■ A liy liie 
 conclusions of our own vetcrininy lo.^pectois, and 
 these show clearly that pieuio-pneMliionia has not 
 y"t been coinpleielv su[ijiiessed m the United 
 States. 
 
 Till!: I'LKIRU 8(JAJIE. 
 
 It is (jiiitu jioHsiliiu that tho liniii'd (if Agii- 
 ciihiitc will c(jiiilciiiii tliij autimi lakoii iitidcr 
 the cii^iii.s'inco (d tiiu J^'ifusliiru Lou.il .Vullio- 
 liiy ill clL'iaimnj,' a puriiini of tho hmg that 
 wa.s I'ucoiilly sciit lo tho Buard fui' (illicial 
 iii.spuctioii, so tliat it niiylit Ijc ascurtaiiiu(.l 
 \vliotli(ji' tho aiiiiiiil to which tho limy ho- 
 liiii^f.'d hail buoii .siill'oi'iiii( fniiii [iloiii'o- 
 liiiuiiiiiiiiiia. NN'holiiof tiio cuiii'.se is ajijifuvod 
 (If iKit, it is uvidoiit that in tiio j.i-L'sonL 
 iustaiico it has hoeii pnjiUictivo uf guod I'u- 
 siilts. Tho lottci' I'oail yustofday from 
 I'tiiicip.d Williams, Ediiibui'gii, is a vory 
 oiii[»iiatic doclai'atioii tu tlio ctt'oct that, aftof 
 all, thoi'o has boon iio roasonaljlo ground fur 
 tiio ploiiro acaro by wiiiuli fannurs in tho 
 coii'.itios of Fifo, Forfar, and I'ortli have 
 rocently boon att'octod. Tlio l'rinci[ial states 
 that tho lung prosontod till tho signs fuund in 
 what is known as bionchu-iuioumonia, callod 
 by Amorican writors cornstalk disease — a 
 disease which is of a non-cuntagious 
 cliaractor. In all probability had tho wliolo 
 lung been sent to London the suspenso 
 of tho last few days ivould have boon con- 
 tinued for a considerable time. Tlie Board 
 uf Agriculture never admits that it has been 
 in the wrong. When ii mistake has been 
 made a discreet silence is observed, and 
 the incidents which led up to the mistake 
 are permitted to be forgotten as soon as 
 possible. fcSuch a policy may suit the 
 Board of Agriculture, but it is undeniably 
 
Frmn Dundee Courio- of Ocloljir JGth, ISO.i. 
 
 It )< 
 
 opjtoscil l<i tho l)L'.st interests of a;4riciil- 
 tiii'ists. Tlie iiii(K'rst;ui(liiiL,' all almiL; lias 
 )»!oii that Caiiailiaa cattle are free frmii 
 ploiiiii-iiiieiiiiiiiiii;i, and scai'es of the Uiiul 
 recently |)iMniiilgated are ualoulati.(l to dis- 
 turb this coiiifortahlo imiiression. It isoidy 
 fair that in every case the fullest and most 
 impartial investii,'ation slnndd he instituted, 
 and that the resnlt should Ije \v1del3' jud)- 
 lisliod. r>y the n ethod adopted in Fileshire 
 some sncii result will lie obtained, and 
 conseiiuently the members of the Fifeshire 
 Local Authority acted wisely in aiiproving of 
 the conduct of the local lns[)ector. It is all 
 very well to take [irecautions against the 
 spreading of |)leuro-pneumonia, hut there is 
 a pos^iibdity of oveiste[)ping the linuts of 
 prudence. For eacli healthy animal 
 siauglitered by order of tiie Jloj'rd 
 of Agriculture the owner is alliwed full 
 value, so that tiu' reckless de.> ruction of 
 large luiiiibers of aiiiiiiais entails a coiisider- 
 !il)le loss to the ratepayers, who have 111 
 Some way or other to pay their jiortioii of 
 tho allowances granted. S'arious consider i- 
 tiuns jioint to the desirability of exercising 
 the utmost caution. liefoie animals are 
 killed in a wholesale fasidoii care slunild be 
 taken to prove that tiie course is absolutely 
 necessary. .\t the present moment grave 
 doubt is entertained as to whether tho 
 slaughter at Ijindores was warranted, and 
 the more fact that this doubt exists is suth- 
 ciont to [)rovo that liie system which is being 
 followed is not altogether judicious. It has 
 1 ell suggested by [iractical farmers that in- 
 oculating exporimeiits, coupleil, of course, 
 witii the ti'lal separation of the sus[)ecteil 
 animals already enforced, would have de- 
 monstrated whether (.r not pleuro-pneuiiioiiia 
 had made its appearance. In future sucii 
 experiments ought to be attempted. They 
 will cost nothing, and they might lead to 
 very \aluable results. Jii the meantime tho 
 order that has been issued to farmers not 
 only occasions groat inconvenience, but also 
 militates against tho health of tho suspected 
 c.Utle. Clearly a dill'erent plan of dealing 
 with cases such as those that have occuri'etl 
 is essential not culy in tho interests of far- 
 mers but in tho interests of all classes of the 
 
 cunimunity. 
 
 ••-— — - — 
 
 01'INR)N OF rHINfirAL \VlI,MAMs. 
 
 ACtlON JiV FirE^SllIKK FAKMEItS. 
 
 A iiieL'tiii;^ of the Local Aiulioiity <jf Fiftsliiie 
 ^^ft*^ lieM in the County itiuMiugs, Ciip.ii, ye.-tor- 
 iluy. TliciL' wt'iu iiiist'iit .Ml John (.Jiliiiour, Jloii- 
 tiii\u; I 'oldiifl Er.sliiiR' ; ^Il'sms Joliii Mitchuil, 
 Fhskiiiihi; Jolni I'.ulliiigiill, Duiitoy ; Uuo. Watt, 
 Kiliiiiniy ; .1. >iiiie ; Ucoiye Kir-sull, Ihittoii; 
 Uaviil liC'os, I'ithcuttif ; Hon. Slu:ritf-8ulis;ituto 
 Ciriiy, Cupiii, iVc. .Mr Jolin lohnuur, wlio wascnllud 
 to tlie clutir, it'iicl a k'ttoi frmn .Mr H. C'athcait, 
 i'ituairhc, clmiinian of tliu Authority, rtgruCtiiig lu:^ 
 inability to be i)rescnt owing tv illnoiis. 
 
 The Ci.KKK nairatcd the cil■cultl^^tancl•s reganlin;.; 
 tlio nliei^cd otitliroak at I'liikhill of iileuro- 
 pni'mnoniu, iin.! of liis Inning wiitti'M t!ie lioaid of 
 .\i;i ic;ultufi;sM,iigestiiiij tlie .lil.iyin:; of tlie .-laiiglitcr 
 Ciller, Imt no r- iily had lieen reeeivcil fartlier than 
 an aokiiowlcil- ...eiif, and t';eiefore, no attention 
 had lieeii [laiil to any eoniniunie itinii from the 
 .V'lti.ority. 'Ilio ioeal viteiiuiuy in-<l>ect(jr, Mr 
 Uiil, had been a>ke.l to retain a )iint of the iniij; 
 of tiie -u-pjcte I anininl at J'aildiiU. 'i'iie Chair- 
 man in.lrueteil him (tiie Cleik) to get it diagnose I 
 liy l'rof<»or Williains, I'Minlnirgli, and also by 
 I'rofe-.-oi W'alley. Ivlinhiiigli. .Mr l{ehl took it to 
 I'Miiiliuigh liisr l''ndiy, ami submitted it to i'ro- 
 fes-or \\illia:iis without telling him where it came 
 from. The same was doii.' to I'rofe.ssor W'alley, 
 and the Cieik stated In: had followed that U)) by 
 writing to the I'lincipnls of these colleges to give 
 thi-ir oimiion on Hie pieee of lung siibniitti d. He 
 luul got a joint opini'in from I'rotes-or AN'illiainsaiid 
 I'lofessor Owen Williimis, whieh In; would submit, 
 ami lie had also a ioniinunieation from i'liueipal 
 W'alley regie! tiiiu that, as he was an ollicial of tlio 
 jioard of .\gi ieuiiure, in: could not give an opinion. 
 ■['lie letter- weie as follows : — 
 
 .N vv VeliTinary 1 oiit'^'t!, KillnlMir^'li, i!ltli iK-t., IsHi'. 
 W. I'.itiick. lO^.]., CuMty (.'I. Ta, ('iip.ir I'iie. 
 
 Sir. — 111 iuo. mliiiK'e rt illi ymii roi|Ui's:, well ive u\aiiiiiieil 
 ilic iioiiIlmi oI hiiig iir.iii^^lu li.'ri' liy Mr if -iil, Vi'ti'riiiary 
 KUigeuii, .\iuliteriiniclily, on l'riil.l> last, an 1 foiiiid said 
 Iniii; to l)L' iliMasi'd and |iri'Si!:illir,' all the signs funiid in 
 ttlial is kiiuwii as IncMiclio-i.iiiiiai'iili i, lalKd hy .\iiiti icau 
 wii'oi^ ''coriist.ilk diei.^u' — a dieiSL' wliicliliad hi'cn 
 f.iiiiid by iiiir.-el vcs in 1>7'.', aiil by .\1 1 N'o,mi'.1 in IS'.iOan i 
 Isi'l. and |irnved l>y iiidepeiideiit fxpfiini iits con luoied 
 by .Ml Niic.ird to be a noii-ciintigi'His lung iii-e:i-e. — We 
 leiiaiii, voiii-n faithfully, W. Wii.i.iAMs, l'riiH-ii,;il. 
 
 Uo\al Ui.'k s Veterinary l.'olkge, s L'lydu .-itnot, 
 Kdiiibiiigh, L'-fth (let., ISLiJ. 
 W. U. PatrieU. 
 
 Dear ."iir, — 1 duly ie,'L'ivi.'d yours of the 21st iiist. i 
 ivurt tlial inviiig to t:ie faet that the niattcr i- in the 
 hand- ef til' Hoard of Agriciiltiue 1 cannot, as ouc nf its 
 oHiciaN, yi\« nil opinion in tlie nature of i ja: legion ux- 
 hiluteil lu tlie section of lung handed to nic by .\li Ueid. 
 — 1 am. yoiir-i faithfully, Thomas \V.\i.i,i;v. 
 
 The Clerk (eontiniiiug) naid that the lung of one of 
 the cows killed at J'arkliill on ."-atuiduy had id>o 
 been forwarded to bun Ion, but no lepoit had as yet 
 been sent. A portion of the lung of a heifer killed 
 at LeekicbanU had also lu'cu foruardeii to London, 
 ,is it was also eonsidere I lo be a su-jiicioii?- case of 
 Jile no. He (the Clei k) iiad got a copy of the Older 
 and a lis', of tlie iiarties who hid puielia-ed eattle 
 at the sam.' tune as tlio.-e purehaseil by .Mr (.;uild of 
 Liiidores. The whole of the arable land and wood- 
 lands around Linduies had been scheduled. The 
 other fnrmeis who made purclmses were not 
 allowed to muvu any stock without a license from 
 the IJoaid of -Vgriculture. 
 
 In answer to .Ur Haig, the CHAIUM.VN said that 
 tho portion of tlie lung reported on was one of the 
 107 lulled nt Lindores, and that Leckiebank was oiiu 
 of tho places under supervision. 
 
 Mr li.M.l.lNii.vi.t,, Duiibog, at soino length referred 
 to the very i"ave nature of the occiiirence at I'ark- 
 hill, and of the sceiiticisni of many of thefaiiner.i 
 of North Fife as to this really lieing an undoubted 
 case of plenro-pneiunonia. He exjilained what ho 
 had done as soon as the report went abroad tho 
 previous woek in getting the Cliairinan to ask the 
 Inspector to retain a part of the lung for 
 indeiiendent diagnosis. Hi^ object in doing so was 
 that if Professor William.s' report did not coincide 
 with that of the e.vamiiiers of the lioard of Agricul- 
 ture they might be armed with that report in the 
 event of the IJoaid of Agriculture wishing to 
 schedule tho entire county, and putting stock- 
 owners to a great incoiivonience and tioublo. He 
 oouaiUered it very desirable that the Aulhotity 
 Bhould know the facta from an independent 
 
 H 
 
Prom Dnn(Jee Courier of Octohcr !?€th, 7<W?. 
 
 sourcp. Hn was glad that they had got that reiiort 
 fiom Professor AVillinma, because it relieved thtir 
 minds 80 far that it was not an undoubted case of 
 nlenro. He (Mr liallingall) tlioupiht that tliey as 
 Li'oal Authoiity should rxi)ie-s tludr apiiroval of 
 whot the f'hainnan had done in getting that in- 
 dii>rndent diagnosis. He thought they would all 
 be iilcased that there wa« some dmdit in tliis not 
 being a case of jili'iiro, and ho was of o)iinion that the 
 Aiitliority shcinld send a eopy 'if Princiiial AVilliams' 
 repnit to the lioard of Agricnltiire. 
 
 'I he CllAlHMAN' thought that would be a very 
 proper Miing to do. 
 
 ^ir JiAl.l.iNCAl.r. said tlint in nil likiOilionil In 
 future the T.oartl of Agriculture w(i\i!d rt tiiin the 
 whoh' of til" lungs and not give 'hem anotlu r 
 chance. 
 
 i\Ir iMiTCiiKM., Fli>kn-,i!n, said he would mrmori- 
 alise the lUinrd of Agricdtnri' to nuike a tlKunugh 
 
 inv('stig;itioM into the "cornstalk 
 
 case, liecan> 
 
 it was lile!y tliat imjicrtation wonUl go on, and 
 tluy might have cases occurring freipnntly. and 
 bringing on n great e\]i(nse on the country and | 
 rausinii a good deal of anxiety. lli' i|uite agreed i 
 with I\[r l!;illingall in the prnliabilities and the 
 prcsunipticm tliat this o\ifbrenk wa^thnt of cornstalk 
 disease. I^'rim the ox]ieiiniei ts niade by the I'oird 
 of Agriculture and the veteviiary aulhmities, it luid 
 been fo\ind that the disease of plenro was ditticidt 
 to Cdmnuinicate, ami that it could only be com- 
 municnteil by the breath of one livinir animal to 
 nriother. If so, this ai imal at I'aikiiill could 
 not have got tiie inftction fiom an, thing in 
 the shi)) c('ming ncres.s tlie Atl ntic. 'i'ln re was nn 
 disease in Canada, and tlieie "as said to lo none in 
 the I'nited .States, and it was scucely jiussible that 
 it could have been affected with pleuio. He (Mr 
 .Mitchell) was conviriced that the disease was " corn- 
 Rtalk." anil not ]deuro-pneumoni i at nil. It never 
 had been known to ari>e spontaneously, thoush it 
 was continually to he fnund in the Steppes if Hun- 
 <;ary nnd Kastern iMiroiie ; but from their ex- 
 perience in IJelgium and Penmark it was foui,d 
 pes-ible to stau'',)! it out. It had been fimnd that 
 it aiose fiom simple contact, liut if it was to be 
 found that it arose spontaneouslv the wliole fabric 
 of stam)iing out totiered to the ground. He 
 believed it was a fmeign disease, an 1 it could lie 
 stamped out. Jlr Mitchell conchnled. after some 
 further references, by asking the Authority tu 
 menueialise the I'lonrd of Agriculture to haven 
 tiioroiigh investigation in legaid to the coinstalk 
 disease, and also to plenro, and tlie wholi' circum- 
 stnnces connected with the outbreak. 
 
 Mr David I,ki:s lather feireil the ease was oiu' 
 of jileuro. It was, he said, the opinion of tlie 
 biitciiers who killed it. He did no: think they 
 should buoy themselves up that it wa.s cornstalk 
 disease. 
 
 Mr P.vr.T.lMiAl.I., Dunbog. explained that tlu' 
 cornstalk disease was dithcnit to diagnose, and he 
 explained the ditfennce in wliieb the imima's 
 affected by the>(! two disiasv-.s manifisted itself. 
 Coi i.stalk, he said, was not in the ^litdites* deirue 
 contag'ous. It was only, he held, menu ho Innl 
 made it a special duty who were i|!ialitn d to 
 diagnose it. He thought the opinion of the 
 luitchi'is was of no coi.si i|Uence. The Cbaii- 
 inan said that he would put very little weight 
 upon the opinion of any one but an exjiert 
 in a matter of this kind, nnd while they had 
 exjierts such as JFr Ueid and I'rnfes-oi Williams 
 differing as they did, it was outwilh the province of 
 any one of themselvi's to give an opiniiiU. Wiiile 
 the declaration by the T'nite I .'^.ates Ministers had 
 been made that the State's were char of ph nro, great 
 do'.ibts were east the other day on lliat slateniiUt. 
 They Were not to take for gospel all the statements 
 
 that camo to them. There was nothing to prevent 
 plenro from being carried to Canada freni the 
 rnited States, which coidd be kept quiet, and, if 90. 
 it miLdit be sent beie. He did not think they 
 should come to the conclusion that the outbieak 
 was one of " cornstalk," and that it was not pleuro 
 simply because the animals lind come from a 
 country where up to the present time it was not 
 known. That might occur anv da v. He thought 
 there was a strong reason fiu' them not express- 
 ing any opinicui in the matter ton stronsly. There 
 were others of thf same caiiio under insnectinn 
 and sn-picion \vbi(di tliev wouhl shortly lave a 
 leport upon. He quite agreed with ]\Ie~sis liallin- 
 gall and Mitchell tliat they sho'.dd '■end a cop\- of 
 Irofe-iMir Williams' report to the Tinard of Atoi- 
 cnltiie, and al-o express their oiuniim that the 
 t'lilf bad arrive 1 when this disease of cornstalk 
 should be invest'gated by tlie veterinary profession. 
 
 f'olnnel KiisKlNT thniiLdit it would be advisable 
 not to do anything U'ltil tliev had tlv reiiort regard- 
 ing the otlier cow at T.iiidores and the heifei at 
 T, ckiebank. 
 
 Vr HaK! pointed to the desirability in anv ont- 
 bioik occiining of the 1 icnl insprc'or-' c.illin'.' on 
 their neiidd oiiring in-pectors to examine any sns. 
 peefed anininl. 
 
 MrAVATi', Kilnnny. thoni'l'tita li'tle piematnio 
 for t hem to emne to any decision, and he acr|iiie-Ced 
 ie a tliorongh invest-gaHon be'iv.' made. IMr Cuil.l 
 of T.iedores had told him that he had little doubt 
 of It being pbnro-pui umnnia. 
 
 The i|ne-tioii bavinir arl^Pii whether in cases of 
 lileuro the lonal iiis]ieetors bad power to ret'dn a 
 portion of the lung sent to the T.oard of .\gricul- 
 ture, Mr TVn lowman. the Incn' in-iiector. who was 
 present, said lisoinnion was that thev had. 
 
 .-Vfter some further discus-^ion, it was agreed that 
 they shouhl ' t once forward a c<'^]^\ of tlie report bv 
 Profes'or "Williams. a< proposed by ^Ir Tinllinaall, 
 and. further, that an investigation info the disea-^e 
 of "coinstalk." and the whole circumstances con- 
 nec'^e 1 with the pre-ent outbreak, a-" jirono-icd hv 
 Mr Alitehell, should be sent to the P.oaid of ,Vgri- 
 cult'ire. 
 
 A hnstilv ca'Ied meetiiiir of tlie Pommittee of the 
 pife Paimer<' Club was In Id ye-teiday in the ('.un 
 Kxcliange. Cuiinr, to con-id"r the prcseit position 
 anent the alleged outbreak' of p'enro. '^ r Gilmour 
 presided. Tiie meetiiiir was lield in private, and 
 wl at was done has not tiansjiired. Considerable 
 intere-t was excited in the marlcet among the 
 faimeis as to the result of tlie rejiort by Professor 
 AVilliani-' on the lungs of the animal alle'.'ed to have 
 been suffering from idenro. and when it became 
 known ti'at the Profes^oi's dia'jfim^is o' it deelared 
 it to lie that of cornstnlk satisfaction was expressed 
 at the de'ci-ion of sui'li a higli authoritv. 
 
 THK VIKWS OP PAiniPU^. 
 
 It cannot b.- said that the opinion given by 
 Piinci]ial M'illian-s has occasioned much, surpiiso 
 aiiioni; fainieis in thi-' nnd nei^hbonring counties. 
 In the in*ei views which our reimrteis have had 
 with aei icnltnrists in poifarshire, Pife-hiie. a' d 
 Perthshiie it has bei n made npiiarent that the bilief 
 Ciueially entertaine.l is that the di--ea-e by wlileh 
 the animal which caused the scare was attael-ed 
 was not the dreaded pleuro, but was in leality 
 that kind of bronchial affection to wliieh the 
 teim "corn-talk- disease '' has been givcui in 
 .\uierica. .Vs a matter "f fact, the cow which 
 fir>t manifested the dreaded symptouis was never 
 a partien'ai ly lobust animal. It calved mi bnard 
 ship, and on that accoim) wa-; in a weakly condi- 
 tion and was thus rendered very susceptible to 
 
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From Dundee Courier of 3Gth and :;7th October, ISO?. 
 
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 ii I' 
 
 hronehial disenso. Besides, it ha« to bo remembered 
 that, the very cold weather recently exjioricneed 
 could not iiave any other than a detrimental effoct 
 upon the cattle that arrived by the Jlonk^eaton 
 and the Hnrona. In tiie case of tlie Moidcseaton 
 the cattle were about four weeks under sliolter, 
 After having been well cared for and attended to 
 they were suddenly thrown out into an un\isually 
 bitter atmosiiliere. In the fSrst week of October, 
 indeed, there was very eopious rain, wliicb co\dd 
 not fail to lu'i've injurious to cattle that had 
 previously been kept in comfortable (juarteis. lly 
 the Order that lia« been issue<l by the Hoaicl 
 of Agriculture tiieir siifferinj;-* in this respoct 
 have been intensified. The majoiity of 
 farmers rightly or wrongly liave construed the 
 Order as an injunction not to remove the cattle 
 from the fields in which they are at pn sent graz- 
 ing, Perhaiis this is too strict iin iiitcriirctation, 
 but it has not been made clear that any f.irmer 
 would be allowed to bring the suspected animals 
 near a steading, even although he took (irecantions 
 to secure their total separation from other cattle. 
 Now, it is the height of eruelty to keep cattle out 
 ill the inclement weather that is Iruing cxpeiieiieed, 
 and tlie injunction ouglit tlieri'foie to be rclavid, 
 so that tho ainm.ils may be got iimler cover. The 
 object of the Order is understoo 1 to be the stimii- 
 ing out of any plcuro-piienmonia that may exist, 
 but it will be apparent tliat instead of effecting this 
 purpose it is more likely to juomote the spreading 
 of the disease. ,\ny animal with tlie slightest 
 tendency towards ))l(Miro-iineumoiiia will have that 
 tendency increased by the operation of the schedul- 
 ing restrictions that ha\e been publisheil. 
 
 INOrULATIOX KXPRRIMENT PROPOSED. 
 
 A matter to which attention has been drawn by 
 practical agiiculturists is the value of inoculatio". in 
 the present emergency. It has been suggested that 
 virus might be taken from the animals supposed to 
 be affected by pleuro-pneuinonia atul that with 
 this virus sound, healthy animals sliould be 
 inoculated. In this way it would be shown in tlie 
 course of eight or ten days whether the clisense was 
 of the fatal kind re|)resentecl. Alreaily a consider- 
 able number of farmers adhere to the opinion that 
 inoculation would be a preventive of pleiiro- 
 liiieiimoiiia. hot the experiment now proposed would 
 simply mean the substitution of a safe tesr f(U' the 
 horribh; exiiediency of reckless slaughter that has 
 in the present instance been adopted. 
 
 FORFARSHIRE FARMS INSPECTED. 
 
 Francis H. Davenport, travelling inspector for 
 the Hoard of Agriculturi', was in Arbroath yester- 
 day, and visited a mnnher of the farmers in tlie 
 district who had purchased cattle at tlie sale in 
 Dunlee on fith October, for the inirpose of inspect- 
 ing the animals which were then bought. The 
 farms visiti'd yesterday were in the Auchmithie, 
 Ethie, and < 'armyllie ilistricts. 
 
 AN IXDIf INANT FARMER. 
 
 It was reported in Duiulee market yesterday 
 that a farmer in the distric^t intended to com- 
 municate with ^[r Davenport, I'erHi, inspectoi 
 tinder the lioard of .\gi ieiiltiire. iind diii'et his 
 attention to tln^ fact that his cattle, which had 
 been kept in the fii'lds on his order, had been 
 ('X]iosed to 1,") ilegrees of frost on Monday evening. 
 In the evoi,t of Mr Davenport not rc^vokiug the 
 order, it was stated the farmer in ipiestion ])io- 
 ))OKed laving the matti'r before the iigent of the 
 Dundee Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
 Animalti, 
 
 MR TxARDNER AND LIVE STOCK 
 TMPORTATTON. 
 
 Replying to a deputation of cattle traders from 
 Deptford ami district yesterday, tlie President of 
 the Roard of Agriculture said he could not con- 
 sistently, with the responsibility of his office and 
 the Act, see his way to removing the restrictions at 
 present placed on the importation of live cattle 
 from infected Continental ports owing to the pre- 
 ■•aleiice of fool-aml-month ilisease and the necessity 
 of preventing its spread in this country. 
 
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 MORE SLAUaHTERTNG OF CATTLE. 
 
 T^ndetorrcrl hy tlie professional report 
 from Princi]ial Williams, by the opinions of 
 sound practical Mtjricultiirists, or by the sug- 
 f;estion rofrardint,' inoculation oxperiiiients, 
 the rosponsible oflicials of the Board of 
 A<^'ricn]turo continue to order the destruc- 
 tion of lar<,'o herds of cattle. The instruc- 
 tions that have just been received indic;ito 
 that Mr Hcrhort (Gardner's assistants are 
 meanwhile in a st.ite of panic. Evidence 
 which was discounted by Principal 
 Williams has sufficed to convince them 
 that the dreaded iileuro has been intro- 
 duced into Forfarshire and Fifeshire, 
 and the only remedy apparent to 
 them is the destruction of every animal 
 which was in the least dep:reo likely to be 
 affected. But, .althou<,di in London the con- 
 viction seems to be that the disease from 
 which certain cattle has suffered is pleuro- 
 pneumonia, the farmers of the counties of 
 Forfar and Fife will continue to (|uestioii the 
 validity of tliat evidence. The farmers 
 who decline to believe that the disease is 
 ]ileuro-pneumonia are aijriculturists of great 
 experience. The results of their observa- 
 tions are substantiated by an iiide])endent 
 examination by one of the chief veterinary 
 surgeons in Scotland. Tt is plain that the 
 case put forward by them is at least as 
 strong as that made out on behalf of the 
 Board of Agriculture. 
 
 ALLEGED OT^TBREAK AT 
 LECKIEBANK. 
 
 JIORE CATTLi; TO RE SLAUGHTERED. 
 
 The case of iileuro-inieumonia reiiorte^l as having 
 taken place on the farm of Leckieliaiik, nenr 
 Auohtermuclity, has now been confirine(l by the 
 Hoard of Agricnlfiire. ft will be remembered that 
 on Sunday last ^Ir lieid. veterinary surgecui. and 
 the local ins|)( ctor for the district jiroeeeded to 
 beckiebixiik and 
 
 KIM.IMI ONK Ol' 'I'llV: AMMAF.S 
 which was suspected to have been affected with tho 
 ■ lisease. The lungs were immediately sent to the 
 I'xamiiiers to the I'oard of .Agricult'ire in London, 
 and the following is the hitter whieh Mr AVin. I). 
 Patrick, the county clerk of Fifeshire, yestei.Iny 
 reci'ived from Mr (Jordon, one of the travelling 
 inspectors to that Board ; — 
 
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From Dundee Courier of J'lth (Jctulitr, Jii'J.'. 
 
 station U..tel, IVitli 'Jtli Out,., IV.iJ. 
 
 l)i;'.il .Sir, — i'loiiui-pi.oiiiiuMiii Ii,.h beta ilt'i;luii.il to lxis; 
 
 at .Mr Stuwails | iviiii.->i.« at lA'ckiuliaiik, A\iclituii]iiK'lil\. 
 
 1 am Koiii),' uut tu-iuutiuw, aiulHilI Ijl' i,'lail ti> I'tuiij^n yuii 
 
 with any |>artiuiil<ir.i »huulil yuiir Lutal Autliuiity liiaui; 
 
 tllUUl.— iulllS tlllly, W.M. (illKDON. 
 
 SiiiCL' tlie (itli Oct()l)ei', the day on which Mv 
 .Stewart imicliasi'il the Caiiailiaiis at iJuiuluo, two 
 of tho animals ai>iit'ari.'(l to In; 
 
 AFflXTlOU WITH 1 I.I.N KS.-<, 
 
 and ato vciy liitio food. On 'J\iosilay, tho l^tli 
 iii.-it., .Ml htuwart, wlulu on a visit to I'eilh, mut 
 .Mr (iuidou, ont' of tliu iiisp'jctoi.s to tlio iioaid, and 
 mluiinod liiiii that hu iiaa two Canadian animals 
 which apiicarcd to hi- sulfriiiij^ illnci.-'. .Vftci- sonic 
 inciniiits, Mi (niidon n.(jiii.>tcd .Mr Stowart to 
 iiiakf an ollicial rupoit, but .Mr Jitcwait riplii'd hu 
 was uiiwilhny to do lliat fur a (Uiy or two, as he 
 believed the animals weie only sulfeiing from tlie 
 cohl, and iiurliaiis sliyiit inthimmation ot tlie luii;,'s, 
 O.i l''nday, liowever, ilr .Stewait made an olhci.d 
 lepoit, ami tlie same day .Mi Iteid [nuceeiled to the 
 faun and lusiiecteil the animals. One of them had 
 recoveied wjiiiewhal, and yesterday it was tukiii^' 
 Its tood Well, and appeared to be 
 
 K.Niiiti;L\ Fiiivi; mu.M ijisi;.\si-;. 
 The other anim.il which was .siisiiectoil was 
 shuighteied on .Sunday, as already stated. Jlr 
 Stewart had in all oft aniinals, and of those '62 
 were Caiia bans. The Canadian stock was coiii- 
 liosed of L'7 heifers landed by the Thoinsou Line 
 steamer Hiirona, and o bullocks belonyinjj to t!ie 
 iMonksealoii's cargo. The other animals wen; 4 
 home-bred cows and 1 calf. A large byre contaiueil 
 22 of the Canadians, while the iLinaiiider of the 
 loreigiiers, along with the 4 home-bred cows were 
 hoo.-od in another byre, wnich was separated by u 
 "leed." Tlie heifeis were a lot of two and three- 
 year-olds, and were all well forward. Yesterday 
 inoriiiug Inspector (jordou and Mr lieid visited tiie 
 farm, and 
 
 JI.VUK A CAllEl'UL INSi'KCTION 
 of the whole of the stock, after which the}" 
 examined the whole of the steading. iMr Uoruoii 
 informed 2>lc (Stewart that a valuator would likely 
 visit the lann this aftunioon at live o'clock to value 
 the stock, and immediately thereaftt'r the slaughter- 
 ing of the cattle will in all luobability be com- 
 ineiiced. 
 
 MR (STEWAUT !S Ol'INIOX. 
 
 Mr ytewart, in the course of a conversation with 
 our representative, said he was strongly of opinion 
 that tlie auimal which was slaughtered had not been 
 suffering from contagious pleuro-pueumoiiia at all. 
 He pointed out the animal which the art'ccted cow 
 stood beside, and explained that both received their 
 food out of the same box. Considering this fact, 
 he could not understand why, if it was a case ol 
 pleuro-pueuinonia, the animal which stood next to 
 the affected one, and ate out of the same iiough, 
 
 HAD NOT BEKN SKIZKU 
 
 with or shown any signs of illness, rruceeding, Mr 
 Stewart stated that neither of the four homo-bred 
 milk cows nor the tea Canadian ipieys, which were 
 ill a separate byre trom the affected animal, had 
 shown any symptoms of illness, but, notwithstand- 
 ing this, they had been ordered to be slaughtered. 
 He explained that he had 
 
 HEQUESIKD THE INSl'KCTOU 
 
 not to kill the four home-bred cows until he had 
 seen ivhether the ton queys which were housed 
 beside them had been affected in any way. If 
 nothing were then found wrong with the queys be 
 aaw uo reason why they should be slaughtered. To 
 this, however, the Inipeotor would not agree, aud 
 
 Ik Id tliat no distinction touid be niadi. -'^li 
 .Stewart remarked that he had liad considerable 
 experieneo which assisted him in judging what con- 
 tagious pleuio wa>, having liad his stock 
 
 TWICK CI.EAKKli Ofl' 
 by tliat dis.a^e while he tenanted the farm of 
 Whinnynuur, ^cone. Uo will suffer considerable 
 inconvenience and loss by the jiresent outbreak. 
 
 THE .slaiuuiekEd cattle at 
 
 rAKKllll.I,. 
 
 A IIM.MH-UKKI) cow A1'1E( IKl). 
 The alleged outbreak of pleiiio is likely to prove 
 mole serious on the f.irm ul . arkhiil, ^ewbuigh, 
 tenanted hy .Mr NVdliain Cuild, than was at hist 
 expected. It will he lemeinueieil that about tlie 
 beginning of last week Hi) animals were 
 
 OKDiatKl) 'lO liK KU.l.lCli 
 
 on this farm owiii;; to a Canadian cow, alleged to 
 
 have been alfected by contagious ple'Uio-pneuinonui, 
 
 I having been kt.-pt at the steading overnight, pre- 
 
 i vious to being leiuovel to the faini of Lindures. 
 
 I Hie slaughteiing of the annuals said to have been 
 
 in contact with the one alfected was completed on 
 
 Saturday night last. The lun-s of the animals 
 
 killed were left hanging fiom the caicases, and 
 
 were alterwards examined by Mr Gordon and Mr 
 
 Ueid. These gentlemen, 
 
 O.N I.NSI'KCTINC THE l.LNCS 
 of a home-bred cow, nad their sn.-picions arousod. 
 They immediately desiiatched the lungs to the 
 examiners ot tlie IJoaid of AgriciiUuru, London, 
 and yesterday information was receivul that the 
 lungs showeii all tiie symptoms of contagious 
 pleuro-pneuinoiiia. The cow is said to have stuo l 
 beside the alfected Canadian for twelve hours jne- 
 vious to being removed to Lindores. It is e.spected 
 that the lemaiuder of the cattle on the tai m oc 
 raikhiU, to the number of about tliirty, will have 
 to be killed in the course of a day or two in conse- 
 quence of this fresh discovery. 
 
 STATEMENT liV -MU HEIU. 
 
 iMr Ueid, the vetirinaiy surgeon, in the course of 
 a short coiivei.iation with our representative, 
 staled that he had not the least doubt about the 
 cases already leported being that of contagious 
 pleuro-paeumonia. The wlioie of the symptoms of 
 tne disease had been sliown in tlie affected animals 
 he had alreaily inspectttl on the farms of Lindores, 
 I'arkhiU, and Leiikiebank, and the fact that the 
 lungs of the home-bred cow killed at i'arkhill had 
 been alfected by the disease went to prove his 
 statement. 
 
 THE OUTLRE.VK NEAK AUJiRO.VIH. 
 
 The Board of Agriculture have now given their 
 decision in regard to tiie suspected outbreak uf 
 pleuio at tile larin ot Davia Esplin, Westeitoii, 
 Colliston. As ahead}' reported, a Canadian buUocii 
 oil this farm, which showed signs of disease, was 
 killed, and the lungs forwarded to the Jioard of 
 Agriculture in London for inspection. Tlie bullock, 
 along witli hve others puiciiased by Mr Esplin, was 
 part of thecal goeitherot the MonkseatonorHurona. 
 As a result of their examination, the iJoard of 
 Agriculture on JMunduy ordered ail the cattle on 
 the farm of Westerton to be slaughtered. Mr 
 Erancis H. Davenport, travelhiig inspector for the 
 iSoard of Agriculture, who iuspecteu the cattle at 
 Westerton on Tuesday, has leceived instructions 
 from the Board to make preparations for the 
 slaughter of the animals. The cuttle, which are to 
 be valued to-ilay, are twenty-one in numbei, and 
 include other live Canadians bought at Oundeu on 
 the tith October, and seven milch cows, eight calves, 
 and one bull. 
 
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 From Dundee Courier of JSth and .]9th Oetobcr, ISD^. 
 
 'J'H K Ol rUJKKAK AT COLLISTON, i 
 
 The work of Hliuiglitniiig will tiiku pliici; to-day 
 (Kri(lny) mi tlie fuiiii of David Esidiii, Wcsti'itoii, 
 (Jollistuii. 'J'iic Jjuaid of Agiiculiure liiivini,' given 
 ordois tiiat twenty-one iiidinals on tins farm wlucli 
 Inul lieeii in contact witii an infectL'd Canadian 
 Imllock must lie slangliten'(l, Mr Andrew llutclu'- 
 son, Dundee, pioceeiled to \\ e.sterton on Tliur.sday 
 and valued the cattle, wliicli include olhei' live 
 Canadians, neven milcli cows, eight calves, ami 
 one hull. Mr l-'ianeis II. Davtnpoit, travelling in- 
 si>ecti)r for the JJoanl of Agriculture, will be in 
 attendance for the jiiirpose of supervising the 
 slaughtering opeiations. Further slaughtering is 
 expec'ed to take place in this distiict, as .several 
 of the It.^cling fanners in the neighbourhood were 
 amongst tl. ■ buyers at the sale in Dundee on the 
 
 Gtli October. 
 
 THE SU^l'ECTKD OUl'DRKAK AT IdX'KIlv 
 
 liXSK. 
 
 One of the Couriir representatives i)aid a visit on 
 Thursday altemoon to tlie farjn of iieekiebank, at 
 which a cow suspected to bo infected had been 
 slaaghtcred under the clicnnistances narrated in 
 Thursday's Couriir. i'revious to the suspecte i 
 animal bring kdledon Sunday there were in all on 
 the farm '■At< animals, of widch WJ, were Canadians. 
 Of the hitter, 27 lieifers weie brought over by the 
 Thomson Line steamer llurona, and 5 bullocks 
 liad come in the ^lonkseaton. The other 
 animals were 4 home-bred cows and a calf. 
 The farm has a fine southern exposure, and the 
 .steading buildiirgs are in good repair. The byris, 
 though not so roomy as many of those put uij 
 within the last half-dozen years, are fully as gouu 
 as the average faims in Fife, and have the appear- 
 ance of being kept scrupulously clean. At tlie 
 time when our repiesentative called. Air iStewart. 
 who had gone to Perth in the morning, had not 
 returned, but was expected by the evening train 
 arriving at Auchtermuclity. Meanwhile the cattle- 
 man volunteered to show our representative rouiul 
 and point out to him the stock, Mr >Stewart 
 appears to have in tliis servant a man who 
 knows his duty, and seems to have at heart the 
 interests of his employer, as well as the careful 
 feeding of his stock. rroceoding tiist to show the 
 second animal that had been ailing, he pointeil to { 
 one with a very good eoiit, winch was greedily 
 devouiing the food placeil before it. Speaking ol 
 the two that had been ill, and, as he saiil, had been 
 Hutt'enng from cold, he nairated his treatment of 
 them in giving them doses of treacle and oil. The 
 one which had been killed on Sunday he declared 
 to have been quite lecovered, as his tieatmeiit had 
 cured it, and it was eating corn as greedily as any of 
 the others, and liR seemed to lament the haste of 
 the Inspector in depriving him of his recovered 
 patient. The other see:ned to be quite healthy. 
 Ooing round examining the others, tiiey appeared 
 to be doing very well. i'heir foimer rough coat 
 was being sui)planted by one of a I etter pile. It 
 was expected that the cattle would have been 
 valued on Thursday evening, but that ariangoiiKiit 
 has fallen through. This, however, will lie done 
 to-day or to-morrow, and the slaughter carried into 
 effect as soon as possible thereafter, as the Boaid of 
 Agriculture seems to have no dubiety about it being 
 a case of genuine pleuro. 
 
 PLEUUO-P\EU.MO.MA AT PAHKHILL CONFIKMKI). 
 
 Yesterday the County Clerk of Fife, .Mr Win. D. 
 Patiick, received the following telegram from tin; 
 Local Inspector, Mr Keid, Auchtermuclity : — " Js'o 
 suspected case Lindores. Cow's lung sent from- 
 Parkhill on Sunday to London ; diagnosis cone 
 firmed, pleuro-pneumonia." The remaining cattle 
 
 ALLKGED OUTIJKK.VK IN THE DLNDEE 
 DlSl'UlCT. 
 
 (Jn Thursday evening Air I'eter M'lntyre, Deii- 
 tiiid, r. ueived notice liom one of the travelling 
 insiiectors ol the lioard of Agi leultiire that it would 
 be nicis-aiy to have lit auiinals on his farm ini- 
 nieiliately slaughtered. It aiipears that Air 
 Al'lnlyie puiclia.M'd 'l\i cattle at liie sale of the 
 cargoes of the Alonkseatoii and the llurona at 
 Dundee on Utli OjDobei, Tliey weie at once diiveii 
 out to Dilitiiid for wintering luiiposus. At tae 
 time 111 (juestion the weather was excoptionally 
 wet, and soon after they had been in llie park one 
 of them showed signs ot illness and had to be 
 killed, the belief then being ttiat it liad contiaclea 
 a severe cold. About a week ago another took ill, 
 and was sluughteied, we understand, on Sunday 
 last. I he lungs of the beast were foi warded to 
 tne lioard of Agricultuie, ani, following then 
 exanuMation, came an order tuat the whole of Ihoae 
 remaining should be killeil. W itii this olijeci 
 Initclieis left the city at four o'clock yest. rday 
 aflernoon. It is coiihitently bilieveil by those who 
 have seen the animals that they were not suiieriiiy 
 from infectious pleuio-imeuiuonia, but from a chi.i 
 resulting from sucii severe ex^iosure after tne 
 steaming they receive on board ship. 
 
 AlUiKOATH 
 
 SL.VUUHTEllINt^i IN Till 
 DlSTKICl. 
 The work of slaughtering has now been inaugu- 
 rated in the AiOroath distnci. JJesides David 
 Esplin, the owner of the farm at Colliston, a large 
 number of the leading farineis in the district weie 
 purchaseis of the cattle disposed of at Dundee 
 I'u the 0th (October, and most of tnese farmers nave 
 now been informed tha'^ the cattle tlien bought are 
 to be slaughtereil, as well as, in many instances, 
 the cattle with which they have been Lirought into 
 contact. In \iew oi the wholesale slaughtering 
 thus contemplated. Air Andrew Ilutcheson, Dun- 
 dee, aecomiianied by Air Fiancis Davenport, 
 travelling inspector tor the lioard of Agriculaire, 
 visited a luimlier of the sui rounding farms on 
 Thursday, and put a valuation on all the animals 
 which It was proposed to kill, this work of valuing 
 i the cattle being accomplished in every case to tho 
 satisfaction of the fanner. Amongst the farms on 
 i which the cattle have bveli valued with a view to 
 their slaughter is that of 
 
 WEST MAINS OF El HIE. 
 Ah Ilutcheson and AIi Davenport paid a visit on 
 Ihursday to the farm of West Jiains of Etliie, 
 which is occupied by D. J. Al'W'alter, when the 
 w'.irk of valuing the cattle was carried out. 'Ine 
 number ot aniiiialb on this laim whose slaughter 
 has been duhnitely tixed upon number nine, and 
 consist exclusively of Canadian bullocks purchased 
 by Air Al'W alter at the sale u Dundee on *he Otn 
 11. St. These animals foiined part of the caigo of 
 the llurona. It may be interesting to mention that 
 one of these liullocus has been loilged in a leetl 
 on the farm aloi.g with twenty other Irish cattle, 
 and, notwiihstaiuung the fact that they have been 
 in contact wiih the condemned bullock, the lioard 
 of Agriculture have resolved to exempt this score 
 of animals from slaughter in the meantime. Two 
 hoine-bied heifers have likewise been housed with 
 the condemned Catiudiaiis, and the lioard has 
 agreed to spate these also. No day has yet been 
 hxed for the cariyiiig out of the Hoard's order, but 
 shoultl the slaughter of these nine animals result in 
 the discovery of any signs of disease, the other 
 forty-seven cattle on this farm will in all proba- 
 bility share the same fate. On the other 
 
 \ 
 
 ... _ , . hond, 
 
 at Parkbill will now be slaughtered without further however, should *ihe lungs on examination show no 
 delay. {appearance of disease, the rostriotioas imposed by 
 
From Dundee Courier of S9th and 3ht Octoher, IHU:. 
 
 11 
 
 the Board in their schedule will very likely be at 
 once removed. Mr M'W'alter has never had niiy 
 trouble with Cana'lian cattle nince ho beaan 
 to purchase tliem two years ago. The valuation 
 put upon the conilemnoil cattle is equal to an 
 average of about £10 per head, and this cstiinato 
 Mr M 'Walter regards as a perfectly just market 
 value. I- is expected that the stauuhter of tlie 
 cattle will take plaec in Arbroatli, wliitlier tliey 
 uiil be conveyed on "floats " durini: the nig'it, witli 
 the view of pr'wertins; infection by the way and 
 otherwise removing the possil)ilities of infection. 
 Tlie oidy inconvenience to 'S\v l\P'\Valter arising; 
 from the slaughter of the a inials will lie the higher 
 price that is now being asked for cattle. Jlr 
 Oilr\)th, who occupies tlie farms of Hoaton, Aucli- 
 mithie, and also 
 
 SE.Al'IELf), 
 
 is the owner of seventeen Canadian bullocks that 
 will be included in the intending slaughter. Mr 
 ' ilruth purchased nine bullocks in Dundee on tl;e 
 (1th inst., and convoyed them to Scafiold. where j 
 they were put uinlor cover in eouiiinny with other 
 eight Canadians bo\ight by Mr (iilnitli a week pre- j 
 \i(.usly. I'.efore receivine the schedule of the 
 Board of Aaricultine Jfr Oilruth had followed the 
 plan of puttins them in the field during the dayan^l 
 sheltering them under cover by night, and he has 
 continued doing this since. IMr Gilnith contem- 
 plated bringing the cattle from Seafield down to 
 Seaton, but was warned by the Board of Agricul- 
 ture not to do so in the meantime. Mr Oilrutli's 
 stock has not yet been visited by tlie travelling in- 
 spector of the Board. There will also fall to be 
 slaughtered under the Board's orders thirty-one 
 cattle on the farm of 
 
 NEWTON, 
 
 occupied by Mr Donaldson. These animals were 
 valued by Mr Hutcheson on Thursday, the total 
 valuation, it is understood, amounting to nearly 
 £400. They ore well crown and sui)orior looking 
 animals. As already stated, l^Ir Donaldson has 
 been prevented by the order of the Board from 
 bringing the cattle out of the field in which they 
 were put on their arrival. They were conveyeil to 
 Arbroath, where the slaughter was begun vigor- 
 ously, and proceeded briskly. More slaughtering 
 is expected to take place to-day. Mr Donaldson 
 has never had any trouble with Canadians, and has 
 hitherto found them much superior to the TriMli 
 cattle. He also states that the oidy inoonvenienoc 
 that will be felt wdl be in connection with the 
 higher price of cattle. 
 
 SLALT.HTEKINCl AT COLLISTON. 
 
 Slaughterins operations were begun on the farm 
 of David Ksplin, Westerton, Colli-iton, yesterday 
 morning at eight o'clock. The work was in the 
 hands of a number of butchers from Arbroath, 
 who carried it out most exiieditiously, the <lisagree- 
 able o]>erations being brought to a connlusion about 
 one o'clock in the afternoon. Tu all twenty-one 
 animals were slaughtereil, including one bull, seven 
 mileh cows, eight calves, and other tlve Canadian-i. 
 A large shed w.ts brought into requisition for the 
 slaugliter, skinning, and cleaning of the animals, 
 which wr re siispended from the joists of thelniilil- 
 ing. Mr Davenport, the instiector, was in attendance 
 for the imrpose of sujiervisingthe slnu'j;liter, and the 
 lungs of the animals were not detached until they 
 had been examined by IVfr 'Wallace, V.S.. district 
 inspector for the Arbroath Local Authority, wiio 
 arrived in tiie course of the afternoon for that juii - 
 pose. AVe understand that several of the lungs 
 have V)een forwarded for inspection to the Board of 
 Agriculture. Mr Esplin states that one of the 
 bullocks exhibited signs of disease previous to being 
 laughterod, this being subaequently confirmed. Hbc 
 
 Ksjilin has received as compensatio i over £200. 
 Disinfecting operations will he effected Immediately, 
 and Mr Ksplin thinks that when this has been 
 carried out to the satisfaction of the Board's in- 
 sjiector he will be at liberty to look out for a new 
 stock for his farm. 
 
 FIFESHIRE. 
 
 Yesterday 1.5 cattle were slaughtered at the farm 
 of Mains of Scntseraig (Mr .T. Christie's) by several 
 butchers from Dundee. 
 
 OUPAIt ntHTRICT. 
 
 There is as yet no report of any further develop- 
 ment of the pleuro oiithreak in this district. The 
 animals in contact, and on which the slaugliter 
 order has been pronounced, await the perfecting of 
 the arrangements. 
 
 SUPPO-ED orTBREAK IN 
 LANCASHIRE. 
 
 A supposed outbreak of t>lenro-)ui' umonia has 
 occurred at JIatthew Dawson's fniin. TIashall Eaves, 
 near Clitlierne. Inspector Hill, of the Board of Agri- 
 culture, traced from an infected iilace some cattle 
 bontrht several months ago, and on their beiugslaugh- 
 tere 1 yesterday evidences of disease were discovered. 
 Eight cows and one calf weie slauirhtered. two being 
 buried as unfit for fooil, and the others conveved to 
 Liverpool. The lungs of one cow were sent to Lon- 
 don for examination. Farmer- in the district are 
 greatly concerned, it being feared tliat markets and 
 sales will be stopped. 
 
 It is stated that official information lias been re- 
 ceived from the Board of Aeiriculture to the effect 
 that it is more than probable the 1200 cattle ex 
 the Hnrona and Monkseaton will all be slaugh- 
 tereil. 
 
 WHOLESALE SLAI'rxHTERING IN 
 FORFARSHIRE. 
 
 It is now un<lerstood tliat the Board of Agricul- 
 ture have decided to have the whole of the 1200 
 cattle landed at Dundee by the steamers Monk- 
 seaton and Hurona slaughtered. The work of 
 slaughtering the animals will be overtaken as 
 speeilily as possible, bnt on acoo\int of the large 
 r.umber of cattle involved it will, of course, be some 
 time before it i.s completed. On Friday night and 
 ^aturdav moining 21 cattle were despatched on the 
 farm of Denflnd, and the carcases will be removed 
 to Diindee to-day, and be disposed of to-morrow at 
 the dea'l meat mart at the Cattle INLirket. There 
 are, we understand, about 70 home-bred animals on 
 the farm of Denfind, but as these have not been in 
 contact with those slaughtered they will not be 
 interfered with. On Saturday 7 Canadians, sup- 
 posed tn have contracted the malady, were killeil 
 at Lorh of Liff, tenanted bv Mr A. Osier, and the 
 carcases were reniove<l to D\indee in the course of 
 the day. Fifti'en animals have also been killed on 
 the farm nf Afaiiis of Seotscraig, tenanted bv IMr 
 Christie. I\rr Dawson. ins)i(ctnr under the Board 
 of .Agriculture, and Mr .Andrew Hutcheson visited 
 Pitlivie farm on Saturdav, and vabieil seven 
 animals l)elon'j;ing to ex-Bailie Taylo'-, .and which 
 formed part of the cargo of the INTonkseaton. Thev 
 afterwards jiroceeded to Banhiido to value a num- 
 ber of animals belonging to Colonel .L F. Dickson. 
 As the Colonel was absent at the Arbroath market 
 Afessis Dawson and Hutcheson ilid not manacre to 
 get the work ovei taken. They will, however, 
 return to Panbride to-day, and it is stated that they 
 will afterwards visit several other farms in the 
 district where there are cattle brought by the 
 Monkseaton or the Hurona. It ia understood that 
 
19 
 
 Prrwt Ditvittf Cnurifr of SUt Ooetoher artd ht Norcmhrr, 189^. 
 
 tho Oanarlinn cattlp on Pitlivio will be killed to-tUy. 
 Tt, may he mciitionnil there nre 2fiO nnimals on tlic 
 farm. TtiPHo incluile six vnluaVile slinrthornsi t'le 
 others being Irish ami home-bred 'attle. 
 
 SLAITGHTERTNG IN ARBROATH. 
 
 Slanffhterinu i<< now proceeding br'skly in the 
 Arbroath shambles. Tt wns inn\i£;nrntpd on Friday 
 ni'.'ht with Afr Pnnaldsnn's herd of HI Oanndian". 
 niid was enrrind on visorou^lv ell Sntiirdiiy nnd 
 yesterdav. Tlie slinahter of INTr Donaldaoii's rnttle 
 was broiisrht to a close abont fonr o'elnrk on Satur- 
 day morninp;. Nine C'aiiadinns belonsjinK to ]\rr F). 
 J. lM'^\''nlter, West Mains of Kthie, were brousht in 
 on " floats " on Satnrdiiv ufternoon, tliia mode of 
 eonvnvanrp Iicins: n.loph'd to prevent tln' po-sihili'y 
 of the nnimals affoetina; nnntlicr herd of enttle, 
 which they pxpected to encounter on the road to 
 Arbrontli. TIip sl.inchtpr on Siitnrday and yester- 
 day includpil fivo ranadiiinsfrom tho farm of Rfr .T. 
 TTall. Tondip-Acrps ; nine Pnnadians, the property 
 of '!\rr Oilnitli, Spnfield ; six from the farm of 
 Tioysnck Hill, occnpied by ]\rr .T. Anderson : and 
 also "ix fanadinns bplonsincr to Afr .T. Thomson, 
 AVoodlanil-i. The cattle of Mv Hall. Oondie-Acrea. 
 were only vnlned on Ratnrdny nfter:ioon, and so it 
 is pvidpnt that tbp Tioard of Acriciiltnve havp no 
 intention of wastinpr any time in connection with 
 the stnmpinc: out of the dispsse. One Canadian 
 cow. beloneinsr to Afr T?eil. Tirnnton, will be con- 
 voyed in a " float " to tho shimblps to-day. ATr F. 
 H. Dpvpnport, trnvpllinc insppctor for the Koard of 
 Asncidtnro, and Afr Wnllnce, y.S., attended in 
 j^rlironfh for the pnrpooe of examininp the liinfrs of 
 the slanghtered animals, ami it is understood thnt 
 several Innsrs were detached with a view to their 
 beinrr despatched to the Board of Agricultnre in 
 London for inspection. 
 
 A oow, belonfjin? to l\Tr T!flxter, dairyman, New 
 ■Rattrnv. was slaiightered by order of tho Board of 
 
 Agrionltnre. 
 
 It is intended that the cattle nt Lcckiebank, near 
 Anchtermuchty shnll be slaughtered to-day, 
 
 A number of cattle beloriginD" to Air ftranger, 
 Fitcnr. near Ooiipnr Ansn-, whifh are allcsed to 
 hnvp bren in contact with plenro pnenmonia in- 
 fected enttle. were slanchtered yesterday. 
 
 FoRi'AR. — It is gratifying to learn tlmt in the 
 Forfar district no signs of disease have been 
 obsorved nmongst the cattle iinrchasod nt Dundee 
 bv local farmers anil cattlrdpalers on ntli Octobpr. 
 A consiilprablp niiml'-"rof tlipsp nnimals havp since 
 tho ^alp Vif'Pii in contact with other stock on farms 
 in the neichbonrhood, and we nndorstand that the 
 farmers have confidence that no outbreak will occur. 
 
 The Strnnlnril points out that the Act of Farlia- 
 mont exprnsslv lays down, with reianl to foreign 
 and Colonial imports that when the C.overnment 
 is not satisfied that tho sanitary conditions of any 
 cnntry arc such as to render the importation of 
 cattle frpp from all risk, such cattle are to be 
 slaufflitored on their arrivial. "Tliey are not to 
 leave the port alive." Nobody, it remarks, can 
 pretend to say. after what has occurred at Dundee, 
 that Canada is a country in which the sanitary con- 
 ditifni of the cat'lo is nt the present moment sucli 
 liat no risk ia run by importation. 
 
 FORFARSHIRE. 
 
 SLAUGHTERING AT ARBROATH, 
 The intention of the Board of .<Vgrioultui'e to 
 itamp out the digeaae by alaughtering all the 
 animals sold in Dundee on the 6th October has nt w 
 been almost carried out in the Arbroath distrio» 
 One cow belonging to Mr John Bell, Brunton, wai 
 conveyed into Arbroath on a " float" early yester- 
 day morning and slaughtered. An examination of 
 the animal's lungs proved that it had been in a 
 perfectly healthy state. Tliia means tliat the rest 
 of the stock on Mr Hell's farm will be exempted 
 from slaugliter. Mr Davenport and Mr Wallace, 
 V.S,, attended the shambles yesterday for the pur- 
 pone of examining the lungs of the slaughtered 
 animals. It was unilerstood that a good many of 
 the lungs were detached with a view to their being 
 sent to London to be examined by the Board of 
 Agriculture. 
 
 BILLHEAD. 
 
 Mr Daveuiori, travelling inspector for the Board 
 ot Agriculture, procofded to the farm of Hillhead, 
 "vijich is occupied liy Mr Robert Hume, yesterday, 
 md valued eight Canadian bullooka purchased on 
 ihe 0th ult. in Dundee. The valuation was accom- 
 'dished to the .■satisfaction of the buyer of the 
 cattle, Tlie cattle are to be slaughtered in 
 \rbroath today, whither they were conveyed last 
 'light. The lungs of the slauglitered animals will 
 .vfterwards be examined, and if nosignsof liisease are 
 apparent, Mr Hunie will b . at liberty to set about 
 :iugmenting his stock. On the other hand, how- 
 sver, should the lungs exhibit any appearance of 
 diseaae all the remaining cattle on the farm — 
 which are fourteen in number, and in- 
 clude several fat bullocks and Canadian home- 
 bred and Irish cattle— will also be slaughteied. 
 !t may he mentioned that Mr Hume liad only pro- 
 vided himself with one-half of liia winter stock 
 wlieii the restrictions imposed tinder the Board of 
 .Agriculture order came into operation. 
 
 Colonel J. F. Dickson, Craigmill, poaaes.ses 29 
 Canadians, whicii are also incluiied in tho impend- 
 ng slaughter. Twenty of these are in a field where 
 tliey wi-re placed on their arrival, and where they 
 ■lavp since remained. 'J'lie remaining nine are under 
 cover in a byre, in contact witli four home-bred 
 Mdlocks. Mr Dawson, inspector under tlie Board 
 of Agriculture, and Mr Hutchesou visited the farm 
 on yatuiday for the purpose of valuing the cattle, 
 but the Colonel was away from home, and the work 
 of valuation, we understand, has not yet been oiei- 
 akon. It is expected tliat this will be accom- 
 plished to-morrow, when theworkof alaiighteiiuii will 
 inimediately begin. It was anticipated that tin- 
 'nisiness ef sl.iugiiteriiig the nine Caiia liaes on Pit- 
 livie, beltuiging to ex-Hailie 'JVylor, whicli were 
 valued on Saturday, would have been carried out 
 •;o-ilay. 'I'liia. liosvever, ha", it is unilerstood, not 
 yet been aicomplislied. The slaugiitering of the 
 animals at Pitlivie and at Craigmill will mean that 
 the work pursued liy the Board of Agriculture o' 
 exterminating all tlie cattle di.-posed of at tlie sale 
 held in Dundee on tlie (ith ult. lias finished so far as 
 the Arbroath district is conceineil. Slaugiitering 
 was begun on the farm of We-sterton, Collistoii, oc- 
 cupied by Mr lOsplin, on .Saturday, October 2J, by 
 the slaughter of a Canadian bullock, and by the 
 slaugliter of other twenty-one animals on 
 the Monday following. Tho latter lot in- 
 cluded five Canadians, seven milch cows, eight 
 calves, and one bull. When tlie slaughter on Pitlivie 
 wid Craigmill is tiniahed, the total number of 
 animals slaughteied will be 1.^5. This number is 
 listriliuted as follows :— ATr D. E.splin, "Westerton, 
 Collision, 22 ; Mr R. J. Donaldson. Newton. 31 : 
 

 From. Dundee Courier of lit Novcmher, JSO.?, 
 
 13 
 
 
 )1 
 
 MrD. J. M'Walter, Weit Malnn of Etlile, 9; Mr 
 Gilruth, Seafield, 9 ; Mr John AnHeiaon, IJoysack 
 Hill, 6; Mr J. .Tamieson, Woodland*, 6; 5lr J. 
 Hall, CondieaoreK, 5 ; Mr J. }!ell, Jiruntun, 1 ; Mr 
 Robert Hume, 8 ; exKailie Taylor, Pitlivie, 9 ; Mr 
 J. F. Dicktion, Panbride, 29. All the cattle are 
 Canadians with the exoeption of Mr Esplin's. 
 Slaughtering operation* will now be transferred to 
 tho Forfar and Montrose districtR. 
 
 SLAUGH'I'KRING AT BRECHIN. 
 On Saturday a staff of butchers arrived in the 
 I'.rccliiii and Montrose district and commonced the 
 slaughtering of the Canadian cattln out of the two 
 sunpccted cargoes belonging to luoal fanners. The 
 fourteen cattle on Hauglis of Kinnaird, tonantedby 
 Mr J. L. Semple, weie first killed, and t'ne men, 
 who were under the suin'rvision of Mr Cameron, 
 Gla-sgow, then proceeded to Glenskinnu, where Mr 
 SpencH had twenty-one of the cattle. Some of 
 these were killed on Saturday evening, and tlie re- 
 mainder on Sunday, and the butcliers then cro.-^.ied 
 over to DunninaUl Main*--, nl.so tenanted by Mr 
 Spenci', where there wi-rt- forty-two head. The 
 slaughtering of these was CDUcluded yesterday, the 
 carcases being dressed and forwarded to Glasgow. 
 In the afternoon the forty-four out of the same 
 cargoes belonging to Mr .Sam.ion, lialwyllo, were 
 slaughtered, but in this instance the carca-ies were 
 carted to Montrose Shambles and there dressed. 
 The other farms in the-distriet on which there are 
 cattle from the suspected caigoi's are : — J. Calder, 
 Seaton of Usan ; W. Couper, Kintrockat ; U. 
 Rodger, Mains of Dun (54 head) ; V. Kinnear, 
 Dysart ; Mr Playfair, Morpliie ; and W. Salmond, 
 Woodrae. 
 
 VALUATIONS IN FORFARSHIRE. 
 Yesterday Government Inspectors, accompanied 
 by valuator!!, visited the Forfar district and valued 
 several of the oattle which were landeil at Dundee 
 by the Monkseaton and the Hurona. Tho animals 
 which had been in contact with them, however, 
 were not valued, and they will not be slanghteied 
 unless they exhibit .symptoms of illness. Mr 
 Dawson, Government Inspector, accompanied by 
 Mr Andrew Hutoheson, Dundee, valued tho cattle 
 on Drumclune (which belong to Messrs Reid k 
 Smith, dealers), as well as some cows in Forfar. 
 The number of animals valued on the farm of Dun- 
 dune was 39, hut Some more still reinain to be 
 valued in this district at some future time. The 
 farm known as the Gask, tenanted l)y Mr Pattullo, 
 and the farm of Inglistoii, tenanted by Mr Simp- 
 son, were also visited, and the cattle were valued 
 by Mr Brown, inspector, accomi)anied by Mr Hay, 
 of Messrs Hay ft Kyd, Perth. The various lots on 
 the sev>'ral farms wliich were value I yesterday will 
 probably be slaughtered within the next two days. 
 
 PERTHSHIRE. 
 
 Mr William Allan, Kinnonpark, Methven, whose 
 farm has been scheduled, was in Perth yesterday. 
 He stated that ho had not as yet received any 
 notice about slaughtering, but he expected to 
 receive such a notice either to-day or to-morrow. 
 Mr Allan bought IG Canadian cattle in Dundee on 
 the 6th October, and since then they have been in 
 contact with his other stock, which include 70 
 cattle. Yesterday Mr Alexander Hay, of Messrs 
 Hay & Kyd, auctioneers, Perth, proceeded to the 
 farm of Gask, near Coupar Angus, tenanied by Mr 
 David PituUo, for the purpose of valuing eight 
 Canadian cattle, which were purchased in Dundee 
 on 6th October. The stock includes 85 cattle. Six 
 
 of the Canadiani are in a separate byre, which i* 
 divided from the cow byre by a wooden )>artition, 
 and the other two Canadians are in a byre with 20 
 feeding cuttle. Neither Mr P. Constable, Baled- 
 garno, Inchture, who ha* six Canadians on the 
 Priory parks along with five stots, nor Mr Morgan, 
 Ardgaith, (ileiicarse, who has 27 Canadians on his 
 ' farm, seven of which were purchased on the 6th 
 October at Dundee, have had their cattle valued. 
 The other stock at Ardgaith include 104 feeding 
 oattle and cows. 
 
 SLAUGHTKRING OF THE STOCK AT 
 LEUKIKISANK. 
 As reported in the Courier of laxt week the whole 
 of tlie cattle til I.eckie'nank, near Auciitermuchty, 
 had come under the slaughter order. One of the 
 aniiiiaU suspected to he suffering from pleuro was, 
 it will be rememlieied, killed on Sunday week, aiul 
 on its lungs being sent to the examiners of the 
 ISoard of Agriculture it whs ileclaied to he a case of 
 pleuro-inieumiinia, and the Board of Aijiiculture 
 thereafter declaroil the farm an infected plaee. The 
 total number of cattle on the farm was 37, made up 
 or 32 Canadians and 4 home-Ill ed cows and a calf. 
 'I'lie cattle weie valued on Friday evening, and 
 anaiigements were made hy travellinj; inspector 
 (iordiui rortheslai'glilerin;;l)eingbegun on Saturday. 
 On Saturday morning Jlr M'Call, Dunldaue, as 
 representing the Board of Agricultvue, arrived at 
 the farm with a squad of nine (ilav^sow butclieis. 
 about seven o'clock. With the aid of a local joiner, 
 one of the large sheds on the farm was fitteil up in 
 which to kill the animals, and suspend the carcases, 
 and at half-past ten o'clock the viork of slaughter- 
 ing was begun, and continued uninterruptedly 
 until du>k, when it was found that 22 of the cattle 
 had been killed. The work was then adjourned till 
 the following day. The slaughtering operations 
 were resumed on Sunday morning at seven o'clock, 
 and by twelve o'clock the lemaining 14 of the oattle 
 had been killed and their carcases hung up. Mr 
 Reid, jun., V..S., Aucliieimuohty, visited the farm 
 on Sunday about ten o'clock, and he was followed 
 by Mr Gordon, the travelling inspector, about 
 eleven o'clock. I'he formei immediately on his 
 arrival began an inspection of the carcases. The 
 whole of the lungs were then detached, and a 
 careful inspection made of tlii-m liy these two uflfioials. 
 All tho lungs of the Canadians were then packed 
 for transit to London, tliose which had come by 
 the Blonk.-eaton and Hurona being (lacked up 
 separately. Messrs Conlon and Reid left the faim 
 again at one o'clock, by which time the butchers 
 had befiun to tie up the cai oases. Six of the 
 butchers left during the afternoon to calcli the 
 train on the main line for Glasgow, and Mr JIH'all 
 and three men were loft to tie uji and arrange the 
 jemainiiig cai cases, which was only completed at 
 twelve o'clock yesterday, when th^- carca-es were at 
 once sent down to Auchterniuchty Railway .Station 
 tn route for the Glasgow Uea.l Meat IMarkefc. One- 
 hiilf of three of the carcases were letaincd and 
 biirned, as tlnse showed signs of a little intl-imma- 
 tion having taken place in the rib. Tho inspectors 
 communicated little or no information to Mr 
 Stewart, the owner of the cattle, but in an inter- 
 view with our representative yesterday Mr Stewart 
 very courteously gave his opinion ot the state of 
 the cattle. He is still strongly of opinion that it 
 has not been a case of pleuro atall, as the symptoms 
 were notatalllike those which manifested themselves 
 in two separate outbreaks ot the disease when beheld 
 a farm in Pertlishiro. lio also examined fU tbe 
 
14 
 
 Prmn. Ihtmhi Courier of Ixt and .,')ul Nomnlxr, Iftf)'.', 
 
 oaroMeg himielf, and uy* there were not any ap- 
 lUkient Bymptomi of pleuro. In some of them, 
 nowever, Ihere were trace* of tubeiculo*!*, but tlil«, 
 lie said, wait very oommoD in ArnericHn cattle, 
 whioli, he Maid, wai oau>»d by overheating in the 
 khip. Two of the caiomie* were a little rnarlccj, 
 ana bad enoruittmeiitii on the ri()«, stiil one of them 
 was a little auft, and in one or two of them the 
 lungs were a little coni^eiiteJ. It waa the halve* of 
 three of the worHt of tbeae which were l(ept and 
 buried. Hp Htated it wait quite iin|>ouiblr- to get 
 American cattle shortly after theif long journey 
 without the little taints he hal io'licAtol, ati<l these, 
 he aHserted, would never (ievelop into pl'uro.^ Tho 
 farm bullilingH will at onue be clean<; I ami digiii- 
 feote'l, niul Mr Stewart will thin b<> enabled to 
 restock IiIh farm, aH he it left withoit any. 
 
 SLAUGHTERING IN KM^IN.SUIKE AND 
 liANFF>HIKE. 
 
 Our Elgin correitpou'leiit, teleiiiaphing last night, 
 says : — It is underHtooit itibtruc'.ioni) have been 
 given for the fllaiighter of all the cattle tliat were 
 in oimtRct with the Caiia'lian animaU alleged to 
 have been founii sutfoiiiig from |>l'Mir(,-;.iic'm')nia in 
 Forfarshire, and which, al'jii^ with the other 
 purtion of the live stoelc car;{o, wt-fK exposed for 
 wale in Dundee on Oth <>ct<jli';r. Two or tlireL- 
 Kentlcmcii in Moraysuiie purcliatrrd i)ait of the 
 Oiugo, and to monow (Tuesday) th^n* are to be 
 slauglitered. There ari' 35 on the farm of (Jariwell, 
 A Ives; 9 at Spagnii-, heloiigin,' t'> Mr T<aing, 
 Keith ; and 17 at Hurnsid*', KochaiiPr.^. Tlie.-to 
 animals are all in a healthy <.'oiiditi"n, but tlie 
 order for the >'lauKliter i* ini]»'.-iativ«. Considerable 
 excitement is being cause 1 among northern agricul- 
 turists by the news that »o m»iiy cattle are to be 
 slaughtered. In addition Ut tho-.e rner.tiouod in 
 Morayshire, 37 are to be killed at Drum, near 
 Keith, liaiiflCsliire, making !^ in all. 'I'liey form 
 part of the two uargues sold at Djudee on 6th 
 October. The slaughter was partly accomplished 
 in Morayshire tu- night, and the remainder wiil be 
 killed to morrow. 
 
 NO PLEUROPNEUMONIA IX CANADA. 
 
 INQUIRIKS BY THK MINISTKK Of AiniCLLTUBK, 
 
 The Ottawa couv>p iident of t!ie Timii says :— 
 Inquiries made in all parts of Camd-i elicit the 
 reply that no pleuro-pneumotda exists in the 
 country. Cattle dealers cannot believe that an 
 actual case was found amongst itome Canadiin 
 cattle shipped to Uund.-e. They think that tlie 
 slaughtered animal suffered from bronchial pneu- 
 monia, a non-contagiouK diSijaji*;, contracted en 
 route. The Minister of A^jii'-ultir^ i-i cauMin:; the 
 origin of every animal sh«p(«;d on board the 
 steamers Hurona an>i Moi/k^fni.,.- •'■ > ic.'d 
 RESTOC'KiN(; Al DENHND. 
 
 The cattle on thu farm o( I'ani/ride, belonging to 
 Colonel J. F. Dickson, were yenterday valued by 
 Mr Andrew Hutclieson, and »ill U- sdaus^litered to- 
 day in accordance with the g<.-iicral order ii.iued by 
 the Board of Agriculture that all the cattle form- 
 ing the cargoes landed at lininhrt- on 'ith October 
 by the Monkseaton and the Hurona sboulrl be 
 killed. Mr i'eter M'liityre, !;• ntind, ha-i recrived 
 a notice from Mr William Uavil«<-in, one of the 
 inspectors under the J5oard of Agriculture, with- 
 drawing the restrictions plaxx-l on biii farm in con- 
 stquence of the disease. Str M'Intyie. it will Ije 
 remembeieil, ijuichased twenty-thr»;»"of the animals 
 at the sale in questiun, and shot lly thereafter iwo 
 of these died, and the twenty-one others were 
 slaughtered on ."^atuiday last. «j i.'onsiilering the 
 shoi t time that has elapKed lietwcn the slaughter 
 of Mr M'Intyre's cattle and thi< order allowing him 
 to reatock his farm, the Keuecal feelinic is that, bo 
 
 fitr at least as the animals in his possesaion wer« 
 concerned, they could not have been affected with 
 pleuro. 
 
 SLAUGHTERING IN AHBROATH AND 
 
 CARNOUSTIE. 
 It may now be said that, »o far, at least, as this 
 district is concerned, the last of tho two suspected 
 caigoi s Hohl in Dundee on the 6th ult. will be killed 
 to-day, when idan^hieiing operations will take 
 place on the faiiiisot I'itlivie, belonging to ex-Bailie 
 'I'aylor, Dundee, and Craiginill, occupied by Colonel 
 J. 1'. Dickson. Nine Canadian bullocks wi'ie 
 valued at I'itlivie on Saiurday, and yesterday Mr 
 /Andrew Hutchesoi, Dumlee, proceeded to the 
 fiiim of Craiginill, where there are 20 Canadians, 
 and valued the animals with a view to their 
 slaughter tu-day. This will bring the slaughtering 
 in this district to a close should these animals show 
 no sign of disease. The work is to be tmdertaken 
 by a staff of butchers from Dundee. The eight 
 Canadian bulliicks on the farm of Hillhead, occii- 
 1 led hy Ml- Robert Hume, wore conveyed into 
 -Vrliroath on Monday iiiglit in " cattle" floats, and 
 ■•laiigbteied in the sh,iinbles yesteidiiy. We under- 
 t!aiid that the lungs of tho animals arc to be 
 (xaniii.e I to-day. 
 
 THE liOAUD OF AGRICULTURE 
 
 CtJNDlOi'NICD. 
 
 INCI'^IVE ADDKMSS liY PRINCIPAL 
 
 \Vir.I.IA.\IS. 
 
 A meeting of the Fito.shiit Local Authority was 
 held in the (.!ouiit_v lluildinys, Cupar, yesterday, 
 which was well attoiuled — Air R. Cathcart of Pit* 
 Ciiiilie prtMidiui;. 
 
 The Chaikman, before the proceedings com* 
 mencfid, stated that he had heai'd the previous day 
 that Principal Williams, of Elinburgh, intended 
 being pre-ent in Cupar that day, ind he telegraphed 
 to that gentleman asking if he could lie present at 
 their meeting, as he (the Chairman) thought all the 
 members of the Authorilv would b anxious to hear 
 what he liii 1 to say on the cases which had been 
 so proiniui utly before the agricultural community 
 for some time back. Anything that Principal 
 Williniiis might say would not bind them in any 
 way, but he thought it of consequtnce that they 
 should he in possession of as much information as 
 possible on the subject. The Board of Agiiculture 
 did not afford tbein any information. They took 
 everything in their own hands, a.id left the 
 Authority to find out what they liked for them- 
 selves. He thought it tlieiefore all the more neces- 
 saiy that they should take advantage of hearing 
 any stateiiu nts the Principal might ma!{o to them. 
 
 'liie meetiii;^ iliui.iuglily approved of what the 
 Chairir.aii linil done. 
 
 The Clkiik submitted a slatement giving a record 
 of th' cases in the county which had been sus- 
 pected, iiiulof the slaughter at the various places, 
 an account; of which has already apinared in the 
 Courier, uml he stated that, I,.' hud got notice from 
 tho chief tiavidliiig inspiclor of 12 cattle at 
 Airdrie, ('rail ; 1(1 at Carveiiom, near Aiisftuther ; 
 iiiid IT) at Falside, 
 
 I'Kl.VC'll'.M. WIM.I.VMS' IJ.SCKIITIO.V OK 1'r.KUHO. 
 
 l'riiici|ial W'lu.lAM.s was then called in and in- 
 troduced by the Chairman, and on being asked to 
 make a short statement said he came liefore them as 
 lepresenting both liims. If and his father, and a great 
 many veterinary siirgeon.s, regard ini{ the .so-called 
 outbreak of pleuio-piieumouia. The Canadian 
 Government denied that they had disease 
 in tlie country, but, apart from that declaration, 
 the Principal and those who were of his opinion 
 
 T 
 
From Dundrr Courur of .'nd Nnvonlur, IS!).', 
 
 15 
 
 as far a<t tlioy had Keen trotn the 8peotm«iu they . 
 had (ibtaineit, lind found no trace of it, and tliov 
 mnilu that ducliiration, nnd would Htick to Mii'ir 
 opinions through thick and tliin that uiuloiilitodly 
 it wns not pleuro-iMifumonin. A Mi'ftichin^! micni- 
 ■copic examination Im^l pioved it tu In-, in their 
 opinion, bronciio-pnciimonia, whicii disease oo- 
 ourred, he said, in Irish, American, and (.'anndinn 
 oattlu, and wliicli wan duo tu tlie animals catohiny 
 cold on the voyage to this country. (Toing on to 
 (lescrihe the forms of the disease, Principal Williams 
 said that in contagicnis plcuro there w,ts fcbrinous 
 exudate, which tilled the air vesicles and the smaller 
 bronchial tubes, leaving the epitlielinl lining of the 
 vesicles and the smaller tubes intact, lint in corn- 
 stalk disease there was none of that febrinous 
 exuilate, and the epithelial lining became altered in 
 condition, and either fell off and was cast away in 
 the (lischargo or multiplied. In pleuro-pneumonia 
 conta^iosu the <liHertse extended to the walls of the 
 blood vessels and disturbed their inner lining, and 
 in coiLuequcncK during the life of the animal thi' 
 blood was Cdagulatcd in these vessels, and tiny 
 could never he restored to health. In cornstalk 
 disease the-^e conditions did not occur, and it was 
 quite possible for an affected part to recover and be 
 restored to health. Referring to a number of 
 specimens of the lun^s and illustrations of the 
 different effects of pleuro and cornstalk on the 
 lungs of the animals, which were exhibited in an 
 adjoining room, the Principal (continuing) saiil the 
 specimens were sutficient to convince any one that 
 those they obtained were not contagious pleuro- 
 pneumonia. In all the specimens submitted the 
 lungs did not sink in water, whereas in contagious 
 pleuro they sank. Though this question might be 
 a small one to the country at large, it was a very 
 important one to the farmers of Fifesliire. He 
 (the Principal) did not think the question a local 
 one. He considered it almost an Imperial one. As 
 they were aware, the Dominion was divided be- 
 tween French and British Canadians, the former of 
 whom were anxious to have an amalgamation with 
 the United States, and if Canada wai scheduled it 
 might lead to civil war and separation from this 
 country. He considered the Government of this 
 country should give Canada the satisfaction of 
 having it proved or disproved that this disease was 
 really that of contagious pleuro-pneumonia. 
 
 Questions being invited, in answer to Mr Mitchell, 
 Pliskmiln, 
 
 Principal Williams said disease in animals arose 
 from at least one of two conditions. The first 
 might be contagious, and the other under certain 
 conditions and circumstances in which they were 
 placed, such as being exposed to severe cold 
 draught. Cornstalk was an acute cold afTeoting 
 the chest of the animal, and such might have been 
 the case with the second cow said to have been 
 affected at rarkhill. 
 
 In answer to Mr Ballingall, the Pkinoipal said 
 if he had a small portion of the lung of the animal 
 he could give an opinion. He might add, he said, 
 that pleuro-pneumonia originated at a centre per- 
 haps about the size of a pin point, which gradually 
 spread from the centre, getting larger, until the 
 animal died or was slaughtereil, or until the germs 
 lost their power in extending to everything they 
 came into contact with. It was quite possible, 
 he said, for a man to have pleuro-pneumonia 
 and seemingly recover and live ten years 
 after, t. and still have it in his system. 
 There was no disease without germs, but 
 oases of broncho'pneumonia were easily re- 
 ooverable, as there was no affection in the blood 
 
 vessels. He never knew of a cane of pleuro- 
 ])iit'Uinonia developint; more (piickly than in three 
 weeks Hi- tluMiyht the ( iiivenimi'iit should give 
 tliini an opiMiitiiiiiiy of having the animals inocu- 
 lated, but tluTe hail been no oppoitnnity by which 
 the lymph cuiill be got. 
 
 Mr liAl.MNd.M.l., at the close of the questioning, 
 said he considered that they had been all thiuugh 
 viry riivnllcrly trcateil by the P.oard of Agrictiltme, 
 as they had nut been given the slightest oppor- 
 tunity of satislyiiig themselves, and hut for the 
 merest accident they would not have got part of 
 the lung which had been subinitteil to Principal 
 Williams. He could not li t the opportunity pass 
 without again protesting a^'ainst the treatment 
 they were gi'tting from the IJoard of Agriculture, 
 as ho thought they were entitleil to every facility 
 to see for themselves, and if iliey or any authority 
 were to ho of any use they o\ight to get op- 
 portunitie-i of informing themselves on these o>it- 
 breaks. If not, they, as an authority, would soon 
 require to sigii their own ilis^olution. 
 
 In the adjoining room, P-incipal Williams ex- 
 hibited specimens In printed platis and photo- 
 graphs of pleuro-pneumonia and cornstalk diseases, 
 and the ditference between the two was exhibited 
 in a marked manner by powerful microscopes also 
 on parts of diseased Iuuks. 
 
 UNWARKANTED ASSUMPTIONS. 
 
 The Times has a long leailer on the pleuro- 
 pneumonia scare in its yesterday's issue. After 
 narrntuig the circumstances connected with the 
 dispersion of the cargoes of the Monk^eaton and 
 the Hurona at Dundee, it points out that the Con- 
 tagious Diseases (Animals) Act of 187H provides 
 that when the Privy Council — now the Hoard of 
 Agriculture — are satisfied with regard to any 
 foreign country that the laws of the country and 
 the sanitary condition of animals therein are such 
 as to afford icasonable security against disease, 
 then they shall allow animals to be landed without 
 Iteing subject to slaughter. What concerns the 
 inhabitants of these islands at this moment is the 
 fact that pleuro-pneumonia exists in Canada, and 
 the other fact that cargoes of Canadian cattle are 
 actually on their way here. IJy what is done in the 
 case the public will have a means of judging the 
 administrative capacities of the new Minister of 
 Agriculture, Mr Herbert Gardner. 
 
 Last night's Edinhurrih Kveniwf Dispatch, com- 
 menting on the above-mentioned leader, says : — 
 The I'imes to-day readily assumes the accuracy of 
 the diagnosis of the Veterinary Department of the 
 Board of Agriculture, and treats as a fact the 
 allegation "that pleuro-pneumonia exists _ in 
 Canada," and that it has been introduced into 
 Scotland. ^'These so-called facts are denied by 
 veterinary authoritiesi on the spot, who are not less 
 qualified— probably much better qualified— than 
 those in London to pronounce an opinion. What is 
 desired in Scotland, and demanded as a right, is 
 that the question should be authoritatively set at 
 rest before scores of healthy cattle are sacrificed to 
 what is believed lo be an obstinate delusion. 
 
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 Front, /hniiirr ^hnrlll■ of ."nl A'oi/wi /'(/•, /S'.). 
 
 rLEURO-PNEl'MONIA V, CORNSTALK 
 DISKASK. 
 Ill the nbienoo of niiy ilcclanition liy the Hoftnl 
 of AKricuUmv ns to tlio pi iiiri|>IcH iipnn which they 
 liavc iliTiilu'l tli.it tho iliHi'iim- nttrihiitcd to 
 CaiiailiftM cattle Imuhd at l)iiii'ha> wa« pkMiro- 
 pnoiKnonia, the a(Mreisi{ivi'ii))y I'linciiml WilliaitiH, 
 of l';iliiil)Ui«h, at thi' tnoftiiig of tho I'ifowliiro I,(>c;i 
 Autliority on 'I'u.s.lay hns cieutcd much intoriMt 
 among ngiicnltniiHt^. Tho iniiiii purpoHo of 
 rriticipiil Williams' acMroMM w:i> to pruvi- that tlio 
 malaily was not plonro-piu'iimonia, hut broncho- 
 piitiumonin, a ilis(!usu oceuiiing in Irish, American, 
 ami Ciinadinn cattle, and duo to tho animals 
 catciiing col.l on tiie voyage to tlli^ country. 
 Thiough tiiP courtesy of Principal Williams we are 
 ennhled to reproduce to-day i)iiotosraphs of paits 
 of diwased lungs showing tlie appeal ancos pro- 
 son'ed ill cases of ))leiii n pneiiinoiiia on tho one 
 band and of coinstallc disease on tho other. 
 
 m 
 
 rtKUHO-rNEUMONIA. 
 
 These photograjihs were among those oxhihited by 
 tlie Principal in illustration of !iis lecture. As he 
 then pointed out, there is in contagious plcuro 
 febrinous exudate, which fills the air vesicles and 
 the smaller bronchial tubos, leaving tho epithelial 
 lining of the vesicles and tho smaller tubes intact. 
 But in cornstalk disease there is none of that 
 febrinous exudate, and the epithelia'. lining 
 becomes *♦ altered in condition, and - either 
 falls off and Is cast away in the dis- 
 charge or multiplied. In pleuro-pneumonia con- 
 tagioso the disease extends to tho walls of thil 
 blood vessels and disturbs their inner lining, and in 
 couseqiioiice during the life of the animal the blood 
 is coagulated in these vessels, and they can never 
 be restored to health. In cornstalk disease, on the 
 other hand, these conditions do not occur, and it is 
 quite possible for an aflecteil part to recover and be 
 restored to health. In referring to the illustrations 
 of the different effects of pleuro and cornstalk on 
 the lungs of the animals, the Principal added that 
 the specimens were sufHcient to convince any one 
 that those they obtained were not contagious 
 pleuro-pneumonia In all the specimens submitted 
 the lungs did not sink in water, whereas in con- 
 tagious pleuro they sank. 
 
 I roi;\sT\i.i< n!-;'"\^i!. 
 
 RJRTIIER SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE. 
 
 ' The cattio purchased by cx-lSailie Taylor, 
 Dundee, for his farm of Pitlivie, at tho sale on (!lh 
 October have been valued prior to thoir slaughter, 
 whicli will be completed to-day. Those bought by 
 Colonel J. F. Dickson, Panbride— about 20 in num' 
 ber — were killed yesterday. 
 
 THP2 SLAUGHTERING IN ARP.ROATH. 
 Jlr Wallace, V.S., was in attendance at the 
 Arliroath shnml)les yesterday, and examined tho 
 eij;ht cattio from tho farm of Hillhead, belonging 
 to Mr Robert Hume, which were slaughtered yester- 
 day. AVe understand that several lungs wore do- 
 tacliod with a view to their being sent to London to 
 be examined by the ISoard of Agriculture. Eleven 
 animals were conveyed to the Aibroath shamldes 
 last night from tho farm of East Mains of Rossie, 
 near MontrJ.se, and will ho slaughtered to-day. 
 When this has been accomplished, the number of 
 cattle that liave been killeil in the Arbioath 
 shambles will be 80. 
 
 FORFAR. 
 
 Yesterday 43 of tho animals iiurclinscd in Dundee 
 on (Jth Octobir by ilessrs I'.eid & Smith, Lethum, 
 were slaugl.' -'6(1 on the farm of Orumclune, near 
 Forfar, occupied bj- the trustees of tho late Mr 
 James Wylie, by o'der of tho hoard of AgricuUuie, 
 in consequence of the suspected outbreak of pleuro. 
 Operations were carried tliruugh by a staff of Eu u- 
 burgh butchers, employed by Mr Dawson, the 
 Government's official. They commenced their 
 disagreeable work early in tho morning and 
 finished in the evening. It was intended tliat 
 the 25 cattle bought by Mr James Simpson, 
 Ingleston of Eassie, on the same date should be 
 brought to the Forfar slaughterhouse yesterday 
 morning to be killed, but the traction engine, 
 belonging to Mr Hendry Young, timber merchant, 
 Kirriemuir, by which they were conveyed to town, 
 broke down on its way to the farm. Probably, 
 however, the cattle will be sent to Forfar to-day, 
 where they will be killed, r Yesterday forenoon one 
 cowand two calves, purchased by Mr Alex. Deuohars, 
 flesher, were killed in the slaughterhouse. Their 
 lungs were in the course of the day examined by Mr 
 Tait, veterinary surgeon, but we understand thot they 
 do not showany signs of disease. They will be trans- 
 mitted to London for inspection, and it is expected 
 they will be reported upon in a day or two. Mr 
 
 
From Dundie Couriir of .Inl <ttt(l 4lh Xovemher, /,?.')?. 
 
 If 
 
 the 
 
 AndrAw Ilutchlxon, Dumlce, and Mr Dawmn 
 Yiiited the farm of Soutli Slninx, tunanted by Mr 
 Geoi'Ke NicuU, ytiiterday forenoon, and Tahioil 37 
 CHna<liait cattle, of which 2!) liclongod to Mr 
 Nicoll'x ion, U to hiinxelf, and 3 to Mr Allardycc. 
 Mr Alexander ijiiiipvon, Hatton of Newtyle, i>ur- 
 chaiied 8 of tlie cattle nohl in Douno on 
 6th October. One of tliese— a cow— Mr 
 Bimpioii had on hii farm, and the re- 
 mninler he had at Hatton of CarHc^ray, and Mr 
 Hutchison niaccil tiiu valuntion upon tlie nine. It 
 Ib expected timt tiiey will ho slaughtoiod in tlie 
 ooiirHc of the wi'i'k. Mr I'rown c)f tlie Hoard of 
 Agriculture, nccumpiinied by Mr Hay, I'lMtli, 
 viMiti'd Driimbiirniw Kann, whui o thirtt'on ( 'aiiiuli.uis 
 belongini{ to Mr Wiyhton, Mvio, ainl nine ownocl 
 by Mr JameH M. Winter, wore valued. '] he other 
 places tlipy ctilk'd at were KirkliiU, ttMiaiited by Mr 
 George Roy, where they placed tln^ price upon 
 one cow ; Knockenny, nccupied by Mr Jamim 
 liruco, wliere they valued six cattle ; and New- 
 ton of (JhiiniH, of which Mr Alex. Annand 
 iH the tenant, where tliey appiaiscd ten cattle. 
 To-morrow they will visit Woodrae, tenanted by 
 Mr Salmond, when they will fix tlio value of ten 
 animals heloii^Mnx to th;U gtMithiMim. It is ex- 
 pected that the cattle at l^ninihairow will be thrre 
 ■laughtered, and that tlieii carcases will be hrou>;ht 
 to Forfar to be dressed. We understand th,i the 
 principle upon which the values have been nado 
 will give tu the owners about a couple of pounds 
 above the purchase price, which will cover the cost 
 of the transmission of the animals from Dundee 
 and their keep. 
 
 SIAUGHTERING OF CANADIAN BULLOCKS. 
 Yesterday afternoon a staff of butchers arrived at 
 Balandro, near Johnskaven, tenanted by Mr P. D. 
 Playfair, to kill twelve bullocks, which had been 
 landed by the s.s, Monkseaton at Dundee. The 
 men had just come from Scotston, St Cyrus, where 
 they had also been making a slaugliter of Canadians. 
 They were strong, superior animals, and seemed 
 quite healthy. They were all killed and c'ressed, 
 and the carcases await the Inspector for thu hoard 
 of Agriculture to examine them. Luckily for Mr 
 Playfair, it was the first and only lot he had bought 
 in for the winter. 
 
 ANSTRUTHER DISTRICT. 
 The Canadian cattle which formed part of the 
 cargo of the Monkseaton and Hurona brought to 
 this district wore traced to the several purchasers 
 on Saturday by a repiesentative from the Boaril of 
 Agriculture. These were disjiersed to seven farms, 
 and after a valuation the order was at once given 
 for their iiniiu'diate slaughter. Messrs Liiwson & 
 Duff, butchers, Dundee, at once began the work 
 with a squad of eii,'lit men at the pliicts already 
 mentioned in the Courier, ami 22 were slaughtered 
 yesterday at Balconiie. Other Canadian cattle 
 still exist about Kiikcaldy, and the work will oe 
 couiinued in that district to-day. No signs of 
 disease were apparent about the animals killeil, 
 but the lungs were forwarded to London. The re- 
 marks of Principal Williams at Cupar on Tuesday 
 met the approbation of the farmers, and the feeling 
 that they shoulil have some say in the nutter is 
 pronounced. 
 
 A VETERINARY SURGEON AND THE 
 
 MAT.ADY. 
 In connection with the supposed outbreak of 
 picuro amongst the catiiu lauded by tba steamers 
 
 Monkieatoa and Hurona, we understand that M* 
 Andrew Spienll, veterin^iy siinjeon, Diindee, liAl 
 refused ti) give an opinion reg.trding the malady 
 from which the animals were suffering. Mr 
 Spreull it (listriot inspector under t'le Hoard of 
 Agriculture, and having irgard to this it may be 
 taken for granted that had he considered the malady 
 to bo picuro he wouhl have had nu hesitation in 
 stating his opini(m, but as ho ban refrained from lo 
 doin>< it is beli.'vod that he ooncurs with Profekior 
 AVilliams, Klinhurgh in considering the disease t 
 be ona of cornstalk 
 
 ON THK lUlINK OF A iMUDULE. 
 
 A DWAdRKEABLK .surprise will be givcMi to 
 
 farmers in Scotland by the iiiniouncemonts 
 
 niiide to-day in our Liuulon Letter, (^ne of 
 
 these is to the efl'ect that a number of 
 
 English aj,'ricultnristH are ti; :lay to urge the 
 
 Ministry to proliibit the further iin- 
 
 l)ort;ition of CiiniuliMii cattle, and the 
 
 other is tliat Her M.ijosty's Ministers 
 :ire Hctu.'illy to take the proposal into serious 
 
 consideration. It has long been evident 
 tliat )i section of Engiisli aLfriculturists were 
 strongly opposed to the importation of cheap 
 store cattle from Canada. Tiie trade is 
 not to the likini; of breeders who wish 
 Scottish farmers to pay them hc;ivy prices 
 or stockers, nor is it relished by landowners 
 who fear that cheap cattle will mean further 
 reduction in rents. These classes have 
 made repeated attempts to damage the 
 cattle importation trade, and sometimes, 
 f not always, they iiave had with them the 
 sympathies of the permanent ofticials of the 
 j Board of .\griculture — on whicli, by the 
 I way, Scotland is not represented. The 
 j present is not, be it remembered, the first 
 I " pleuro scare " that has occurred. Canadian 
 cattle have before now been needlessly 
 siauyhtored by order tif the Board of Aijricul- 
 ture, but on these occasions the Board 
 lias tacitly admitted that it had blundered. 
 At this juncture, however, it would appear 
 that to ciuiceal one mistake otiier and far 
 greater mistakes are about to be connnitted 
 If discretion is not observed at to-day's 
 Cabinet Council the whole country will be 
 hrown into a complete muddle. Tlie ques- 
 tion whetlier Canadian cattle may be landed 
 in tliis country does not affect Scottish far- 
 mer.s alone. It is, in point of fact, a ques- 
 tion of great, diplomatic importance. In 
 Canada the business of cattle growing and 
 exporting has largely developed within 
 recent years. An unwarrantable interfer- 
 ence with that business would undoubtetUv 
 
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 /Vow Dvndee Courier of 4th November, 1S9S. 
 
 Iiavo the most mumentous effect upon 
 Canadian loyalty. It would cei'tainly give 
 an impetus to the iiioveuiont in favour of 
 union witli the United States — a movement 
 whicii is already supported by a considerable 
 party in the Douiinion. For Colonial 
 as well as for other reasons, therefore, 
 the (ioverrnnent would do well to pause 
 before lakmu' the rash stop that is now 
 contemplated. Mr Cainpbell-B.iiiiiL'riiiaii, 
 it is known. 1ms Ix-en deputed to .sound 
 Scf'ttis'i agriculturists with regard to the 
 matter, and jiorliajis the emphatic remon- 
 .srvaiii'i'i* he ha;-, received, .added to those 
 Bt'iii up yesterday by Mr Whitelaw, M.P., 
 will prove suliieiont id ])rovent the adoption 
 of ;i jiolicy lii.i'' would be followed by tlio 
 most di.^astrous results. 
 
 IS 'ITIK PLKURO SCARE 
 WARRANTED '. 
 Alt the f.iruR'r.^ who boufjht cattle landed 
 by the Hnroni and ]\Ionkseatou were yoster. 
 day called upon by Courier representatives, 
 and accounts of several of the interviews are 
 given to-day. In every case the farmer 
 waited upon has declared that no signs 
 of pleuro-pneumonia were exhibited by 
 the cattle he had had under his 
 charge. The animals are described 
 as having been particularly strong and 
 healthy. These statements, taken in con- 
 junction with the result of the very im- 
 portant examination made by Principal 
 Williiinis of the lung of an animal said to 
 hive been suft'ering from pleuro, are suffi- 
 cient lo warrant the belief that the whole- 
 Bale slaughter insisted upon by the Board of 
 Agriculture' h;is been altogether unnecessary. 
 Even were it proved that two of the animals 
 ■- ci-ntly landed were actually suH'eriii'^ from 
 pi Mjro-pneumonia, the scheduling of Canada 
 would be intolerable. About 100,000 
 animals are annually imported from Canada 
 into the United Kingdom, and it is pre- 
 p isterous to imagine that this tremendims 
 tratttc is to be stopped because two animals 
 have been discovered to bo uidiealthy. But, 
 as ,1 m,it ter o{ fact, the existence of pleuro 
 lia< not been jiroved. On the contrary, the 
 e.idenue adduced has pointed to an 
 entiivly ditferont cjuclusi >». The officials 
 of the Board of Agriculture have 
 refr.uned fr^.m publishing the evidence 
 wliich they Irnvo deemed satisfactory, and, 
 
 therefore, Scottish farmers ara entitled to 
 dispute the necessity for the slaughtering 
 that has taken place. Their position is 
 rendered all the stronger by the very careful 
 examination made by Principal Williams-— 
 one of the best veterinary experts of the day 
 — who, it will be seen, is emphatically of 
 opinion that in the case founded upon by the 
 Board of Agriculture there was actually no 
 pleuro-pneumonia. In addition to his 
 averments and those of the farmers 
 into whose hands the cattle have fallen, 
 there is the very important fact 
 that pleuro-pneumonia is unknown in 
 Canada. Experience in Scotland alone is 
 sufficient to establish that fact, and no lat^r 
 than yesterday an official announcement was 
 published from the Dominion co the eft'eci- 
 that the country was free from pleuro. All 
 these ccmsiderations lead only to one result, 
 They show that, by whatever motives they 
 were actuated, the officials of the Board of 
 Agriculture have during the past two or 
 three weeks blundered woefully, and that 
 for the pleuro scare there has bec^ no real 
 foundation. 
 
 THE DANGERS INCURRED. 
 
 By the foolish conduct of the Board of 
 Agriculture great dangers are incurred not 
 only by Scottish agriculturists, but by the 
 whole of the Scottish people. If the Govern- 
 ment decided to prohibit the importation of 
 cattle from Canada the farmers would be 
 compelled to rely upon Ireland for stockers, 
 Now, it is well known that pleuro exists in 
 Ireland to a very considerable extent, so th;it 
 the chances of introducing the disease into 
 this country would be seriously nuiltiplieii 
 Not only so, but the farmers would be cou', 
 pelled to pay the prices duninuled by fhc 
 Irish dealers, and, as tlie supply <if fat 
 cattle from the United Sates would 
 continue uninterrui)tedly, it would be 
 impossible for the farmers to recoup 
 themselves in any way for the extra 
 money they were forced to l,iy out. In 
 these days of agricultural depressi(U), 
 the losses thus entailed would be severely 
 felt, and might ultimately put an end to the 
 home feeding trade. All this would, of 
 course, entail a sharp rise in the price of 
 beef, so that the general public as meat-con- 
 sumers would inevitably saticr. In other 
 
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Prom, Dundee Courier of .'/tli November, J^9, 
 
 19 
 
 respects the outlook is not one wliit 
 less yloomy. Large sums of nmnoy liave 
 been expended both in Ahordeen and Uundoe 
 on tlie erection of cattle wharfs. UnU'ss the 
 importation trade is stifled at the instillation 
 of English Protectionists a fair revenue will 
 be derived, but the action threatened by the 
 Government would cut otl" this revenue and 
 force heavy losses, not only upon lUmdee 
 and Aberdeen, but upon every city where ex- 
 penditure in the oipiipinent of wharves has 
 been sanctioned. 
 
 IM.MEDIATE ACTION NMCKSSARY. 
 
 As the interests of all clisses are to a greate- 
 or less degree affected by the proposed 
 action nn the part of the (lovernmont, it is 
 to be Iv p.d Miat no tini'^ .vi'l be lost in on- 
 deavdiii'ing to prevciic liie c.uryiug uul o. 
 the rash policy now under consideration 
 Fortunately the question at issue is in no 
 sense jiolitical, and therefore the intluence. 
 both of the friends and the opponents of tlu 
 GovcM'iunent, may be safely exercised. Had 
 Mr Barclay been still moinber for 
 Forfarshire he would no doubt have 
 been indefatigable in his e.-vortions 
 to avert the threatened calamity. Mr Hi;by, 
 however, we believe, has the interests of his 
 constituents at heart, and we have little 
 doubt that if he is at once acquainted with 
 the exact position of mattev's he will do his 
 best to frustrate the wicked machinations of 
 a number of discontented E.'iglishmen. Scot- 
 land iswell represented inthe present Govern- 
 ment, and its interests ough;- conse (uently to 
 becarefully guarded. In addition to "\IrRigby, 
 represL-ntatiun should also be nride to Mr 
 Asquith and Profes-or Bryce. Tlie prompt- 
 ness of the Perthsliire agriculturists in 
 yesterday securing the services of Mr 
 Whitelaw is in every respect commendable, 
 and the e:;ample should be followed to-day 
 by fanners in tlie counties of Fife and 
 Forfar. Every moment is valuable, and 
 the telcgrapli should at once be set in motion 
 by the con.-.;luie!its of the statesmen we have 
 name J. 
 
 THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE'S 
 JLUNDEKS. 
 
 EXISTENCE OK PLEURO DENIED. 
 
 J'ortlisliiro, and FifL'sliirc agiicultniists, who. fiom 
 tlicii- cxpcrioiice ot the cattlo tiinlc, iiii- well 
 <iual!!'u'(l to t'xipiess an (ipiiiinu icj^Midiiig tlu' ]ilf»ro 
 scaic. Witliuut fxci'iitioii tlic paitie.t aiipioachi'il 
 i\iilii sital lively ili'chui' that the ctttlo niv .soiiiul, 
 and that tho JJuaid ot A;,'i ifulnirc havt' tidh'ii into 
 an egi unions error in ih clann^.; a di>covory of ])lt'uio 
 amongst tlio cattk' landed hy the Hiuona and 
 iklonkscaton. in the ciiciini-itaiici's tlie slnugliter 
 and restrictions are regnriltd as unwarranted. 
 
 LSDKiNANr PROTESTS. 
 
 With the object of ascertaining the aeiieral feeling 
 
 that prevails amongst fanners and others interested, 
 
 Heveral represeutatived of thu Courier had iutoc- 
 
 viewa yesCurday with a large uumbur of Forfarihiro, 
 
 "THE HE.VLTIIII'.ST C.VTTLK I\ TilK 
 WORM)." 
 
 STliONG EVinKXCK .AO.MNsT TUK DOAU!) OF 
 .\GHlLLt.rilii;. 
 Altliou^li Messrs jjaw.son & i)idf, meat salesmen, 
 Dundee, only bonght me animal (jf the cargoes 
 lahdinl liy the -MonUseaton and Hnroua, they liavo 
 had about iL'Oof tlieeattle tluoii^b ihrir hands, tliese 
 having been slaiighteied by them at the farms to 
 which the animals were tiansfenecl. Of this num- 
 ber lit? w.'re at I'arkhill and l.induU's, 1.") at Scts- 
 craig, S at Kingstiarns, (> at j.ocii of l.iff, 1 at \'ie\v - 
 bank Cottage, l.iff, L'at l>i'o\iglity Feiry, and about 
 so at live farms in the Crail district. In the cir- 
 cumstances, the members ot the tiiin are particu- 
 larly able to speali witli emiihasisas to the condition 
 ot tlic cattle. In a conversation yesterday at the 
 Dundee Cattle .Market witli a (..'nHritr re|iresentil- 
 tive, Mr L.iw.son stated that he saw the cattle botli 
 at tlie time they arrived and siiljseijuently at the 
 sale, and he asserted that the c.ittle were then in 
 fair condition, nnil there was not tau slightest 
 symptoms of pleuro or disea-e in any of tliem. " 1 
 ease that statement," he continued, "on my own 
 b.\perience, and I cons der that I have had a fairly 
 extensive experience in that line." 
 
 How iloes your experience lead you, he was 
 asked, to believe tliat cattle arriving from < 'anada 
 ill the fall are likely to contract disease, having re- 
 gard to their changed surroundings? — I tind that 
 some of the cattle, lie re[)lied, arrive in a somewhat 
 delicate condition, this being ilae in many instances 
 to so many of than lieiiig kept closely togutiier on 
 boaril ship. In such circumstances some of them 
 are bouiul to contract a slight touch of inllammatioii 
 of the lungs on their being expo>od to th" air. 
 This disease has a resemblance to pleuro, lint it is 
 quite distinct from it, as it is not contagious in the 
 least. While there was a ileal ot rain aliout the 
 time the cargoes of the Huroiia and ^Ionk>eatoii 
 weie landed, I do not think tlaro is the slightest 
 reason to believe that it could have interfereil with 
 their health. 
 
 Have you [laid particular attention to the coudi- 
 ti(m of the Canadian cattle slaught'Ted on the 
 farms of l.indoies and I'aikiiiUV — Distinctly so. As 
 I have al'eady mentioned, tliesc cattle were all 
 slaughtered by our nun, and our instructions were 
 to report as to the condition of each beast, and in 
 no case was any of tliein tound wrong. I may say 
 that there was a home-iued cow on tliese farms, and 
 in niy opinion it was suffering from pleuu before 
 the '.'aiiadians arrived. The Canadian cow about 
 whicii so much has been lieuril was plaoeil in the 
 same byre, indeed I think it was in the same stall. 
 Consecpiently, if it sutt'ered fiom pleuro at all, it is 
 my belief that it must have contracted the disease 
 from the honie-bied. 
 
 Then you admit that the Canadian had actually 
 suffered lioin phuro?— I don't say tliat. It may 
 liave had the liisease, but it was slaughtLiu 1 within 
 three days of the time it was euspecied. iiy that 
 time the ]deuro (supposing that it luut sutfeied from 
 such) could not have do\elo[)ed to siich a degree on 
 this aiiiii.'d us to render it liable to communicate 
 the disease. It takes betwoeu lour and live days 
 before au animal affected vxn propagate the disease. 
 
ao 
 
 Frou Dundee Courier of 4th November, 1S92. 
 
 Consu(iueiitly, if tliu lioinc-i red Imtl not be>'n on 
 the fmin, tlie sliuinlitei of the Ciittlu wa.s, in my 
 (ipinioii, uniltitakon too soon. 
 
 Whiit about this "cornstalk " disease, about 
 whicli HO much is being said 'i Have you ever luid 
 any cxiieiience ol it ? — It is a UfW disease to m ■. It 
 is a Yankee phrase, I think, tor iutlainmatiou of the 
 luiii,'s. 
 
 Have you ever known of cattle from Canada 
 beiny affected witii iileuro '/—Certainly not. i con- 
 sider Caimdiau cattle to be the healthiest on the 
 face of the eaitli. 
 
 On the other hand, I suppose in your experience 
 you have frequently come across cases ot pleuro in 
 catile imported from other quaiteis ?—Uli yes, more 
 particularly in cattle brought fioin Ireland. The 
 reason for that is easily explained. In Canada tlie 
 cattle are in the open air truin ihe time tliey uro 
 calved, and that upbriiijiiui; prevents the enyender- 
 ina of disease. Irish cattle, on the other hand, are 
 reaiedoiihoggy laud, or aretied up almost from birth. 
 In this way ttiey often develop weak constitutions, 
 just in the same way as the want of fresh air is 
 likely to create consumption in the liunian being. 
 I maintain tiiut the Jioard ot Agriculture have 
 made a great mistake in declaring the Canadian^ to 
 be infecterl with pleuro. I don't believe it could be 
 demonstrated that the disease has been brought to 
 the country by them, and until this is done I prefer 
 to believe that the Canadians are still free Irom 
 the malady. In further conversation, Mr Lawsun 
 said that, while not directly responsible for the 
 course taken by the Jioard of Agriculture, he 
 believed that the landlords were as a rule anxious to 
 have a stoppage to Canadian cattle being brought 
 into the country, so that prices might be kept up. 
 It was a well-known fact that it Canadians were 
 rushed into the country beef would eventually 
 become much cheaper, and that was what 
 the landlords wished to contend against. 
 If beef were reduced in price farm rents 
 would also have to come down. Having 
 regard to the large fall in the piice of gram, tlie 
 farmer was uiiible to give the large rents formerly 
 paid from that source at lea^t, and the landlord 
 well knew that the raising of stock was the last 
 straw he had which would enable him to get a good 
 rent. As an evidence of this, JMr Ijawson rlireeted 
 attention to the fact that Estates cattle would not 
 be allowed to be importeil into the country alive, 
 and he held that this policy was alao adopted with 
 a view to kcepinu; up tiie prices. 
 
 Before leaving iMr Lawscn took the Courier re- 
 presentative to one of the buildings of the slaughter- 
 house, where a large number u.' newly killed Cana- 
 dians were hanging. He exiilained that, had any 
 of tl'O cattle been suffering from pleuro, there 
 would have been a large intlatned mark in thi3 
 oavit> of the chest. This, Mr Lawson said, was 
 due to the adhesion of the lungs to the ribs after 
 the disease had developed. >iot a single carcase 
 inspected betrayed the slightest appearance ot 
 disease in tiie region referreil to, the pleural skin 
 in each cate being clear and sound. 
 
 A CAUJJli FAI{MER8 OIIXION. 
 
 DOKS NOT UKLIKVK IT Ifi I'LliUliU. 
 
 Mr Patrick Constable, of the farm of lialedgariio, 
 Inchtnre, is one of the many parties who purchased 
 Ciiuadiau cattle ut the sale iik Dundee on lith 
 October. The lot which Mr Constable secured con- 
 sisted of six tine bullocks. These formed part of 
 the Montseaton's cargo, and, when purchased, they 
 were in the pink of condition. They were dis- 
 patched to Inchture Station on the evening of the 
 day of the sale, and were placed in one of the [larks 
 ou Kossie Priory, where they have been allowed to 
 'emain ever aiuce. ^'utwiihstaiidiug the wet and 
 
 cold weather which has prevailed throughout the 
 past few weeks, the animals appear to be extremely 
 liealtny anu free uom all di-ease, and aie taking 
 on tiesii lapiiily. About a fortniglit ago Mr Con- 
 stable received a notice from the Ijourd of Agri- 
 culture lecpiesting liiin not to remove the Canadians 
 or any ot the animals which were lieshle them in 
 the park until furtlier orders were given, .•jiirce 
 tiieii, however, no action lias been taken by the 
 Jjoard with the view to remove the restriction im- 
 posed, although all the animals on the lariir show 
 no signs oL illniss. The pai k in which the Canadians 
 have heen jilaced also contains live home-bred stots, 
 while a number uf cattle ooeupieil the helds 
 adjoining, and were sepraated from tne Canadians 
 only by a wire fence. I'rom the accounts ol the 
 suspecterl pleuro which Mr Constable has lead and 
 hearil, lie is of opinion that no such di.stase has 
 occurred in connection with the cattle landed by 
 the steameis .Monkseaton and Huroiia. Jlr Con- 
 stable is well aecpiainted with the syiiipioins of 
 contagious pleuro, iiav'ug had all the cattie on his 
 farms ot Jjaledgarno ami Jjalgray cleareil out about 
 two years ago on account ol tlie disease. There 
 was no case, he held, leiiorled during the pasc 
 inonth wlireh woulil lead one to expect tiiat pleuro 
 existed in the eouniy, excepting tlie home-bred 
 cow which was slauglitereil at I'arKhiil, Xewburgh. 
 Tiiat ease seemed a little suspicious, but the lacC 
 that on none ot the farms tlie disease had been 
 tound to have spread seemed to indicate that the 
 outbreak of pleuio was more a scare than a reality. 
 
 MR MILLAR, tALlSIUE. 
 
 Ill a coiiveisation with Mr Millar, farmer, Falside who 
 feeds and kills tor liis shop in Aiistrnther, and has 
 tiiusa wide experience in llie ailments ut cattle, a 
 ccurespoiulent ascertained the following particuiais : 
 — On tne Olli October he puichaseil lo of the cattle 
 which loniied part of the cargo of the Moiikseaion, 
 all III the best condition. There was ouine raim, 
 but the animals were eoiiveyml to his larm in 
 covereil waggons, and while with luni were exposed 
 to no bad weatlier, being taken in at night. It was 
 possible that one or two inigiit liave caught the 
 toid 111 leaving a warm country or the ship, but 
 when slaughteieil all the stock weie as clean and 
 fresh as one could desire, and in their teediug they 
 had shown every sign of excellent health. He had 
 purchased them tor the purpose of fattening. He 
 had never lieanl ot pleuro-iuieuinouia being in 
 Canada, and it was many years since he had met 
 with any case fioni Ireland. He was positive 
 that in none of his cattle had there been any 
 symptoms of pneumonia. 
 
 THK OPINION 01' MR GIBSON, LEOCU, 
 
 "UHAXU, HKALTHV Bti.VSTS." 
 As one of those who bought cattle at the sale on 
 Gth October, .Mr Cibsoii, Leucli, has been served 
 with othcial notice to allow none of his stock olt 
 the farm and to iiitioducu no new animals. His 
 purchase of Canadians amounted to 21 head, and 
 these he describes as graiul, healthy beasts. 
 W oliderfuUy good weathei pitvalleil at the trine, 
 but iMr Gibsorr took the precaution of placing the 
 lot under cover, and to this he ascribes the fact that 
 they have been tree fiom ailment. As an iiistano 
 of the efficacy of this treatment, he quotes ua 
 expel ieiice which he had ten years ago, when, in a 
 -eason of very wet weather, he procured 14 
 Canadians, all of which, he believes, would have 
 died of lung affection but tor his system of 
 "gruelling'' them. Mr r.ibson has no personal 
 experience, so tur as he is aware, ot cornstalk 
 disease, ami is not prepared t o say that there has 
 been uu pleuro at the present liaiu, although he has 
 
FrOvi Dundee Courier of ^th November, ISDJ, 
 
 21 
 
 nt'vet known of that disiasu coinini,' from '.'aiiivlii, 
 but Ills bulicf is tliiit it is siiiil>ly colil. In tlit'so 
 ciicuiiisliiiicus lio ri'yaids tin; .-liUiyliU'f which is 
 buing uuiiieii onus iuiiiLCi.ssiiiy, and ni liis own uasu 
 viuw.s witli much dislavour tiiu i)o>siiiiliiy ot tho du- 
 Btructiou of so wull-coiiditioiii:a uiiinials. Mi »jd) 
 son s iiciil at tlie incsuut time-i connnises M liua I 
 inclusive of tlif Canadians, winch luuo laoii mixed 
 uj) With tlie otlieis, and lie nut iiiiiiatuially leyaids 
 tile siiij^dng out ol tliu foieigueis in sucli a case as 
 absui'd. 
 
 THE SU.Sl'ECTED ANIMALS IN THE 
 AUliKOATH DlJSi'UiOT. 
 
 JIany of the leading laiineis in the district of 
 Ailjroatli 'Veie buyers at tlie sale ni Dundee on tlie 
 Olli uit. Conseciueut ou the outbreak of ideuro at 
 dilterent places, lesliictions were iniiiosed ^n the 
 farms to which these cattle weie conveyed, tanners 
 beinn preveliled fiom Ijrinijin^ in or sending out 
 cuttle. 'Jills Course was adopted l)y tlie Jjoard of 
 Agriculture pending their invesiig.ition into the 
 suspected cases. That imiuiry resulted m the 
 issuing of an order by tne Jioaril, containing 
 instructions for the slaughtering of all tlie animals 
 in tills di-itrict which had been purchased at tne 
 sale in Dundee. This order has now lieen carried 
 out, every animal, with the exception of 22 on the 
 farm of \\ esterton, Colliston, being conveyed to 
 the Arbroath shambles and slaugliteied tliere. 
 
 ;\Ir li. Hume, Hillhead, secured 8 animals from 
 the cargo landed i)y the .Uonkseaton. lu reply to 
 several nuestions addressed to liim yesterday, .Mr 
 Hume Slated tHat the animals looked tine and 
 healtliy wiicii they ariived at flillliead, and com- 
 menced to thrive almost immediately. They were 
 out in the held during tlie tlay and sheltereil in tne 
 shed by night. Tho animals .luinletl at the farm in 
 tine condition, quite free Iroin anytlung like cold. 
 They never showed any symptoms of sickness. .\lr 
 Humo said he liad never lieard ol pleuro from 
 Canada, but he had heard ot outbreaks among 
 Irish cattle, though not for a long time, that 
 country at the pi esent time being practically clear 
 ot disease. *Mr Hume's cattle were slaughtered in 
 Arbroath ou Tuesday, and a number ol the lungs 
 were sent to Loiiiioii lor e\anuiiatK.n. .Mr Hume 
 received word last night ihat the lungs of his 
 cattlti had been found all liglii. 
 
 be brought into tile town, the carcases only being 
 can led there after ilie aiiiinal^ had been shuightired. 
 'llie syin|itoiiis exhihileil by the e.iitle at that tune 
 were a ceitain ilulness anil heavine.s in the early 
 stages ot the diseases. As the ili.-ease developed 
 the liieathiiig ol the animals became laboured, and 
 tliey weie tnen only able topaitakeot loud in a 
 lupiidaled form, ."^timi'lants lunl to be administered 
 to the animals lielore aiey were able to travel to 
 the iilace wheie they were to be slaughtered. .>ir 
 Cllruth stated that at the liiiie of tne last pleuro 
 oulbieak lu' had oceasion to put a Cow into a stall 
 where a discdsed animal had been previously. The 
 stall Was not disinleeted in any way yet. Although 
 the cow was tliere tor live or six Weeks it never 
 alterwards snowed any signs of sic.iness. Air (jil- 
 rutli has on sevelal occasions hearil ol pleuro being 
 coinnuiiiicated trom Ireland, but never heard oi 
 pleuro mentioned in connection with Canadian 
 cattle. .Mr OilruLli, in coiiCiUsion, lepeated that he 
 couhl not Uelleve tnat the picseiit ouloreak was one 
 ol contagious pleuio. 
 
 2>Ui CILUUIH, ."SEAl'OX, 
 attended the sale of the cattle fiom the Hurona 
 ami iMonkseaton, and purchased nine Canadian 
 bullocks. Tiiese wen; slaughtered in Aibroatii on 
 SuUilay, and the lungs forwarded to London for 
 inspection. As a result of the examination, .Mr 
 Davenport, travelling inspectcU' for the Jioard of 
 Agriculture, sent a telegram to .\lr Gilruth on 
 Wednesday, informing liiiii that the lungi exhibited 
 no signs ot disease, and that lie was at liberty to 
 set about stocking his farm. This notice arrived in 
 tune to admit ot Mr l^ilruth attending a sale at 
 l-'orlar the same day. Mr tiiliuth says the 
 ani.nals looked strong and healthy when 
 they came, and Ijegaii to fatten iiiiniediately. 
 Tliey thrive much ijuicker tliaii the lush cattle. 
 Mr Gilruth kept the cattle in the lield during 
 the day, allowing them to remain under cover for 
 tlie rest of the tune. Asked if he lliouglit the pre- 
 sent outbreak was ouo of genuine contagious pleuro 
 .Ml (jrilruth said he did not think it was, and added 
 that, in his opinion, tlieie was no juslilication tor 
 the wliolesale slaughter at present going on. In 
 the course of an interview Mr (.Jilrutn adverted to 
 the pleuro outbreak in the year 1805. The Covern- 
 tneiit regulations were not so stringent at that time 
 as now, although the cattle were not permitted to 
 
 .MU D. .). .M'WALTEi;, WE.-ST .MAINS Ol-' 
 ETUIE, 
 bought nine Canadian bullucks from the cargo ot' 
 the llurona. i ii'se weie all splendid looking 
 animals. lliey weie housed in Contact with other 
 twenty liisii cattle. The animals were m the held 
 about eight hours during the day, and under cover 
 tor the leinamder ot tne time. Tiiey were con- 
 veyed to Arbroath on Jiaturday la>t, and slaugh- 
 tered the following .Sunday. The lungs were de- 
 tached and sent to London so that the msiiectors of 
 the Uoard of .Agriculture could ilecide whether th« 
 animals brought into contact with the Canadians 
 Were to be exempted trom .-laughter. Mr 
 .\r Walter yestet«lay alternoon iiad received no 
 notice of the lioard's deci-loii. lie had never 
 heard of Canadian pleuro, hut knew ot several 
 eases ot pleuro amongst lii.^h cattle, which had 
 taken place m ceaaili districts in I'orlarshire. 
 
 'The slaughter in the .Aibioatli sluuniles last 
 week included iJi Caiiatliaii bullocks fioin tne farm of 
 
 .MK DU.N.VLDSU.N, SEWIO.^. 
 .Mr Donaldson had fort mately kept the animals in 
 a liekl since their arrival on the lariii. ISo sus- 
 picion could, on that account, attach to any ot his 
 otinr >tock, and Jlr Donaldson was iidoriiied tliat 
 lie was at liberty to .-ec about biingiiig in another 
 stock. With this latter olqect in view, .Mr 
 Donaldson pioceeded to Forfar on Wednesday, 
 
 .MU liELL, UliL'NToN, 
 
 attended the Dundee sale, ami bought oue 
 Canadian cow. It was kept in the held lor four or 
 live liouis during the da>, and was sueltere I at 
 night. The cow was lour or live years idd, and 
 » as a fine-looking aniinil. It continued to thrive 
 ever after its ariival. Tne aninial was killed 
 111 .Vrbioalh on Suiuia}", and notice was ri.ceived on 
 .Moll lay that the lungs of the cow had been 
 examined aiid found all light. The rest of the 
 anihials on Lrunton with which the cow luid been 
 brought into contact will thus be exempted from 
 slaughter. Alter the receipt of tne Hoard's 
 chedale the Canadian cosv was kept in the byte 
 
 steady. 
 
 The only farm iti this district where the Board of 
 Agriculture stated that pleuro had undoubtedly 
 broken out was on the farm of 
 
 .MR E.Sl'Ll.N, WESIEUTO.N', COLL1«TO.\, 
 
 I'he disease broke out, on tins laim ou the 22 I ult. 
 The cattle were immediately ordered to b ; killed. 
 After this lunl been accomplished the Board ot 
 
■ 
 
 22 
 
 From Dundee Courier of J^th November, 1S02. 
 
 Agriculture onlcri'd tlio placa to be disinfected. Mr 
 Daveii|iort visited tiie faun yestetdny, and 
 expressed liis sntisfncfioii witli tjio disinfecting 
 operations. Mr Dftveniiort stated, liowever, tliiit 
 anotliet wetk would liave to ellipse l)efoie Mi 
 Ksplin would be at lil)eit.yto bring in anj' more 
 cattle. 
 
 Five Canadian bullocks froin the farm of 
 
 MR HAI.I,, CONDIEAORES, 
 
 were s'auj;htereil in Arbroath on .Sunday, 'i'he 
 nniinnls were out of the lluruna, and conmi! ncu I 
 to thrive IjiauiifuUy whenever they arrived. '1 here 
 are other tweiity-eiylit animals on the farm, 
 with which the C.inadians weie brou^lit 
 into, contact and .Mr Hall has received 
 notice that, as the lungs ot the slaughtered 
 aniiniil-* sliowed no symptoms of clisea>o, these o'her 
 cattle would not recpiire to be slaut;hteied. During 
 the seveial jears' expeiience .Mr Hall has ha I with 
 Canadians lie never had any tr<iuble with tiuin. 
 Mr Hall is of olilmou that there is no pleiiio- 
 pneumonia, but that the animals caught cuht eitliei 
 duiing the im.-siige or at'lei waids. .\lr Hall slated 
 that one syiniitoin ol pleiao was laliouied bieath- 
 ing. J^eveial years ago, on tae adjacent laiin ol 
 Kosebrae, one auinud exliildtoil tins symptuin, ami 
 it was feunil dea I next day. .Mr Hall can aisu re- 
 ir.embir eight animids mi tliu neighijouiiiig faun of 
 ]>enlield succumbing to the same disease. JMi 
 Hall coiisnlers the compensation he received iu- 
 sutficient, in view of the fact that the animals weie 
 fed on oil-cake and turnips .since then arrival. 
 
 THE .SLAUGHTEKINC IX ARIiUOATH. 
 
 The cattle on Pitlivie and Craigmill. which were 
 slaughtered at these respective places, were 
 examined yesterday liy Mi J ait, \'.!S., Foifar. The 
 eleven Canadians on tlie faun of East Mains of 
 Rossie, near Montrose, were brought to Arbroath on 
 ^Vellnes(lay niglit and slaughtered early yesterday 
 morning, The carcases weie afterwards examined 
 by Jlr Wallace, V'.Sj., and Mr Davenpoit. 
 
 BKEClllN DlSTllKJT. 
 
 MR D. JsOCTAR, lUlECHIN, 
 
 purchased a lot of i) Canadians at the sale at Dun- 
 dee on Otii Oclobei la>t, jiart ot the cargo ot either 
 the .Monkseaton or Hiircnia, l.ut does not know 
 which. They were a captital-looking lot wlien he 
 puicliased them, and continued so lor some time. 
 Hi' took them stiaight lioino. and put tliein on tiie 
 fields of the faim i heie was a good deal of rainy 
 weather abouttlietime, butlie tookcaro thatthey did 
 not get cold, a-, although tliey weie out all day, he 
 took them in at niglit, so that it was not 
 likely that any of them had caught coid. 
 Although having no exjieiieiice of bronchial- 
 pneumonia or cornstalk disease, he has had 
 some exiierience of pleuro, but could not say 
 with certainty at what stage it is infectious. He 
 thought that wiien his cattle were killed one of 
 them was infected with pleuro, a'ld called a V.Si,, 
 who pronounceil the same opinioa. Up till now lie 
 I'.as not known of any CanaUiai cattle having been 
 , '.ected Willi pieuro, and 'f lots of the present 
 cargo, he did not, of eour.e, speak generally, but ol 
 his own. As slateil, he is ijuite satisfied of tlll^ 
 instance, liut did not say whether the disease may 
 have been among the the cargo or been infected 
 uftei wards. He has certainly known ot cattle friin 
 Ireland affected with pleuro, and has had Irish 
 cattle purohaiied by himself that took it. 
 
 I\IR SEMPLE, HAUGHS OF KINNAIRD, 
 
 bought a lot of thirteen Canailiaiis at the sale at 
 Dundee on (Jth October, and they looked splemlid 
 when he got them. He put them on the grass and 
 look them in at night tor a week. The weather 
 was wettish, hut they were a healthy lot, although 
 one ot them was sick fur a short time, but it got 
 better, and was all light betore his lot was ordered 
 to he killed, and when they were killed he gut a 
 clean bill of iieaith for the whole lot. .Mr Semple 
 has no exjierience in bronchial-pneumonia or corn- 
 stalk disease, and but Utile in pleuro, therefore 
 can t sjieak as to the stage at which the latter 
 disease tn.iy become infectious, but he never heard 
 of any pleuro from Canada, and does not believe 
 there was an\' in this cargo — Cirtainl\' not among 
 his li't. Jlr Semple repeated that when his 
 Canadians were killed he got a clean bill of health. 
 
 FORFAR FARMERS. 
 
 NKKl)l.i:.SS 
 
 TESTIMONY or 
 THK sLAUGirn-;iiiNii ".V I'lKCE or 
 
 KXl'K.NsiK." 
 
 y\v (leorge Xieoll, .Suuth Mains, Forl'ar, pur- 
 chased ;jS Canadians. He bought ih of the animals 
 on behalf ol his son, .Mr Joliii Xicoll, tleshei, 
 Forfar, and 'A on behalf of Mr .Ailardyee, cattle 
 dealer. The tormer were sent to the taun of W est 
 -Mams of Finavon, tenanted fiy Mi Oeoige 
 IJalchelor. All the 38 were in excellent condition 
 when be bought them, and those which wero 
 br(night to his farm had thriven as well as any he 
 had yjt bought. On the arrival of twelve of the 
 animals at South Mains lie put tliein into the byre-, 
 in which it wa^i almost im|)ossible to catch cold. Q. 
 — 1 undeistand, .Mr XicoU, that you deal exten- 
 sively among Canadian cattle. Did you ever 
 hear of an outbieak of pleuro amongst that 
 class of stock? A. —Never. My experi- 
 ence of them is that they are as free trom 
 disease as either Irish or home cattle, and they 
 thrive equ.iUy as well, (j — Then as to the Irish, 
 ijied animals, lia\e you ever purchased an^' that 
 were sutfermg tiom pleuro ? A. --Mo, but 1 have 
 heard eases mentioned where several of that class of 
 stock were affected 'vith tlie disease. 1 don't think 
 that tlieie is any pleuro at all in the suspected 
 ctises that liavi' heen reported, and, in my opinion, 
 there is no iiecosiiy for the wnolesale slaugluering 
 that is taking place. Our reporter afterwards inter- 
 viewed 
 
 MR OEOROE JiATCill.LOR, WEST MAINS 
 OF F1NA\ OX, 
 where, as we liave alu ady stated, 'Ij of the cattle 
 puichased by .Mr Xicoll are feeding. In uply to a 
 question as to the present condition of the sti'ck, 
 .ilr Uatchelor .-aid that they were very healthy, and 
 Were in eveiy way piumising animals. On the 
 'luesilay alter tiie >ale in Dundee, on Gtli October, 
 one ol ilie original lot ot lib showed signs ol illness. 
 Mr Xicoll, the owner, thinking that it inigiit 1)0 
 pleuro, took the precaution of slaughtering the 
 bullock, and having its lungs examined by .\lr lait, 
 veteiii.ary surgeon, Forfai. That gi'iilleman cer- 
 tified that tlie animal had been sutfering from a 
 seveie Cold, but was entiiely free from disea>e. Ho 
 forwarded the lungs to the Hoard of Agriculture in 
 London, the olhcials of which reported that there 
 were no symptoms whatever of pleuro. So soon as 
 the Canadians arrived on the farm from Dundee 
 they were put into the cattle courts, where they were 
 sheltered irom the liad weather which prevailed in 
 the district about the beginning of the month. 
 .\ll, with the excejition of the anlmai he refeired to, 
 were sound in every respect when they airived at 
 his place, and were at present in us thriving a con- 
 dition OS any he had yet to deal with. He had 
 read of Ihe suspected case of pleuro iii the <Jourier, 
 
 
From. Dundee Courier of 4tJi November, 189Q, 
 
 29 
 
 but from reading the testimonies of those qnnlifioil 
 to pnHS an ojiininn, ami coiivorsinp; with others wlio 
 liad piirohased rnnadiaiis 'in thi' snini' ilotc, \\<^ wns 
 convlncod that tlio nllesed oiithri'nk wiis a fnllficy. 
 So far as his rocolh'ctioii went, lie did not rciiiomVior 
 of any cases of idouro or hroiinhial-pni^'inionia or 
 coinstalk disease in tlie district in which he re-ldi's, 
 and lie was not therefore in a position to speak ns 
 to I he symptoms sliown liy animals suffering from 
 these. He had frer|iientlv piircha'-ed Ciinndian 
 caltle, hut he nrver knew of one of tiiem siiff(>rin£r 
 from jilenro or anv disease. Ht; had heard, how- 
 ever, c.isrs of onthreaks amoiifjst Tii--h stock. In 
 his opinion tlie slanu'hterini; of the cattle sold in 
 Dundee was a Jiiece of needless expense. 
 
 MR WITJJ.Ut SMITH, U''NDIE OASTLE. 
 
 INIr AVilliam Smitli, Lnndie Cnstle, has been suh- 
 iected to consideiahle inconvenience and trouhle 
 in connection witli the alleijed disease. At the sale 
 on fith Ootnher I\Ir Smith imrchrised si>; Canadian 
 liidlocks, which, on arrival at the frirm. were ))laeed 
 In a livre aloiif; with two home-hred animals. The 
 Canadians, which formed part of the Tliom^on 
 liner Hurona's eari^o, were 
 
 IN KXCKr.r.ENl' coxniTiox 
 when imrchased by Jlr Smith, hut a ^hort time 
 after one of them liecnme ill. Jlr liohert lllack, 
 veterinary surgeon. Lochee, wa« called to '-ittend 
 the animal, and he p;ave it as his oi)inion that it was 
 only suffering from the effects of a colil. Two home- 
 hred animals on one of the fields of the farm 
 seemed to have been affected in the same way, 
 but in the course of a few days they, along with 
 the Canndinn bullock, completely rccovereil, and 
 have been thriving every day since. On the lOth 
 of la't month Mr Smith received a scheclule from 
 the Board of Agriculture prohibiting him fiom tak- 
 ina; in or removing any cattle to or from tlie farm. 
 At that time Mr Smith had forty home-bred and 
 Irish cattle lying out in one of tho fields, and since 
 then he has been unable to get them jilaced under 
 shelter on account of the restrioti(uis imjiosed hy 
 the Board. Mr Smith immediatcdy wrote to Mr 
 Daven])ort, one of the iii8)iector« to tlie I'.oird of 
 .Agriculture, pointing out tiiis fact, and retjuesting 
 to he allowi d to have the cattle 
 
 KKPT IN AN OUT COmX. 
 
 The following is Mr Davenport's reply : — 
 
 Pcrtli. 27th Oct. 
 Dear Sir, — In rep'y to your letter, it li.'is liecii decided by 
 tlir' Ilianl to li:ive ynur cuttle >l;i'i!;literc(l, and .-lOineiine 
 will c.ill (111 you !is soon a.^ |iricticable to ariMiig" about it. 
 'riicri'fiirc, rerli.ip^ tlie cattle liail better ri'iiiiiiii ulieic 
 tliev me. -Yours, faitlifully, F. II. TtAVi ni'oht. 
 
 Since receiving this letter, ]\rr Smith has had no 
 eommunication from the Board of .Vgricultuie, or 
 from anv of the Inspectors as to what was to he 
 done with the atiiinal-i. He states that he had 
 been put to considerable 
 
 LOSS .\N'I) INCONVKN'IENCK, 
 and not only -^o, but the foi ty home-bred aniinals in 
 the fudd had been exposed to all weathers "ince the 
 restiictions ha I been put on the farm. The cold, 
 fiosty nights and the wet weather, beheld, were 
 enough in themselves to cause disease amongst the 
 animals. From th.e leporfs which have ap]ieared 
 in connection with the alleged outbreak, ^l^ Smith 
 is of opinion that the diseaie is not pleuro at all, 
 but that the Canadians said to have beiii affected 
 had suffered from the same illn(■^s as bis own 
 animal.s — iiamely, a seviu'e cold. He also thinks 
 that the Board of Agriculture had been 
 
 A IITTLK TOO HASTY 
 
 in killing cattle on farms whore no disease existeil. 
 It would have been better to have allowed the 
 animals to remain on the farm for some time in 
 
 order that it might bo ascertained if they showed 
 any symtitoms of disease. Had the Canadians 
 affected suffered from c(nitagio''s pleuro, he thought 
 airieat deal more animals would have be>n seizeil 
 with the disease. With reornid to the home-bre 1 
 cow slau,ditered at I'arkill, Xewhurgh, he did not 
 see how the di<eiae could have developed in the 
 animal in so short a tim" as it wa-^ -aid to have 
 done. Yesteidav Mr Smith wrote another letter 
 to "Mr Daveii]iort. requestina' tliat gentleman to 
 allow the hi-me-breil animals to be placed in a" out- 
 house, and to have the restriction taken of the 
 farm as soon as piis>ihle. 
 
 :mr .a. b. avatsox, kihkton of luxdie. 
 
 AN- .WVKWARI) .MISTAKK. 
 
 Mr A. P.. AVatson, Kirkton of Lundie, bought 
 twebe bullocks nt the sale of the Hurona and 
 Moiikseattin's cargoes at Dundee on tiie (1th 
 October. Ten of the Canadians were ])nrchased by 
 Mr Waton on behalf of Sir William Sturrock, 
 r.urnlieal, .Auchterhouse, to which farm they were 
 convev' 1 on the eviuiing of the day of the sale. 
 The other two animals bought l)y Mr AVatson were 
 I left in a field at .Auchtei house. At Burnhead the 
 i Canadians were placed into a byre by themselves, 
 ' but about sixty home-bred amimals in a hvre ad- 
 ioining will, it is sui)|iosel, be legnrded as 
 havinu been in contact. All the cattle have 
 t'Sen in splendid cimdition from tlie time tliey 
 ! were purchased till now, and none has ever 
 ! ~howii tlie slightest symiitoms of illness. On the 
 i 23d of last mouth Mr AVatson was served with a 
 I schedule by the Board of Agriculture restricting 
 I him from removing any of his cattle from the farm, 
 ' or bringing in more animals. This action by the 
 lioard looks somewhat ridiculous, considering the 
 fact that none of the Canadians purcha.sed have 
 ever been on the farm of Lundie, and that the 
 farm of Burnheail, to which ten of the animals 
 were taken, has never been scheduled. Mr AVatson 
 was of opinion that the Board Imsneted toohurriedly 
 in killing the Canadians on farms where no r,aso< of 
 disease had occurred. He thonglit it would have 
 been better had thev restricted the farms for the 
 matter of six weeks, and at the end of that time, if 
 no svniiitoms of disease were disoovered in any of 
 the animals, the restiictions could have been taken 
 off. Mr AVatson is extremely doubtful whetlicr 
 any of the cases at )neseiit r' iioited have been con- 
 tagious pleuro, and he thinks that had they been 
 so the disease would have spread more rapidly. 
 
 MR ALEX. SIMl'SOX, HATTOXOFXKU'TYLE. 
 
 "a siiKKi! AnsfitnirY." 
 Mr Alex. Simjison, Hatton of Xewtyle, expressed 
 a very pronounced opinion on the wholesale 
 slaughter policv. At the joint sale of the cargoes 
 of the MoiiKseaton and the Hurona Mr Simpson 
 purchased nine animals — eight bullocks and a cow. 
 On the day before the ajiplicatiou of the lioard of 
 Agriculture veto the bullocUs were removed to Mr 
 Simpson's other farm, Hatton of Caisegray, near 
 I'orfar, among a lot wdiicli iucludeil L'l! other cattle. 
 On A\\'diies.lay the animals were valued by Air 
 .\ndrew Hutcheson, and it was arranged that they 
 should hi! conveyed in floats to the Forfar shambles 
 visterday in order to be slaughliued. When asked 
 for his opinion legaiding the actioi, of the 
 Board of Agriculture, Air Simjisou eharac- 
 teiiseil it ns a slieei' absurdity. "Had pleuro 
 really been in the cargoes," he remarked, "wo 
 would have been only to glad to see it stamped out, 
 but in this case what they should have done, in my 
 opinion, was to isolate the animals at Lindorcsauil 
 the other farms where suspected cases existed, 
 until they saw what was the outcome of it. My 
 
24 
 
 From, Dundee Courier of J^th Novemher, 1892, 
 
 own npiiiinn is tlinf tlio aiiiinnk wpre not sufffrinij 
 from pohtaaionsi ploiiro nt iill." OupsHoik'iI ni to 
 liis groutiils f(ir tliiM oiiinion. ]\fr Simn^on pointoil 
 •o flio frtct tlint- rniiniln is nt inosont ilcolnrol to ho 
 frep from tlio disonHP, nu'l nl"o ri'cil liinnwii OMicii- 
 piicc in rcfpr'-nce to Pniinilinn pattli>. Ho Imd iim- 
 plinspil Cflr.nilinn« pvpr sinppPnndoo lippaiin'ini (ipi'n 
 port for tlirir Iniuline. nml fur tip' Inst tliri'p yi'urs 
 lip Imd linil Ix'twpin fiftv nnd sixty rfinndiiin onttlp 
 upon Hnt tun of Xi'Wtylp. niiil I'l' ni'viT Wiipw of n 
 sinslp niiimnl nmoiiK tlirin liciii;; ill «'itli anv tnnili''\ 
 Hi-i stopk !.'PTu>r!iliy poii-iistpd nf Cni'ailiniis. Irisli, 
 mill lionii' I'nttlp. pncli in tlip pidportinii of one- 
 tliird, mill " tlip Ymikops" lu' fmuiil to l.p ii« a nilc 
 tlip lu'st-poiistitiitloiii il nnd lipaltliic«t. altlioii^li lie 
 ndmittnl tliiit liP gpiioriilly hoii^jlit tlii'ni nldpr than 
 tlip Iri^li calt'i'. Tlinn tlioso lip ])urpliasod at 
 tlip joint stIp liP nevpv saw cattle lio'.'innins; to 
 tlirivp hpttrr. Tlio wpntlirr was rold oitsidp 
 after tlipy werp liroiijilit to llatton of Xpwtylp. and 
 lip slionld not liavp Iippm a liit nHtoni-iliPil if snmp of 
 tlicm liad paiiglit ooM dnrinir tliP time he Iiad tliem 
 in tlic fipM-i, lint nonr nf them wpro afffrtpd in tliiit 
 «av. " .Tii.-t talip 1200 nipn,"' ailded INIr Slmp^oii. 
 " liring tlipin from ^Vrnnitnha and '■lii]) tlirm at 
 Jlontrcal. and thou turn Avm adiift after tlipy liavp 
 reanlu'd tliis ponntry. mid see how nianv of them 
 will dlpof plpirisy I Tt isnot lemnrknhlp, then, tlial a 
 f'anndian e.ittle liea-^t anions; miny slinuld lin 
 pimilnrly affpoted, lint to kill twelvr Inindred at une 
 Siwnop. nH tlip T.oaril of Atrrlpnltni'e liavp done, 
 KPems to me to lie a strokp of action altosretlier nn- 
 warrantalile in tlip ciicnnistonpfs. " If tlie Ronrd of 
 Agricnltnip wprp logical, wliy not kill tlip wliolp of 
 tlip 150 cattle on my two farms instead of singling 
 ont nine from the midst of tliem ns strong and .a 
 heal*'iy-looking as the rest ?" 
 
 AN INTERVIEW WITH PRINCIPAL 
 WILLIAMS. 
 
 A reprpspntativp of tlip Dunilrf Cnnrirr waited 
 on Principal "Williams at his Vetprinary College, 
 Kdinhnrgli. vp-terdav afternoon, and sought an 
 interview with '"im on the snhipct of the alleged 
 tdenro-pncnmonia among f'anadian cattle. Tlie 
 Princinal welcomed his interviewer in a most 
 cordial manner, and expressed his ve!idin"ss to talk 
 on the snhjpct. His report, he said, already ex- 
 pressed his views on the nature of the disease 
 arrived at after the most carefnl investigation, hut 
 he would he ready to answer any questions that 
 might be )iiit to liim. 
 
 "What, asked the intprviewer. are your rensonsfor 
 dpcidingthnt the disease found among the f'anadian 
 cattle landed in this country iccently is not 
 pleuro-pneiimonia ? In 1S70. said liP, it was 
 reportpd that )ileuro-)inenmonia had been 
 discovered h\ a number of American cattle 
 Imded at Liverpool. At tliat time ind on 
 occasions since tlien T have examined the Iiuil's of 
 American and runadian cattle, specimens of wliieli 
 
 I have now in my ik 
 T came to the com i 
 these animals ■■'■ • 
 Pecember last 
 outbreaks of p: ::■■ 
 portions of the l.i.r.; 
 me by Dr AVrny, the 
 
 ion, and on each occasion 
 !• 'lit the disease with wliich 
 ■ ' . 'd was not ]ili'\n<i. In 
 ill the iiresmt year two 
 repoi'ted at Deptfovd. mid 
 f th' .i« animals were sent to 
 Ainprican inspector at thnt 
 port. I examined these iniei'inii'n:', which were 
 stated by the oflicers of the Heard of Aiiripiiltnie 
 to be affected with contagions pleuro. mid I came 
 to the same conclusion that it wa.s the same 
 disease as met with among American cattle 
 landed nt Liveriiool in 1H7I), namely, broncho- 
 pneumonia, called by the Americans cornstalk 
 disease. Jly opinion was strengthened when, 
 on IGth May last, I received specimens sent to me 
 
 bv Dr Tiillings. the \ptprinary pathologist of the 
 T'niversitv of Xphraska. U.S.A., of a cprtifiod cnRe 
 of cornstalk dispase. which are the same in apnear- 
 ance as thiise T received frmn Dr AVrav. I'.esides, 
 s))icimi'ns of tlip Dpptford lung of I'pcpmber last 
 WPie sent to ^r. Noc.ird, chief veterinary piitlio- 
 lo'ist of Finncp. He invpstigatpil the disease on 
 behalf of the French (Government, and arrivpil nt 
 tlip snmp conclnsinn as I ilid. and cnlbd it by th" 
 same '\nmi' -'firniirliri-)^)t(>i)ii'niifi niffirrnli.i. He 
 stated his belief, further, that there was little 
 daii'-'ir of infiction. T inav ment'oii that ]\I. 
 \ociiriTs letter to nie. along with the report, were 
 sent to Sir riiarles T piier. chief commissioner for 
 Canada. T think it would be a very good thing to 
 adopt^ the snggi stion already made, to send 
 siipciniens of the luni.' co AI. Nocard and Dr 
 liilliiigs for examination and report. 
 
 Rei|uested to state whether he had ever known 
 of pleuro-pneiimonia being traced to Canadian 
 cattle. Principal 'Williairis said — \o, I have not: 
 but ill .Tune, b'^TO, T received a portion of the lung 
 of a (^aiiiidimi bullock killed in Liverpool, and 
 which is still in mv possession. That specimen 
 liresentod the iilpntical conditions funiid in the 
 siiecinien of the .American cattle landed at Liver- 
 poid in the Slime year. The American cattle on 
 that occasion weic scheduled, but the Canadian 
 cattlp were not. 
 
 In answer to another qoestion as to whether 
 many animals imported from Ireland were dis- 
 covered suffering from the same disease, the 
 Principal replied — I would not say many, but there 
 are some. The fact is that all cattle after a sea 
 voyage, especially in stormy weather, present 
 similar .symptoms to those found in Canadian and 
 American cattle. I feel nositivp, he added, that 
 the fiovemment is wrong so far as the individual 
 cases aio concerned, and I shall be only too glnd to 
 demonstrate it to anybody whom the Covernment 
 or the piulilic might ajiiioint to examine our 
 s]iecimens. 
 
 And what, it was asked, is the differpncp between 
 the two disi'ases?— That, being a pathological ni'ps- 
 tinn, is niit easily answered in a popular way. said 
 he ; but it may be described in this way— 
 that conditiiins found in phuro-pneumonin, 
 are absent in broncho-juu umonia, and condi- 
 tions present in broncho are not found 
 in pleuro. "I can best demonstrate it in this 
 Why," said he. and he produced sections of the lung 
 under the microscope affecteil with the two 
 diseases, as well as pliotograjihic slides and jire- 
 servi d specimens in bottles, including that sent to 
 him by Dr Hillings, and marked lironcho. From 
 these there were two featu'es which could be 
 readilv marked. One was the fact that in pleuro 
 the epithalium was intact, while in broncho it was 
 all broken np, and the other that in pleuro the 
 blood vessels were idugged up with coagulated 
 blood, while in the broncho specimens the blooil 
 vessels were ipiito clear. 
 
 The 
 Agricn 
 tlie Cfi 
 and H 
 day a 
 Whiti 
 Hiuitii 
 the Hi 
 Board 
 the me 
 of! the 
 
 PfillTIISHIHE. 
 
 TdKKTTNf! OF FAinrKItS. 
 feeling against the action of the Board of 
 Iture in or.lering the shiuglitering nut of all 
 in:iilian cattle brought by the Monkseaton 
 iirona is grow iig frmn day to day. Yester- 
 leputation of agriculturists waited upon Mr 
 "aw, M.P. for Perth, at his residence at 
 igtower, and reipiested him to telegraph to 
 gilt Hon. Herbert Gardner, president of tlin 
 of Agriculture. Aft(!r hearing the views of 
 mbers of the deputation, Mr Wliitelaw sent 
 following telegram :— " Waited on to-day by 
 
From Dundee Courier of 4th November, 1S9S. 
 
 tt 
 
 n number of prominent agricultiirisitB in the east 
 nnd north of Scotland, and requested to wire yon 
 that the nni> ersal oi)inion of those iiiterestod in the 
 cnttle trade is tliat the alleged ontbr'^aks of jile\iro 
 pneumonia among Canadian cattle ought, on no 
 nccount, to he scheduled before searching inquires. 
 Letters follow." On Wednesday Mr Alexander 
 ITny, of !\r<'ssrs. Hny it Kyd, in company with IMr 
 P>rovvn. one of the Hoard of Agriculture's insjiectors. 
 visited the Forfar district, and made valuations on 
 srveril farms, including Dumbnrrow, Newton on 
 Olamis, South Letham, nnd Kiiockenny. Pii'iiara- 
 tions wore made at each of these ]daces for tlii' 
 immediate slauL'hter of the rauiuiian cattle. Mr 
 Hay, aloiur with Mr T'rown, afterwards went to the 
 farm of AVoodrae. in the pnrisb of .Aherlemno, 
 tenanted by Mr Salmond, where ten bidlnoks from 
 the !\ronkseaton cargo were insiiected Tliese cattle 
 had not been in contaot with other stock. The 
 valuation having been fixed and intimated to Mr 
 Salmond. instructions for the immediate slnughter 
 of the "foreigners"' were at once given. Tln're is 
 a large number of cattle on the farm, including 
 some nice niileh cows, but the condemned lot wore 
 never near the steading. 
 
 A CATTLEMAN INTERVIEWED, 
 
 Yesterday afternoon one of our representatives 
 visited the farm of Kinnonpark, near Metlivrn, 
 which is one of the six farms in Perthshire that 
 hnve been scheduled by orilcr of the Board of 
 A'.'riculture in consequence of the alleged outbrenk 
 of pleuro among Canadian cattle. When our repre- 
 sentative called at Kinnonpark the tenant. Jlr. 
 Allan, was from home. In Mr. Allan's absence our 
 representative had nn interview with the cattleman. 
 
 How many Canadinn cattle have you got? 
 
 ■\Ve got 16 by the first ship and 15 by the second 
 ship. 
 
 Did the animals look well when you got them ? 
 
 I have had three years' experience of Canadian 
 cattle, nnd I never saw a finer lot. They are 
 healthy beasts, and they have thrived wonderfully 
 since they came. 
 
 Then, what is your opinion of the Canadians pre- 
 sently um'er your charge? 
 
 I tell yini frankly that there are not healthier 
 beasts in the Howe of Strathmore. 'I'hey are 
 taking on fiesh well, and they are as sound as I am, 
 and I have never had a day's sickness. 
 
 MR "\VM. SIJIPSON, INGLTS TON. 
 
 SF.VKUK CniTICISM OF THE BOAUD OK AnUICCLTURE. 
 
 INIr Wm. Simpson, Ingliston, was able to give 
 some interesting information, wliich went to dispel 
 the no]iulnr notion that farmers have nothing to 
 lose from the slauahter of their herds, having regard 
 to the compensation awarded them. i\Ir Simj)son 
 was the ])urchaser of twenty-five Canadians at the 
 sale in Dundee on (ith October. After the 
 embargo bad heen placeil unon them by the 
 I'oard of Agricidture, I\Ir Hav, tiie valuator, 
 came round along with the inspect(U', audiu'oceedi'd 
 to fix the amount of comjiensation. " The 
 data unon which they seem to go in making the 
 valuations," said Mr Siinps(ni, " <eems to be the 
 actual ]irice paid for tliim. I\Ir Hav said to me, 
 'Wlint would these cattle cost von ?' adding that 
 Mr Hutcbeson never allowed more than £2 iidili- 
 tional. I wanted £3 made \ip of £1 in respect of 
 the ri'sting and preimration of the cattle, £1 in 
 respect of the ri-e in the price of cattle, and £1 for 
 their month's keep. The result of a good deal of 
 controversy was that I eventnallv agreed to accei)t 
 the valuation proposed hv Mr Hay on the distinct 
 condition tiiat they should not lie slaughtered on 
 the farm, but sent to the Forfar slaughterhouse, Mr 
 
 Hay assured me that the slaughtering would not 
 distuib the other cattle, but experience taught me, 
 and, indeed, it was only natural to expect tliat my 
 feeding cattle would not have done any good after 
 the slaughter for a month to come. Therefore, I 
 insisted upon my point, and it was ultimately on- 
 ceiled. Accordingly, fo\irteen animals out of the 
 twenty-five were removed to Forfar to-day (Thurs- 
 day) by Jlr Henry Young's traction engine, and the 
 remaining eleven will be convoyed there to-morrow. 
 
 "What is your experience of Canadian cattle?" 
 a^ked the interviewer. "Well," re])lied Mr Simp- 
 son, " I had Canadians for the first time la«t year, 
 and they did moderately well, and this year there 
 has been nothing the matter with them — nice, 
 strong, lu'althy animals they are." 
 
 You have had considerable experience of 
 pleuro-pneumonia, I understand? What is 
 your opinion of the present slaughter policy ? 
 — My opinion is— ami I have had pleuro 
 or suspicted pleuro several times on the 
 place during my tenancy of more than thirty years 
 here — that the most that should have been done 
 would have been to put on restrictions for a time 
 on the farm wliere a suspected outbreak occurred 
 and then waited. If the malady then turned out in 
 the opinion of the professional men to be pleuro 
 stamp out the whole immediately. Piut the 
 slaughter of the 1200 animals right away and 
 wholes.ale is in my opinion utterly unwarranted, 
 lioside.s, the killing-out policy, as it has been prac- 
 tiseil on this occasion, has not been calculated to 
 stamp out the disease, assuming that contagious 
 ple\iro was actually jiresent. If there had been any 
 risk to the ordinary stock, it wo\dd not have been 
 obviated, owing to the dilatoriness of the Board 
 of Agriculture. In my own case, ''or example, the 
 animals have been four weeks on the farm, and they 
 are not all away yet," 
 
 "Of course, you will be fully cognisant of the 
 symptoms of contagious ple\iro ?" — "I used to 
 tliink I would know pleuro if I saw it, but, then, in 
 the opinion of these great veterinary Professors, 
 there are two kinds of it. I have seen ca'.es myself 
 in an animal killed, of the lungs aillieriug to the ribs, 
 and yet no pleuro about the jilace. ^ly experience 
 is that pleuro, if the animals are killed in the first 
 stages of the disease, is not contagio\is ; it is in the 
 convalescent stage that the danger arises." 
 
 " What were the circumstances in the case of the 
 last outbreak of alleged pleuro on your place?" — 
 Tiie animals affected were two stirks — Irish stirks, 
 if I recollect aright. One of them was first killed, 
 and after the slaughter of the other I deemed it 
 advisable to report tlie case to the Local Authority. 
 I\Ir Keith, the late chief constable, came and 
 valued 10 cattle, some cows, auil some fat cattle 
 in contact, and these having been slaughtered, I 
 received tiie proportion of the value. At that time 
 I had a'lout SO liead of cattle on the northern 
 ilivisiou of the steailing, ami as these were not in 
 contact nothing was done with respect to them. 
 Lender the present regulation:! the whole of these 
 animals wouM have been killed. 
 
 " Do you think that the two stirks you have re- 
 feni'^d to were .ac'uallv affected with contagious 
 ))Ieuro?"— -" It is possible that the d'sease was not 
 pleuro. Probably tliov had got cold somehow or 
 other, luit tlu! lungs were decayed, and adhering to 
 the ribs, and that in my time was said to be con- 
 tagious ))leuro."' 
 
 "Do you think that is ,a warrantable assump- 
 tion?" — "No, I do not. because I have seen cattle 
 on this jilace killed, and the lunirs adhering to the 
 ribs, and no more cases. I think, if the disease had 
 been contagious, there would have been more out- 
 breaks." 
 
 In the course of further conversation, Mr Simp- 
 
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 From Dundee Courier of 4th and 6th November, 1802. 
 
 aon Dinpliasiscil his statement that ho did not 
 believe tiio disease on tlie jircscnt occasion was cum- 
 tfiKions ])leiiro. He jioiiited to tlic fact tlint the 
 existciico of iilcuro in ( 'aiiada liail hoi'ii officially 
 ilciiicd l>y till' Caiindiiiii (Jnveinmi'tit, and abided — 
 "Cniiada is one of our own coloniis. rind we would 
 (|nickly trot nt the actual facts if idoiiro did exist. 
 Tlicie is no analogy in this rcH]i('ct betwerii Canada 
 on flic one hand, and Uns-ia, (IiTiniinv, I>ciiniark, 
 oi anv other f(jrei''ii emintrv on the other.' 
 
 DKl'lTTATION TO Mil G.\KDNKH 
 
 Our London corrcsiiondont telp^jraiiliina; last night 
 Rays : — A deputation will wait U|)oti the 3Iinister few 
 Agrieulture to-morrow on tlie .suhject of tlie itii]iort- 
 ation of C iindiiui cattle to Scotland. It is said tiiat 
 cattle snfTi'iiiig fiom an inoijiient stage of jileuro- 
 pnciimoniii ha\e heon landed lit Scotch Jinits from 
 ( 'iinada and sold to ih a'ers in Scotland and Xoith 
 of KiiL'land. Sumo of the cattle have I'oen traced 
 and slaughtei'cd. 1'lie object of the deiiiitation, 
 which re))re>ents the Koyal .\gricultural Society and 
 other aariculturists, is to urije the Department to 
 rescind the special rey;ulations under which cattle 
 from Canada are exempted from slaughter on 
 arrival at ports in this countiy. 
 
 sorxi^ixo TH1-: fa km Kits. 
 
 Several proininent agticulturists in the comty 
 have received tilegrams from ]Mr. Camphell- 
 Bannerman, asking whether there would be any 
 strong o])iiositicn offered by farmers in this distiict 
 to the scheduling of Canada. 
 
 FIFESIURE. 
 Mr. Parrowman, X.H., Cupar, reported, after 
 examimition of the animal slaughtered at Edenbank, 
 Leuchars, that it was free of disease. 
 
 The farm of Lindorcs, Fifeshiro, which was de- 
 clared an affected area on ISth ult., has liecn 
 declared free, the order taking effect as from Wed- 
 nesday last. 
 
 CATTLE AWAITING SLAUGHTER. 
 
 On the farm of ]'raidstone, Meigle, tenanted by 
 ISIr. .Taines Adam, there are twenty-four Canadian 
 cattle which were p'lrchased at Dundee, and which, 
 for some reason not explained, are yet awaiting 
 .slaughter. The Hoard of Agriculture restrictions 
 have been idaced on tlie farm, but up to yesterday 
 no intimation had been received by J[r. .Vdani as to 
 the arrangements for their extermination. The 
 delay is occasifriiing Jlr. Adam eonsideiable incon- 
 venience, as he is prceiiteil friin cuniiileting his 
 stock. 
 
 INTO THE MrDDLE. 
 
 Scottish pcdjde, wlictlier friendly (ir uii- 
 friondly iiieliiuHl towiirds the presoiit 
 rTfivcriiinoiit, will uiianiiiioiisly coii- 
 duniu tlio resdlutidii adoiitcd at Fri- 
 diiy'.s Cabinet Cotuicil to stop the 
 inip<irt;itioii of Canadian cattle into tlii.s 
 country. Foi'snch a resolution, it is ini|iossili]e 
 to snj^gest a valid reason. Mr (lardiu'r's 
 s])eceh to the dei)Utationist.s who waited 
 ujion hiui on Friday jiurports to boa defence 
 of the (lovcrnnieiit's policy, but in reality it 
 amounts to a condemnation of it. Ho yives, 
 for example, statistics to show tiiat the cattle 
 trade with Canada entail.s a jHiymont to 
 the Colony of about two million pounds 
 annually, and ho admits that the stop- 
 
 page of tho trade will affect not only the 
 Scottish ({raziers, but alao "poor folk in 
 Scotland." These are surely stmnji reasons for 
 not interfeiiiii,' witli tlie tralHc. Vet because 
 it has been represented by the otHciala of 
 the T^iard of .\orieulturc (who are contra- 
 dieted in this mater by one of the best 
 veterinary suri^eons of the [iresent day) that 
 two animals impoited frmn Canada have 
 ln!en attacked witli an infections disease 
 IMr (lardner and his colleagues in 
 tho r!i)veriinieiit have decided to put 
 an end to a trade which ha.s developed 
 almost twenty-fold in the course of a short 
 I'eriod of ten years. Oidy two of the 
 excuses j^ivcn are in tlie least wortiiy of con- 
 sideration. One is that Canada will not be 
 previ^ited from sendiiio fat stock to tliis 
 i eoiintry, and tlie other is that it is absolutely 
 necessary to maintain immunity from tho 
 disease of pleiuo-pi;eumonia. Now, it is 
 impossible to deny that tlie effect of 
 Friday's decision will be to terminate (Mi- 
 tirely tho trade in Canadian cattle. Very 
 f(.'W fat stock will be brought over to 
 Dundee for the purpose of immodiato 
 slau.ohtor, and tho introduction of such 
 stock would not benefit any class 
 of the conniiunity, while it would very 
 materially affect tho pockets of Scot- 
 tish farmoi's. Tlie largo (piantities of 
 dead meat introduced have never in any 
 i way influenced the retail prices charged by 
 butchers. On the other hand, the 
 butchers when ])rovided with these supplies 
 of meat are enabled to force tho farmers to 
 charge less monej'' for the stock they have 
 reared and fattened. AVith regard to tholaud- 
 ablo ambition on the part of the Minister for 
 Agriculture to keep this country free from 
 disease, it is only necessary to point out 
 in the tirst place that diseased cattle 
 are imported regularly from Ireland, 
 and in tiie second, that it has been 
 abundantly proved that no disease 
 whatever I'xists in Canada. Ibiring tho ten 
 years mentioned by IMr fiardner himself 
 there has not been a single indisputable 
 ease of infection from cattle brought 
 in from Canada. The Dominion has 
 repeatedly been olKeiaily declared free fron. 
 [ileuro-imeumonia, and the action of Her 
 Majesty's Government in ignoring these 
 otlicial declarations is, to put it mildly, ex- 
 tremely discourteous. I'.y ignoiing the de- 
 clarations and by overlooking the teaching 
 of ten years' experience Her ^Majesty's 
 Ministers will arouse antipathy against 
 themsidves not only in Scotlanil but also 
 in Canada. I'nfortiniately that anti])alliy 
 may not bo wholly confined to tho Ciovcrn- 
 ment, for in Canada it n»ay extend to 
 the United Kingdom iiself, with the result 
 that tho loss of one of our principal depen- 
 dencies will be rendered imminent. At the 
 least the (jiuvernnient, as proposed by Mr 
 
Frniii Dundee Courier of -'it/t November, ISU .', 
 
 27 
 
 )ni iho 
 it is 
 
 !Ct of 
 to 011- 
 
 Vory 
 
 I 
 
 ^ 
 
 % 
 
 Whitoliiw, M.P., slioulcl Iiavo rofniiiicd 
 from jiroliiliitidii until ;i full iiiid 
 suarchiuj,' iii(|uity into tho |ii'o.scut outlnrak 
 of iilleyt'd |iliMiro-|iiu'Uniouiii had taken 
 pliicu. It is coitainly ri'iiiaikalilc lliat in 
 opposition to tilt! opinions ol' niori; iliant'oi'ty 
 practical agiicuituristH \vliolia\u had possus- 
 hionof thocattlo shipped on hoard tlic llurona 
 and Monksuaton, and in spito of tiiu ovi- 
 di'Uco lendcrctl by votuiinary surgeons tlio 
 otlicials (jf tho 1> nd of Agriculture 
 should persist in their assumption 
 that ploni'o-pniMnnohia dous exist. The 
 feeling throughout .Scotland is that in order 
 to cover tho original Ijlunder the otlicials of 
 the Board of Agriculture have forced the 
 IMinistry into tho present muddle. >i'o 
 other explanation, in fact, can ho conjec- 
 tured, and as it stamls the nuuldle is highly 
 discreditable to all iiarlios concerned. 
 
 urruJiTUNiTV for .Scottish m.p.-.s, 
 
 Scottish members of Parliament have in 
 the present circumstances an excellent op- 
 portunity for proving their ability to [irotect 
 tho interests of this ciuntry. In this instance 
 Scotland is sutl'eruig at die direct instiga- 
 tion of England. The determination to 
 prohibit the landing of Canadian cattle has 
 been arrived at because of representations 
 from English breeders. .Not a single .'^cotsman 
 has ever askotl tlio Ministry to take the 
 course decided upon on Friday. This in 
 itself is significant, in view ot the fact that, 
 if there had boon pleuro-i)neumonia, it was 
 into this country and not into England that 
 it was introduced. But it is more remark- 
 able still that thcjse who have clamouroil for 
 the restrictions now imposed are for the 
 most part avowed protectionists — men 
 who, if they could got their own 
 way, Would not only exclude foreign 
 cattle, but would [ilace a tax upon imported 
 grain, in t)rder that the poor by paying 
 liiglier i)rices for tho broad they eat might 
 help to keep up the value of land. It is 
 againsc those English protectionists that our 
 Scottish members of Parliament will now be 
 expected to do battle. In season and out oi 
 season they ought to strive for the with- 
 drawal of ilie restriction yesterday impi.ised. 
 If the (jiovernment would dare to 
 impose a tax upon imported cattle, 
 the men who yesterday waited ui)on 
 Mr (iardner would otler no further 
 opposition to the iniportatit)n. Their 
 conduct is seltish in the extreme, and, that 
 being so, it should at once be condemned by 
 everyone who has a voice in the manage- 
 ment of the ati'airs of this country. There 
 is still enough of 2^!iti"it>tisui in Scotland to 
 ensure a vigorous (jutcry against an 
 attempt to render it subordinate to 
 England in dealing with its own agricultural 
 affairs. By constant agitation the evil may 
 
 yet bo remedied, and in that agitation mem- 
 bers of Parliament, County Councillors, 
 practical agriculturists, ploughmen, and 
 cattlemen, as well as the many classes of 
 "poor folk in .Scot land ", -to use Mr 
 (iardiier's phrase -will be oxjieelod to unite. 
 To cities such as Dundee and .\bordeen a 
 heavy loss will be entailed on aeouiit of the 
 ex[>enses iiicurreil in the construction of 
 sjiecial wharves. In Dundee alone a sum 
 of almost tl'U.UOU has lieell s|ielit, .autl 
 ill .Mierdeeii the expenditure has been over 
 £iU,Ut)0. But for the procii)itatt! action of 
 tho (government good uuerosl would con- 
 tiiuio to 1(0 earned u[)oii tho sums thus laid 
 out. The inhabitants of towns, therotore, 
 have every reason to denounce the policy 
 that is being pursued. 
 
 IIK.STHICTION.S ON CANADIAN 
 (JATTLi: TIIADE. 
 
 A HARD.SMIl' ON i'AllMIOKS ANi) 
 •• I'OOIt I'OI.K." 
 
 ^Ir Htihcrt (niriliiLT, Miiiistii' for Ag.'icultinc, 
 ri'coivi'il a ilt'imliiti'ii in buinluii ou i'Mday in onlcr 
 tu liiivi.' liiiil Ijufoie iiiin iiintseiita'.iDi.s in fnvuui' 
 of tlio it'stiictioii lit' t If impDitatiuu (jf lue ciittlo 
 fiiMi) CiOiii'lii ill cuii-ioiiucucr oI tliu i.lk'gcil rojL'iiO 
 (iiitlju'iik ot iileuro-liiiciiinoiiia in ^cotlainl. 'I'liu 
 Ic'iiuliitiuii wii-i iiiiiiiiluc.'il liy tlio lliiliu ut W'ust- 
 iniii>tt'i, I'lL'sidcul. of tliu I'lOynl Agi iiaiitiira! 
 Si'ciuiy, iiinl coii.si-.tt'il of rt-'prusoiitiUivc.-, fioiii tin.' 
 Central CIuuiiIiits of Agi'.cultuio, tiu> ^Jlioialioiii 
 , Suciuty, till.' .Siuithtii'll Club, ami utlior iu-sliliitioii.s 
 intoiesU'd in agriculluro anil the biiuiliny of stock. 
 ; Till' JJilku of Westminster, iu the couisc of liia 
 ' H|iL'oc;li, iiointeil out tlif inipossilnlity of discover- 
 i iiig the laieiit .■•yiniitoms of iilenni-pnuunioiiia 
 1 by iiis|iecii.iii at the port of lamliiii,'. 
 yir i;,i:(liier, ill replying, ijUnte t as evuleiicu ot tho 
 importance of tbe trade to Canada the fact that, 
 '.vheitas in 1. SSI tlio v.ilin' of tin' imporfrd caitle 
 was tl(l7,.')l.'4, in l.s:)l it was fl.l3.'),lJ0il. an I luid 
 f<iiice inorcasi'd to t'l,771,tM)lJ. liiis did not, iiow- 
 I'vcr, amount to inoie than li pi'r cent, of tiie agj^re- 
 tjatf meat supply of the country, allhoiii,di it was 
 one of the l.iigest items in (.y'aiiadiau exp.irts to 
 Kiigl.ind. Any leslrictions tli;it it iniylit be neces- 
 sary to impose would not prevent Canada from 
 si.'iidiii{{ fat stock to this country. The loss arisiiijj 
 from such restrictions would not be distributo.l 
 I'lpially over the country. ft would atfcct some 
 fanners and glaziers as well asjioor tolU in ^^collalld, 
 yet, after anxiously wcigliin.; all points, and after 
 consulting hi- colleagues in the Covfrniiifiit, he had 
 come to the (.oiiclusi'Jii that the practical immunity 
 from disease that had bucii atramed after .-o much 
 loss mu-t not be sacrificed, aiul that restrictions 
 must be put upon the ini|oitaliun of live cattb? 
 fioin Caniida. The Order ha i already been signed. 
 In cuiiciusimi, lie dofeiidid the aetiun taken liv the 
 iioard in conucction with the outbieak in ."Scoliaiid. 
 He remarked that, although it was only ou Ocober 
 17th that the IJonrd learned detiniteiy that the 
 animal that had died was a Canadian iin|iortaiion, 
 on the following day notices iiad been served ou 
 the owners of no fewer tiiaii 1143 of the 1211 head 
 of cattle imported from Canada in the two ships 
 concerned with the outbreak. The Duke of West- 
 minster thanked Mr Uardiiur, and the deputatiou 
 withdrew, 
 
is 
 
 Prom Thtndce Courier o/ 5th November, ISD,?. 
 
 lirovii 
 
 luiijilemcnt to tlie Landiin il'mtu of Kriilay 
 1.1 u» Jilts f(jr tlif aiii)lic:vti<)ii foitliHitli (if llic ortltr 
 inuiiibitiiif; tliu iiri|iuriatioii ul live cattle from 
 (Jaiiudu iiH iiitiinatLcl by Mi <;ai<lri<.-f ;n lnn rrjily to 
 the ilt'putatiou. 
 
 i'UllTHEK IN JEK\ li:\V.S WiTIi 
 FAUMIJIS. 
 
 MUUi:OltGE KUV, KIKKIIILL, FOKKAI!, 
 
 inruimt'il oiii ri'iiorti'i tliat hi- l.ou^hi: ono cow 
 which looked cjuiti' will whc-ii ht- p.jrchaiLiI it, iinit 
 was very hualiiiy at luesciit. It, i*itii two cow.s 
 puichasuil iiy Mr AhxauWei L>i-jchar, 1-ortar, wen- 
 conveyed in the suine tiuck Iroin b iiidee to i-ortar, 
 and were on their arrival there put togetJK i in .Mr 
 Deuchar's byre, lie bent lor it next ini<rnini,' and 
 had It put into a Htall in hix byie, from whicii it 
 had never since been rcnioviU. 
 
 Have you observed unythinij alxjut the animal, 
 Mr Koy, which inipiesied you with it.e buiief tliat 
 It was surt'eiing from pleuro or t/ionchial jineii- 
 inonia? — Mover. Tlieie was nothing ui that nature 
 ill its aiipearancti. 
 
 At what stajje is pleuio infectioiiii ? -My ex- 
 perience IS that, lUon^U not very far a'lvnnced iiiau 
 animal, it may atieut otiieiH in contact. Im- 
 mediately hymxjtouis appear in an animal which 
 manit'esis pleuio, the bei^l pldii that tan be adopted 
 to prevent the lUsiase lioin hpUMdin^ ii at once to 
 aldughter the animal in whicn tiime apiiear. A'h-. 
 cow 1 bought was a thiee->ea(-o,<l, ami, consi^lei- 
 ing its age, it gave a very laii "Upply of indK. .My 
 impression is tliat the ^u^pecte^ caitu reported in 
 the C'oMntraie not cases ot pleuro, bit .-^iiniily of 
 attacks of severe cold. 
 
 Have you, during your exi/erience as a dealer 
 amongst Oanadiaii cattle, known of a Mingle case oi 
 pleuro bieakin;{ out ainongi-t them? — Never. In 
 fact, they as a general ruie thrive hetter and are 
 more hardy than Irish stock. 1 nave known cases 
 01 ilisease amongst Irish cattle, which seern to con- 
 tract it very easily, the reahon for which I am not 
 in a position to state. 
 
 MR ALEXANDER DELCUAU, FORFAR, 
 
 in the course of a l-rief interview, informed our 
 corresponUent that hepuicha»ed two Canadian cows 
 on the tith October, iioth I'xiked well wlieii they 
 came into his possession, in lac:. In- never bougiit 
 two healthier, liardiei, or better thtiving animals 
 iu all his experience as a cattledfcal<T. One of thein 
 calved shortly after it airive>i in Fortar, and the 
 other was within two duy^i of calving when it was 
 slaughtered. It was utieily iiuposjtible lor them to 
 contract cold, as he put them into hi.i byre when 
 they arrived from Uundee. A: a rule it was dith- 
 oult to detect pleuro in an aniirul. 
 
 But would shortness ol breath or .-evere cuughing 
 not convince you that a cow wan DuHering troin the 
 disease? — No ; 1 have known an oi<l animal to show 
 these symptoms and be in c<utact Witii others wiih- 
 out atlectiiig them. 'Ihese >yrnptoins are occa- 
 monally caused by a bail cold oi a inn^ compliiiut — 
 not pleuro, Ihavene^ei known or heai i of any 
 pleuro amongst Canadiani", for »tiey ate generally a 
 nardy clasa of animals and entirely fiee from such 
 disease. 
 
 Do you prefer them to Iruih cattle?— Certainly. 
 They are BUiierior in every way, and are prefei able 
 becauHe they feed better, and, therefore, thrive 
 sooner. 
 
 Mr Deuchar concluded by expressing the opinion 
 that the supposed case of pletiro wait simply one in 
 which the animal was not iruffehug from that 
 diseaBe, but from defective lungo. 
 
 MR ANDREW OSLER, LO(;il OF LIFF. 
 
 The farm of Locli of Liir, which was scheduled a 
 few weeks ago by the lioiird of Agriculture, is now 
 destitute ot t'luiadiun aiiiiiiiiis, Mr Andrew Osier, 
 the tenant, It will be it nuiiiherud, purchased six 
 ( auadian bullocks, forming part of the Moiik- 
 seaton's cargo, at the sale in Dundee on (Jth Oct. 
 They were [ilaced in a byre by themselves, and dur- 
 ing the time they weie oti the liiiiii none of tliein 
 evinced any .-i^iis (jf illness. On the l.Sth October 
 .Mr Osier leceived a notice schedulini.' his tarin, and 
 on Thursday afternoon, the li7lli October, Inspector 
 iJawson visited the farm, and ordered the cattle to 
 he slaughtered, tliis order being carrieil into effect 
 oil the following day. On Jlonday lust the Inspector 
 sent a notice to Mr Osier declaring the farm to bu 
 fiee from restriction. ^Mr O-iler believes that none 
 of the Canadians sold at Dundee on the (Jth Oct. 
 has been affected by contagious iileuro. It was 
 ipiite possible, he said, the Canadian cow killeil at 
 rarkhill had only been >ulferiiig from a severe coM, 
 Regarding some of the animals being unahle to take 
 their fooil for some days, that mi;;ht be due simply 
 to indigestion, and iie believed that all the 
 Canadians landeil at Dundee would bo bettor for a 
 dose of linseed oil when placed on the farms. 
 
 MR JOHN GRANUER, PITCUR, 
 
 Mr John Uranger, I'itcur, Coiipai Angus, was the 
 purchaser of 41t cattle at the joint .-ale of the 
 cargoes of the Monkseaton and the Huroua on Gth 
 Octobir. The animals, on being taken to I'itciur, 
 weie put into the Held, and there they were 
 slaughtired on Sunday and .Monday last by a sijuad 
 of imtcheis fioin Olasgosv. Notwuh^tauding tiieir 
 exposure lo the cold weather, none of the animals ap- 
 [leared to suffer, and they were allstrongaii.l healtliy- 
 loiiking when they were slaughtered. Mr Giaiiger's 
 herd was thereby reduced to 54, Asked for his 
 oijiiiion regarding the present slaughtering policy-, 
 .Mr Granger said he had no expeiienco ot pleuro. 
 If cuhtagioiis pleuro actually did exist in the case of 
 the cattle suspected at I'arkhlll and l.indores, he 
 thought the lioard of Agriculture would be justified 
 in their policy ; but, on the other hand, so far as his 
 expel ience went, he had found Canadians better 
 constituted and more satisfactory cattle t'lan the 
 Irish. "In tact," he added, "I liave purchased 
 them simply because 'Irishmen' had pleuro while 
 Canadians had not," 
 
 MR A, I'ATTU'LLO, SOUTH GASK, 
 JMr I'attullo, South Gask, who purchased eight 
 cattle at Dundee, said he was of opinion that the 
 malady from which the animals suspected by the 
 Hoard of Agriculture were suffering was not pleuro 
 at all. Canadian cattle ho had always found 
 healthier than the Irish, and they had certainly 
 paid him fully better. He had had pleuro amongst 
 a lot of Irish cattle at Dunkouny about ten years 
 ago. The change of climate never seemed to affect 
 the Canailiaii cattle at all, and he thought it was 
 "altogether a fraud' to declare that there was 
 pleuro in (,'aiiada. The present scare would cer- 
 tainly not debar him fioiii investing the money lie 
 had received in compensation in tlie purchase of 
 more " Yankees" if he could get them. 
 
 MR T. J, GARDINER, BANCHORY. 
 Mr T, J, Gardiner, Banchory, Coupar Angus, in 
 an interview, said this was the second year he ha<l 
 purchased Canadian cattle, and as a rule he had 
 about ninety on his place, these having been 
 generally bought in Glasgow, He had been very 
 well pleased with them, and the eight he pui chasei 
 in Dundee on 0th October were thriving immenaely 
 when the Board of Agriculture stepped in to 
 
From DiDuUc Uottrio' of ,'t/i Xorfiiilio; ISH?, 
 
 29 
 
 slaughter tlicm. As to tliu iiiu'stion wlictlnr i>kui(i- 
 l)iK'iiiii(iiii.'\ iictiiiilly iliil uxist ill tlic incsciii imm.s, 
 All (iai'iliiu'i siilil tli;il, wliiU' lio liii'l no ('.\|ii'i iiiicf 
 of |ik'llli) liiliisi'll', liC knew the caliliii' <>t I iilluiliiili 
 ciitlk', mill lit' b('lii'\(.'i| I iiii('i|uil ^\'lllllllll^4 \v:iM 
 right III Ills coiilt'iituiii tlint tlic iIi.-i'IImmv;is IiidiicKo- 
 })lit'iiliionliv ihiliiCLil l>y fXiioNiiii', iiiiil imt coiiliii^iiiiis 
 l>k'iii(i-i)iii'iiinuniii. All ( ^anliiier .siii'l ho (k'siifil t(i 
 add tliiit in his ojiiiiidii the ciittlu shduld not hv 
 sliiu^htt ri'd on tliu tftiiiis, hut leinovi'il to a lU'opt r 
 alaut^litorliousu. ■ 
 
 COLONKLDICKSOX, I'ANJilUUK. 
 
 C-'okiiifl Diiksiiii, J'aiiliijili', wailud iijioii hy our 
 ri'int'HL'iitativu, siiid liu laid liought twuiity-iiiiu' 
 head of thf cattif in i|ue.-tiuu. i)n thru ariival at 
 I'nuhiidi' pait wi'io put in ihu siiu l.-<auil [lait in the 
 liuids, and, ni)twith?.iandiiig lliu cold, wul woatli'i, 
 uouu of thuni sufiiicd to snifi'i fidui culd or any 
 ilisuasu wluitiiVLr. Thuy siointd stioug, IrmUIiv 
 animals. '1 ho Colontl liuvtr heard of likuio 
 breaking out amongst Canadians, hut had often 
 known uf thu disease amongst Irish stouk. 
 
 OFFICIAL I5UTC11ERY IN THt; DUNDEE 
 DI.STIUCT. 
 
 The stock belonging Mv IV'trr JM'Intyre, Denfind, 
 have come within range of the otliei.il luitchery 
 which has heeome so yeueral. Mr iM'intyre 
 ac(|uiied 23 animals at tlie joint sale of the cargoes 
 ot tlie Alonkseaton ami the lluio\ia. These weie 
 immeiiiately conveyed to J>enhnd and enclosed in 
 a large park, wheie, after a few da)s, one of th( ni 
 Mhowed signs of illness, ami was treated as sulferini; 
 from a severe cold. It died, anvl a day or two later 
 another revealed signs of illness. A veterinaiy 
 surgeon was called, ami, on the animal being 
 slaughttretl, he prououueeil it to have died from 
 natural causes. The luiiys were, however, foi- 
 wardud to the Hoard of xVgricultuie, and, in accord- 
 ance with the Order tlieu in opeiatioii, the 
 remaining 21 animals were valued and 
 slaughtered. This ha I been scarcely accom- 
 plislied when, ciriously enough, Mr JMTiityie 
 received a notice to the effect that h;s 
 stock had not been sutfering from pleuro, 
 and that he was accoulingly at libeity to restock. 
 Mr M'Jnlyre is just lecovermg from a rather severe 
 iiulisposition, and when our representative called 
 on Friday at his bu>iness premi-es in JJundee he 
 was unable to tinil him. ills .son, however, who 
 has for yeais taken an active interest in the 
 nianiigeinent of iMr JMTniyies large business, 
 Vouchsafed the opinion that there was never any- 
 thing seriously wrong with the animal.-. The 
 weather at the time they were parked was cold and 
 dami), and he firmly believed the two beasts which 
 were killed were suffering from cold, ( ;ntracteil in 
 consecjueuce of being exposed to the full force of 
 the Severe weather experienceil after they ha 1 Ijeeii 
 libeiated from the heat naturally generated by a 
 cargo of cattle on board shii). 'litis as a m itter of 
 fact was upheld by the iirocedure of the Jjo.ird of 
 Agriculture, first in slaughtering the animals, then 
 ill declaritig them free from disease, and alteiwaids 
 in granting power to restock. 
 
 CONDEMNED IN ABERDEEN. 
 
 The Aberdeen Journal, declares that the 
 Government have to all appearance acted pre- 
 cipitately in prohibiting the impoitatiou of 
 Canadian store cattle. The opinion of I'rofessor 
 AVilliams, supported by specific arguments, becms 
 of more weight than the decision of the 
 Government experts, resting only on their 
 ofiicial infallibility. Benides the known facts 
 harmonise witli the theory that the disease was 
 
 I non-infei'tious broiU'li<i-|nieumoiiiii, while the 
 I (Mivi'inment theory, assuming the im|>oitation of 
 ' colit.igioiis pleuro fioiii ( aiiadii, wlieie the disease 
 
 is not known to exist, begins and ends in mystery. 
 i 'I he decision is not at thi' inomiMit of so great ilti- 
 ; poitaiKT, as the li.ile fiU' this season is iieaily over, 
 
 nut all [iniiits ill ilisput' must be thoroughly cleared 
 
 up bi'foie the time coiiies lounil when the tiade 
 I in ('anidian stoics would in oidiiiiry xuuse be re- 
 
 siinuil. \ — 
 
 1 'OK I 'A It. 
 We uiidei-tand that tod.ay the cattle at 
 Knoekenny an I Xewton of (ilamis, which were 
 puiehased in Dundee on (ith October, will be eon- 
 viyed to the Foliar shambk's to be slaughteied. 
 'I he remaining lot of ehven t anadians at liigUston 
 of Jvi-sie weie taken to Forfar last night and killed. 
 Tlnrtei'ii of the eallle mi the faim of East Idviu 
 weie also slaughtered yesterday, and we under- 
 stand that in lunie of the lungs ot the animals were 
 any symptoms of pleiiio fouini. 
 
 I'EUTil.sllIUE. 
 
 Mr Whitelaw, .M.F. for J'erth, has sent the 
 fidlowiny letter to the i'resideiit of the Jjoard ot 
 Agiiculture : — 
 
 Uuar Sii , — KiilhjH liij,' my toli'^riiiii to yim of this 
 daii', 1 han' tho lioiMHir to lay i)iliiie you tljo roilowiuj; 
 statriiii'iit in eoiiiiuutxiii witli thu .'dlrgcil oiitl>re.'ik uf 
 phnini-pii' iiiiiiiuia in the east of JSuouand : — Wliuu thu 
 cuithleak tta^ liiM leimrti'd, diailjt was cxpiessiMl in many 
 ipl liters as to wluthtr thu oiithiiMk was u;il ciiiua^'ioiis 
 lili-Un-iiiiriinioniiiur only a iiun-in trot u ins iihios jiiiown in 
 Ami'iica as enin»lall\. f'iiite>-or Will, am- lias, after Ihu 
 < \aliiiliatii>ii of thu lull),' ol oiiu uf llir animals which liail 
 heenatlackutl, duularuil einpliatiually tliat tin; ilisuasu is n t 
 uoiitagiuii.T iplriini-iPiiuumuni.i, ami iliu wlmlu .lyriciiltiiial 
 u|iiiiiun uf FitV-liiiu, Fcnfaishiie, anil I'culi.iliuu favmirs 
 thi-. view. .'Sfvjin^' ilmt ymi aiu to rccuivu a iluipiua- 
 tiim ^ll Kiijjlisii a^riunltuiists lu iinpruas on 
 ^uii the (lusiiaUilily of suliudiilinij Canada, eonslurna- 
 tioii naturally pievails aniuii;,' .Scotch iiijriciiUniisls. 
 A rijiruuiitativi. iluiiiUiitioa of aj,'riciiltiii)st.s «hich 
 »aiU'(l on mu llii? muriiin^ de~iiei.l iii.: to -ay that 
 ftu.itti.-h agriciiltiui.-ls cannot admit that Kuglioli 
 'i^rlciiltnrists aru c.>m|iutunt jiilge- uf Cuii.idian stuie 
 ittlu .-Old tliuir ailiiiunis, as tliuy li.ive im uxperieiicu oi 
 tliuin whiiievur ; and. fiutliur, 1 liive to iioiut out that 
 lliu suhudiiliny Ml t'anad.i will lastly imi.iovu tnu [a'o- 
 sjieut- of f^nyh.sh at tliu e\iiuiit.u of .Scutti-ii ayiiciiltiinsls, 
 and that Kiiyli>li uipiniun, tliur.f.pru, cannot liu purfuctly 
 di-intunstud. All that Scottish asriuuluiiista would 
 liiiiipljly petition you to do i- to taku no ntups towards 
 stopping till' r'aiiiidiaii tiadu until a full ami suar.'liing 
 iiiuuny into Ihu piu>unt niubiuali of .illugid pluiiro- 
 [Miuuinunia has i.'ikun plauu, and thai uiii woiitii eaiisu 
 siicli an iiiijiiiiy to taku pi.icu. At any r.tu, that you «ill 
 not colli, to any dLcision until fscottisn agiiciilturisis li.ive 
 had tiiiiu to lav their ci-u hu oro \oii. — 1 imvu the hoimur 
 10 bu, dear .Sir, yours fiiitlif.illy, William Wiiitixaw. 
 
 Mr Andrew Hutcheson, Dundee, on Friday 
 visited the farm of Aidjaith, near (iloncaise, 
 ten lilted by .Mr David Morgan, and valued seven 
 Caiuidian cattle which weie purchased in Dundee 
 on (itli October. In addition to the Canadians 
 there are 104 feeding cattle ami si.\ cows on the 
 farm, hut tliese have nut been in contact, Stib- 
 si'ijuently, Mi Hutcheson, accoriling to instructions, 
 visited the faim of Ijaledgaino, Inehtuie, teiianteil 
 by iMr I'atrick Constable, and valued six Canadian 
 cattle, which were bought in Dundee on (ith 
 October. The "foreigners" are six healthy 
 bullocks, and formed part of tho Monkseaton cargo. 
 Since they were jiurchased they have been in one 
 of the parks at Ko.ssie I'riory. In spite of the uu- 
 favotuable weather, these animals were healthy, and 
 were taking on flesli rapidly. Only live home-bred 
 stots have been in contact with them. Yesterday 
 the 15 cattle bouglit by Mr Allan, Kinnonpark, 
 near Methven, were valued, ami ordered to be 
 slaughtered to-Uay. There are other Id Canadian 
 
30 
 
 From Dundee Cnurier o/ ,'jlli ami 7tli Noveiuhcr, ISfKJ. 
 
 ciittio (111 tliiH fnim, mill the Imt lot botiKlit in 
 l^uiidi't' liiivi! Iiucii ill contact witli 70 otlii'r I'littk'. 
 >SliimM any tiucc ot liiitiixi.' Iir t'nun<l in any of tln^ 
 Caiiailiaiis the wiioic stock will linvo to lii' 
 hi in^litL'iL'ii out. I'liu ojiini'iiiH of a iiiiiiiIki' of 
 faiiiKrs wiiu yiMti'iiliiy glfiintcl liy oiu' of cmr 
 n(iri'.s(;iitativiH, anil tlii'y wvic all to tliu clfict that 
 not oiii' of tilt' C'ana'iianM had hcun infucti'il with 
 
 infectious (lUiiro. 
 
 'I'lif following coiniiiniiicatioiis were reccivi'il 
 on J''iiilay li.v Air \\u\. J). I'atiick, clerk of thf 
 County Council of liftHhiru :— 
 
 hllKSIl SIUCK Al.l.<)Wi:i) AT I.KCKIKUANK. 
 
 .•St.itun lliiti'l, I'eitli, ilcl .Nov., IMIJ. 
 lirar Sir, -.Ml- Ihuin.ia Mt'iiut, I., ikiflniiik l''.iiiii. 
 Aiiclai'iiiiiiclit}, I' iiC'luii', liatiii),' t:l(.','in>ti'il iinil ili>- 
 iiikcicil till jir iiii,-«.i to my »iai.-l'aciicin, I liiivu to-ilm 
 giiuii liiiM nuuou til biiii^ Into iii.i ]iivuiiiitii) OJ litM'l of 
 ciiltlu — Voiiix f.iiilifiilly. 
 
 A. Stkkii.man. TiMVullin;; In iiectm-. 
 Tliu Comity Ck'ik ot l'iti.-.liiiu. 
 
 FAH.MN lllX'I.AltKI) I'llKK IN l'IFK>imiK. 
 
 Tliu follow iiii; letter Ii.im been receiveil : — 
 
 Al'Xaniliii lliiti,!, M Anariw.-, .i i Nov., \\'-2. 
 Ml',— I liiivu ti) int'iiiiii ymi tliit, having -liiiinlit'ivil the 
 (.'aiiailiaim oa Ihr ti>liii»iiii,' I'liiii-, ami fminil tuen 
 liiaith^, 1 havu itiiiovuil thu lu-tiii tiMii^i |ilacoi It^lie-- 
 tivclj im thi' liiniis by ths Uoahl of A;;ru:iiUiiii.- :— Mi 
 (Jhii.^LK', >ci»t.-fiaiy, i.iyiMMi; Mr Uiiiicaii, Ciaifil'innlic. 
 t, 1111,11 ; Mr iIliuI,-, Amliiu, Ci.iil ; Mr liilchii.it, Car- 
 vcuuni, Aii«lMiihi-i ; .Mr lliurhi.iuii, [■'o.-t'itmi, kiik- 
 calU* ; Ml Mill.i, I'.il.^ulu, .VimtniUiur ; .Ml J'uli, Tmii ■ 
 till', (.'rail ; -Mr Wn.-dii, .Miniuii ul I'iiinilly, Kiiit'ib.iin-. 
 At .\lr Uowiiiu a lit' It.i cuinliiu thciif U nminj ilouoi a.i to 
 111'.' ntalu I't' ulK' iiiii),' rcni. il|i III laiiiiliui, aiiil, p inline' th> 
 duciaiun ot tlie lt.\'. Cuiit'^'i-, tlie jihKc luiii'iin.-) luutui th . 
 uiiyinal rc-triuluiiiB. — 1 aui, yuiii» t.iilliliilly, 
 
 (jr.lt.M.l) H. .'5i'i:.Nei:ii, i ajit., 
 TraVL'lliiig In-pcctoi ISuaiil ot' Ayi Iciiltllii'. 
 The CK'rk ut the Cdhiu.v IJoiiiicil oi t iti.iniru. 
 
 AM.MAl.ti TO J)K MI.ALtJIIlKIIKI). 
 
 4 Whitt'lLill I'l.iri', l,..nilii|l, Uil .Nov., ISllii. 
 I'lclirii-l'iicuiiioiiia Act, l>';i'i — i anc .No. 4li. 
 Sii, — 1 Liig to iiiioiiii virii tliiu Caitai.i I). .Spencer, thu 
 tl'aVLlliiig iii.-iicclor ot tne Uoaid of Agiicultiue, Ino this 
 day bi.cn iimlMiclcd hy ihc lioanl to uaiiic to be uhiiigh- 
 tcl'cd tlic cattle named ilinlenie.itii, an having been c.K- 
 puaed to the iiitection nf pleiiru lilieiiijninia — viz., ,it .Mr 
 Uiiwiiic'.-, Uaicuiiibic, (Jiail, 'J'J ; .Mr TnHha, Tioiritrie, lu ; 
 Mr UiiiicaiiV, Cuigioodic, 1. — Vuui-. i.iiilil'nily, 
 
 J. 1. iKN.SAM, 
 
 Chief Travellin;; liispixtur. 
 Th-- Ciiunty Clerk of I'lfe.-hiie. 
 
 ^ \ 
 
 A FIFK FAIl.M CNSCIIKDILK]). 
 I\lr Chi i^'ti^•, Scutscriiig, is onr of tlcso who ha>- 
 alicmly hail a luirtion uf hi.s .stock .-laujliteioil 
 uiiiier the ortler ot the Jjoaril of Agriculture atfeet- 
 ing thu cattle dis[.o.seii of at the sale of Canailiaiis 
 on Uth Cotober. Thu auliniils weru fifteen in 
 number, ainl had every appuarance of buiug in iior- 
 lUijt Itualth. On being taken t'l Scotscraig tliey 
 were ini.\ed witli others of Mr Cnri.stie's herd and 
 placed undercover. Xliuy betiayel no syiiiiituins 
 of illiie».s of any kind, and, as the context snows, 
 well' ill reality in guo I cuiiditiun. Shortly after 
 the lariii had been scheduled the whole lifteen 
 Were killed and their lungs de.siiatchel to London 
 lor e,\aiiiinatioii, which piovud that there was uo 
 trace of pleuro whatevel, the result being that the 
 restrictions have j'.ist been removed Iroin (jcots- 
 craig, Mr Christie had an eAiJeiience of pleuro 
 some four years ago, which may becited here. The 
 cattle weie bought in t.)ctober, and showed no sign 
 of disease untd the following April, when the ail- 
 ment suddenly broke out in an acute form, aad 
 spread with so iiuicli rapidity that in a Hliort time 
 tiiree out of every four of the animals died. This 
 occurred with home-bred cattle, but, though Mr 
 Chiistie has been dealing in Canadians ever since 
 the trade commenced, he has not known of a case 
 of the diseaac being imported from that country. 
 
 SCOTTISH FAIIMKUS AND TilE 
 (iOVKUNMKNT. 
 
 As wo o.\|)(Jctii(l, 11 .sLiiriii of iiiilij^iialioii 
 lias iilruiidy luiist oiiL nil over .Scollitml 
 iigaiii.st tliu L'oiir.so lliu (ioVfriiiiieiit liiis 
 fuloiitc'il ill in'iiiiiliiliiiL; tlio iniiiortatiuii 
 of CiUiiidiitii c. lit lis. iirL's|iucli\ u of 
 liolitics, faniier.s littvo uvory wIkto coii- 
 (leiiinutl II poliuy vvliicli has liecii oiitui'uil 
 upon ut tliu iiiisligaLioii of it mimbur 
 of Kiiylisli iii'otuctioiiist.s. Maiiiicli .siip- 
 portors of llio iiruMfiit (jiovoniiiifiit, 
 .iiiuli lis Mr John Aluxaiulur, JJallin- 
 tlari,', liavo not liusilalocl to pi'otust 
 vigiii'oiisly jtyaiii.st tlio coiifseof action wliiuli 
 lias ri;i;eivci.t tliu saiiclion of tliu C'abinut. 
 It will bu obsorvud from lii.s Htaluiiiunt ttJ a 
 Ciiuricf roiiresuntiilivu tliaf iMi'Alu.xaiulurltad 
 aildrcsscd obji-ctioiis to thu I'inglisli .Solicitur- 
 (jiunui'al bufoi'u tliu prohibition of Canadian 
 cattlu had buun ru.solvud iiiioii. Mr .\lu.\- 
 atidur riglilly considured thu wliolusalu 
 .slaiiglitur unforcud wim unnucus.sary, antl 
 his strongly - wordud coinniuniciition to 
 Mr iligby on thu niattur should 
 fail to bu product ivu of good ni 
 present crisis. Mr Alu.\andur saya 
 IJoarrl of Agriculture is virtually at 
 mercy of its experts (of wiioin, by tliu way, 
 liu lias not an uxaliud opinion), but Mr 
 Uallingall, iJiinbog, on tliu otliur hand, will 
 not ailniit this as an uxcuse. According to 
 Mr Ballingall, tliu iioartl of Agriculiuro 
 should have given opiioriunities iuiil facili- 
 ties for having the lungs of thu in- 
 fectud aiiinuils examined by indu^iendont 
 iiutlmritius. .Mr Alexander himself will 
 nii doubt bu preitared to uiidorso 
 this. Clearly Mr Alextindur in this, as in 
 all other matturs, is prupared to take up a 
 firm position, and his syinpiithius as a cattlu 
 breeder will not in any way all'ect his manly 
 and jiatriolic ilusiro to dufuat thu seltishgang 
 of Kiiglisli agriculturists who aru res[)(insiblu 
 for thu present muddlu. 
 
 not 
 tho 
 tho 
 thu 
 
 DISCOU R I EUUS TUEAT.M IvX" OF 
 FIFESllIKH AURIC UL I'JKIoT.s. 
 
 The resolution of the Unvurnmeiit to prohibit 
 the importation of live cattle froiii Cainida has 
 come lis a surprise to the gieac bulk of the fanners 
 in Scotland. The result of the slauglileriiig on 
 many farms during the past week has been that not 
 tho .-lightest trace of the disease hivs been found t>y 
 the }Joard of Agiiculture's examiners, the feeling 
 which has run very high regarding the miuldlu 
 made by the Board of Agriculture in regard to thu 
 official slaughter has been greatly intensified by the 
 resolution which it is intended to put into force. 
 
 FIFESHIRE FARMERS 
 
 are naturally very indignant. Our representative 
 saw a number ni the Cupar district on Saturday, 
 who were one and all unanimous in denounoiog the 
 
From Dundee Conrirr of 7th Nnvmnhtr, 1.90?, 
 
 31 
 
 to 
 nut 
 tlio 
 thu 
 the 
 
 policy sought to lio ftdoptoil, mul It wrh Bupigostod 
 l>y n few of thi-m tlmt a vigorou-t iirnto^it 
 mIiouM 111' innilo niiftiiiHt it hy ovory iiitcMsfcil 
 Soiitfiili iiKiicnltiiri-it, Our ri'iiri'scntativn al-o 
 vi-itiil Kiikr.iMy piirii iniirkct (lining Sntiirilny 
 nftcniDoii, wlu'if lie fouoil it tliiMu al«n tin- gciicrnl 
 topic of ci)i\v( isatiuii, and tlioiittnost ilisHatistactioii 
 wiiH cxp.i'isi'il lit any .-iicli lesolution ln'iiig coin' tn 
 Ijcforo lifni'lug tilt' iiiianiinons opi-.iion of Sc()tti^ll 
 MtockownriH on tlic (|iicMtion. f)iK> leading faiini'i' 
 Miiggosti'il tliiit till' wlidli' iif till' r,iiciil Ant!ioiiti«"< 
 in Scdtlaiid, l);icl<i'd liy tlu' tainiing iiiti'H'>t 
 generally, sliiiiild at mice send repreMi'iitatlvin to a 
 central incetiii.', to lie culled In K liii'inigli or (;lii-<- 
 gdW, when "oine 'lellnite aetioii could lie decided on, 
 to pre-H tlic'ir (ipinionM on the Hoard of Agriculture, 
 and to make a vigoroii-i and, if possilile, a Hiiec'si- 
 fill pretest against hiicI, a resolution lieing c;iriiod 
 into effect. It would lie seen in the (\iHrin' on 
 Saturday that all the farms in l'"MMt Fife where 
 cattle hiid heen sla'ightei'ed had lii'en found iieallliy 
 and declareil free, with the exceplimi of one, thai 
 of linlcnmhio, in regard to which Mr Patrick, 
 county clerk, on Saturday ii'i'eived the undei noted 
 letter :— 
 
 Qlliell's Uelel, niHllti'd, Itli X.iV.'lillll'r, ISfl'J. 
 l'e:ir Sir, -Hef. iiiiii,' to my l.tt.T nt' yrstiriliiv, I h.ivd 
 tiiiliiy leUL'iv.ij ti'li'L-iaiu fiMiii th.' I!ii:u<l "f A'„'riiiiltiirii 
 liifcirnuni,' iiie that Dnwiiu^'s ciitl.' )irovcil ln'Mltliy. I 
 tmvc. tti'iefdi-,', leiiiiivud fr^'iii Mr Downle's, ll;il.Miiiibii', 
 f'liiil, til.' ii'Htiictiiiiis nri;.'in.'illy inmnHeil iijieii lihii.— 
 Ydiii-' f.iillifiillv, (iKim.n 11. Si'KNiKH, C.ipt. 
 
 The CK'ik.'Cuuuty Coniieii of Kifc„li i^'. 
 
 At the Local Authority meeting in CIu])ar, Mr 
 15allin:;all vferred in strong tenns to the cavalier 
 treatnioiit tlnit body was leceiving from the Boaid 
 of Agriculture, and the Clerk was instructed to ask 
 the Hoard of Agriculture that in future oaBOs of 
 Hlaughter might he early notified to the Authority, 
 so that any ncighhouring local inspectors might he 
 called in to see the carcases. The following letter, 
 which was received from the Secretary of the Hoard 
 of .'igrieultuie on Satunlay, will enahle the puldic 
 to See that Mr lliillingaH's complaint is not t ■ he in 
 any way removed hys]iecific information being given. 
 This will be all the better understood when it is 
 understood that these courteous intimations have 
 mostly heretofore been received a day after the 
 slaughtering has taken place : — 
 
 lioanl of AKriiMiltnre. 4 Wliiteliall ria<;e, 
 r.diulnii, 8.W., Itli Xoveniber, IS'.l-.'. 
 
 Sir,— Ailvurt'.'^" your letter nf the '.'Otli ult., 1 am 
 liirected by tie' Huanl of Agrioultiiit! to stat.' that In 
 every case where iiisl ructions to slaughter eattle iiniler the 
 I'li'iirii-l'iu'iiiiiiinia Aet of l^'ll are uiveii liy tlie liMaiil of 
 A','rieiiltiire tn their iii>pectiirs the [.oral Aulleirity "f the 
 (listri.-t are infciriiied that tlie iiider has lieen given as a 
 matter uf eiiiirtesy. it may sniiK'tiiiies liapiien tliatllie 
 slaUL'hter fiilliiws ch'se iipeii the issue (ir tile nrd.'!', but 
 
 the l.iiea! Autliorily will ri'iiieiulier that tl xecution cf 
 
 the Aet is vested in' tie Hoard, luid that ii is not desirable 
 to caii-e delay by waiting tlieanival of any p r on- not 
 coiioerned in the slauglitir. — I am, Sir, your obedien 
 .servant, .1. II. Ei.i.un, Suereliiru 
 
 MR JOHN r.ALTJN(;ATd., DTTNUOG. 
 
 IMr .Tohii I'.allingall, Dunhog, who is one of the 
 best authorities on cattle in the district, gives a 
 very clear statement as to the i ffect the re-triction 
 of the importation of Canadian stock wid have on 
 the fanners and feeders of this countiy. Me holds 
 that so long as the Hoard of Agriculture declared 
 pletiro to exist amongst Canadian cattle they 
 could follow no other course to he consistent thiin 
 what they had adopted. The restriction, he 
 thought, would have no material effect this winter, 
 as few cargoes could have come over to this 
 country before the trafhc ceased for the season. 
 Should the restriction bo permanent, however, it 
 would have a 
 
 VKUY INJI-RIOrH KFKEOT. 
 and be veiy much against the interest of feeder* 
 who were dependent on their,. The Canndiimi 
 were ([iiite as useful rattle ns the Irish. They weru 
 found to begin to thrive immediately they were 
 placed on the farm, whereas the Irisli cattle were 
 fully a month before they Hhowe I signs of fatten- 
 ing at this season of the yar. I'mceeding, Mr 
 liillingall yaid he wn> afraid the I'o.ird had 
 tak( n a very erroneous view nliout the ilis'ase, and 
 he thought their diagnos's of the luiius of the 
 animals sai I to h ive been alf> cteil had landed them 
 in error. In the first place, they hud no reason to 
 bi'lieve there was )i|eiiro dis.ase in Cnnada, wliieli 
 had enjoyeil iierfect iminnnity from it in the pist, 
 and the for igners could only have contracte.l it 
 from contact from a ili-eased ai innil. Tne proba- 
 liilities wei'i- that the illness the animals had le'en 
 sntfering from was lironchial ]ineiini'inia atfeo- 
 t'oii. probably the result of a severe cdd. This 
 'niirht have bei ii contracted by the animals from 
 their u-a(ie and perspir.i'ion on board the vessil 
 whin on the pa-sa'.:e, and their being afterwards 
 (ihiced on the farms under altereil conditions. It 
 was 
 
 NO M A'l'TKll 01'' SCIii'lil.sr; 
 
 tlmt a few of the animals showed signs of lung 
 affection. Tin re was every reason for believing 
 that I'rofessor AVilliams' idea tint the atfeclion was 
 bronchial pneumonia or cmnstalk disease was cor- 
 rect. His iiivestigatinii showed tlmt under the 
 microscoiie the disputed case at Deptford and tlin 
 one at Xowlmigh were aiiparentlv identical, and 
 the lungs, wliich were said to have been affected 
 with contairioiis nleuio, were nnmiftakably diffe- 
 rent from tlmt iliscase. If th" restrictions im- 
 posed by tlie Cabinet wore to bo perpetual there 
 was nothing for it but to have the cattle fattened 
 in Canada, and bring them to this country either as 
 dead meat or alive, and slaughter them at the port 
 of debarkation. This would interfere very much 
 with the traffic, and very great inronvenience wou'd 
 be occasioneil to those in Canada, who evidently 
 wished to send store cattle in preferenre to fattening 
 the animals in that conntrv. Continuing, ^Ir 
 Ballingall said he thought it was likely that the 
 restrictions would only ho temnorary until they 
 were thoroughly satisfied with investigations made 
 in Cmada that no disease exists or bad existed. 
 In the past store stock had been relatively higher 
 than fat stock, and left verv little for feeding ; and 
 if faimcrs were depiived of the Canadian stores it 
 would be likely to vei y 
 
 JIATKIIIAt.LY AFFECT TKf:iU I'll FITS. 
 If the home-bred cow slaughtered at Newburgh 
 had been affected with pleiiro, as was said to bo the 
 case, it was pleiiio that was got at home, and not 
 from the Canadian cow. There was not even the 
 shadow of a doubt about that. About as much as 
 the palm of his hand had been affected and showed 
 signs of formation, ami it was (piite impossible that 
 liUuro couM have develoiied to such an exti'iit frtun 
 the 7th October to the time the animal was 
 shumbtered about fourteen days later. The I'.of.rd 
 would be ]iroviiig too much if they proved that. 
 Concluding, :\lr r.alliie.'all .said he thou-ht tho 
 Hoard of A'jiicultnre should have invited indepen- 
 dent veterinaries' opinion, and given opportiinilies 
 and facilities for Inning tlio lungs <if the infected 
 animals examimd by iniU'iicndent authorities. 
 
 MR JOHN ALEXANDER, BALLINDARG. 
 
 CdMMUMCATION.S WITH MK RK;ilY, 5!. P. 
 
 Mr John Alexander, Hallindarg. shares the 
 
 general opinion of Scottish agricultuiists with 
 
 regard to the policy of the Hoard of Agriculture in 
 
 dealing with the Canadian cattle trade. In an 
 
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 Prom Dundee Courier of 7th November, 1S9?, 
 
 interview witli a Courier rcpresputativo on Sntnr- 
 (lay, Mr AlexaiultT state 1 that so strongly ilid lie 
 feel upon tlio qnc^itinn tliat on 'Piii'siliiy last, in nd- 
 (li'fssing a letter tn Mi Risr'iy, through his connin. 
 J[r Froileiick Ui-'liy, In' took the upportnnif v of 
 uiginj; the necrssity for !;r('ntc'r caution helng 
 pxerci<eil bv the lioaril of Agriculturi' authorities. 
 He pointed our to ^[r Ri;liy thnt the feeling of 
 fanners, not only iu I'lufar^iiiri', ' it in Fifeshiri'. 
 was distinctly opposed to tlie theory that tlie 
 tlisea-e from which the suspected animals were 
 snfferin',' was ciuitngious ple\iro - pneumonia, 
 and that the pnlicy of indiscriminate slaughter 
 lind aroused a storm of indii;natien amongst then). 
 Having cited I'lincijial 'Wiliinms" pr(>nouncement 
 that the disease was broneho-iiieiimonia. he stig- 
 Sested that ill view of the division of opinion as to 
 the precise nature of the malady, it was only 
 reasniiahle that tlie I'oaid of Agriculture should 
 take som> means of testing v.dietlier it was con- 
 tagious ])leuri> or not, and iiending the result of that 
 iiiipiirv, stav their hind in slau'.;iitei iiiu' so many 
 valunlile animals. He c included the letter liy 
 stating that personally he was stiongly convinced 
 that an attemjit was heing maile to ajet nji a ca e for 
 excludiinr Canadian cattle from this country. In 
 writini; this letter, !\lr Alexander, of course, acted 
 of his o 'n motivi', and not in his official cupacity as 
 chairmr.ii of the Forfarshire T.iheral F.xeculive, his 
 ohject heing simply to acquaint Jlr Kigliy with the 
 actual str.te of 'eeliin; in the county on the suhji'ct. 
 Mr Frederick Rigliy wrote, in reply, that he recog- 
 nised that the matter wa.s one of great moment, and 
 that he would suhinit the letter to the Solicitor- 
 rieneral iinmeiliately. In answer to a queiy hv our 
 representative, Mr .Mesandet said he had nodouht 
 that Mr Rigby, if he had received the letter in time, 
 bad made a jirompt representation on the .subject 
 to the proper quarter, 
 
 Questioned as to his own opinion regarding the 
 nature of the disease, l^fr Alexander replied — From 
 the very first day I heard of it I never believed the 
 disease was conta'jious ]ileuro, and I eK))ected the 
 matter wmild end in the discovery of a mare's nest. 
 I had a strong susnicion that those English people 
 were anxious to exclude Canadian stores, ami, 
 though I stated that in my letter only as an opinion 
 of my own, sub-equent circumstances have con- 
 firmed my convictien. Besiiles, I find that I am 
 not alone in entertaining that sus]iicion. 
 
 What reasons have yon, in(]uireil the inter- 
 viewer, for attributing this motive to Er.glish 
 agriculturists? — The fact is, said Mr Alexandiu', 
 that great numbeis of the English farmers and 
 landowneis 'ire breeders of cattle, and it is there- 
 fore in their own interests that they ,~lio ild ^^e 'k 
 to prohibit the importation of Canadian stores for 
 feeding purposes. For myself, I am ii breeder as 
 W(dl as a feedei of cattle, but I do not o'dect to 
 farmers being granted facilities f(>r obtaining as 
 many stores as they desire, ]irovided they get good 
 healthy animals. 
 
 .\nd(lo you consider that Canaiiiaiis come up (o 
 that standard? — Yes, T do. I liave been a buyer 
 of (Canadian cattle nivself, and I have always fiunid 
 them oiind bea~ts, certainly far more >o than Irish 
 cattle. Mv latest purcliase. coin]irisiin; eighteen 
 liead, was made in Dun lee in .Inly on the 'I'luirs iay 
 jirecedin'-' the I'cufarshire election. 
 
 'I'lien you think the l>oard of .\grienlture have 
 adopted :r.i nihi'icions pidicv in reference to the 
 C.iiia.lian cattle trade? — AVell, I was one of the 
 gintlenvii who had the inivilege of lunchiiiii with 
 the Minister of .Agriculture on the occision of his 
 recent visit to Diiinlee, and from the impres-^ion I 
 then formed I have no doubt that Mr (iardner I'ld 
 n<it wish to put ri'stiictioiis on the Canadian cattle 
 trade on his own initiative. If he had been 
 
 I anxious to do so, I think ho would have done it at 
 
 once, but apparently it was not until the English 
 
 deputaticm was announced that the decision was 
 
 { arrived at. The Board of Agriculture could 
 
 I not, of course, ignore the opinion of 
 
 j their own veterinary experts, and the 
 
 difficulty seemed to be that, liavine obtained 
 
 j ihat opinion, they must needs give effect to the 
 
 clause of the Act whicli provides that when the 
 
 (Jovernment is not satisfieil that the sanitary con- 
 
 ditiiMis of any country are such as to render the 
 
 impertaticui of cattle free from all risk, such cattle 
 
 are to be slaughtered on their arrival. 
 
 Do you n t consider Principal AVilliams' oiiiiiion 
 of as much value as that of the P.oird of Agricul- 
 ture exiierts ? —T have great respect for Princiiial 
 Williams, an 1 I hold that his is undoubtedly the 
 best opinion in the country, whatever claims mav 
 he advanced for Professor P>rown. Uesi'les, he is 
 backed up by French and American opinion. In 
 my judgment there is nothing to be said but in 
 favour of his contention that the disease 's not con- 
 tagious plenio. and certainly there is not a man I 
 have met who is not dead asainst the opposite 
 theory. Hut tlien. you see, although the experts 
 (I'' the P.oaid of Agriculture are inferior to Prinei|)al 
 \\'illiains, still they are there. 
 
 Then, is it vour ipiii'on that the whole contro- 
 versy onsht to be allnweil to rest with the verdict 
 of the 15'iard of Agriculture exports ?— Certainly 
 not. T am convinced that if something is not done 
 to settle the difference of opinion between Principal 
 Williams and the Hoard's experts there will be a 
 general " row " over the Rubject. ns I think there 
 ought to be. The expression I "sed in my letter to 
 Mr Rigby was tlint a " howl of indianation " had 
 already been raided. The subject is certain to be 
 brousht before Parliament wjienever it resumes, 
 and my own idea is that before the opening of next 
 season the restrictions will be removed. 
 
 In the course of further conversation Mr Alex- 
 ander said that in his view Local Authorities ought 
 to have facilities equal to those of the Board of 
 .Xgriculrnre for procuring portions of the lunss of 
 suspected animals in order that they might be sub- 
 mitted to Principal AVilliams for examination. The 
 Fifeshire Local .Authority had rendered a creat 
 service to J^cottish agriculturists in being able to 
 obtain an independent diagnosis in the present in- 
 stance. 
 
 ]\IORE SLAUGHTFRINr, OF CA'I TLE. 
 
 On Saturday several butchers employed by ^Messrs 
 Macdonald. l''raser, «^ Co., Limited, Perth, pro- 
 ceeded to the farm of Kinnonpark, near Methven, 
 tenanted by ^Ir Wm. .Mian. There were on the 
 farm fifteen Cana liaii cattle, which 5Ir .Minn had 
 imrchased in Pundee on the (Ith October. The 
 slaughtering out of these animals, which had been 
 valueil nil the previous day, was at once begun, and 
 after the carcases had been dresseil they were 
 des|)atched to Glasgow in the course of the after- 
 noon. 
 
 Ten (if the Canadian cattle belonging to Jlr Snl- 
 mond, W(ioliai>, have been killed at the farm. ]\Ir 
 Tait, veteiinarv ^iirgeon, examined the lungs of the 
 animals, and fcnwarded a number of them to the 
 lioard (if .\gricnltuie, London. The cattle on the 
 farms of Air .\nnand, Xewtoii o," ,.!...ois; and !\Ir 
 I'ruce, KiKickeiiny, were als i killed. The cow, be- 
 lonuiiig to Mr Rnv, Kirkhill, will be convtyed to 
 Forfar to-day (Alouday) to be slaughterv.l. We 
 nndei stand that the restrictions on the farms of 
 Mr Baxter, \ew Rattray, Blairgowrie ; and Mr 
 ( iardner, Banchory, ( 'oupar Anu'us ; and Mr (iranger, 
 I'itcur, were removed on Sunday by permission uf 
 the Board of Agriculture. 
 
From Dundee Courier of Sth Novemler, ISO^. 
 
 na 
 
 THE PROHIBITION OF CANADIAN 
 CATTLE. 
 
 It is diily beconiiiif; nun'e evident that 
 farmers and others are by no means inclined 
 to tolerate the unwarrantable prohibition by 
 the Board of Agriculture of the free importa- 
 tion of Canadian cattle into this country. 
 The m i,tter, it will be observed, was 
 brought on ]\Ionday under the notice of 
 tlie Dundee Harbour Board (which 
 will sustain a heavy loss if the 
 recent Order is not revnked), and 
 the (piestion was also discissed last nii^ht 
 at nieotinj^s in Forfarshire called for the , 
 purpose of considering County Council 
 affairs. Our representatives have now had 
 interviews with the leading agriculturists in 
 the counties of Fife, Perth, Forfar, and 
 Kincardine, and the opinions elicited may 
 be accepted as indicative of the feelings | 
 generally entertained on the subject that 
 has formed tlie tupic of conversation. It 
 may safely bo taken for granted that the 
 indignation with the (lovornment for having 
 yielded to the wislies of a number of pre- 
 judiced landowners and avowed Protec- 
 tionists is not confined to one or two 
 counties, but extends over the whole of 
 Scotland. Evei'y Scottish newspaper of im- 
 portance, whether Gladstonian or Unionist 
 in its politics, has protested against the 
 policy that has been adopted. In not a 
 single instance has any attempt been made 
 to justify that policy, though keen pi.liticians, 
 such as Mr Alexander, Ballindarg, have 
 offered as iM excuse for the conduct of the 
 Blinistry that tliey were obliged tfi act in 
 aecoi'dance witli the reports sent in by the 
 Board of Agriculture's inspectors. Now the 
 question at issue is in no sense a political 
 one. The deputationists wlio waited u\nn\ IMr 
 (lardner were Conservatives, and, therefore, 
 he could not have granted their re(|uest 
 because of any respect he held for their 
 political convictions. Mr CI. \plin himself is 
 known to favour such a course as 
 that which Mr (lardner has followed. 
 At the same time, the statement that has 
 been made, to the elf'ect tliat the Ministry 
 were bound to follow the advice tendered by 
 the Board (^f Agriculture's experts, cannot be 
 accepted as accurate. It is, in fact, dis- 
 l^roved by last week's occurrences. In 
 Friday's ('ok/'/cc it was mentioned that 
 Mr Cami)bell-Bannerman had been sound- 
 ing farmers in Fifeshirc 'ertlisliire U[niu 
 the effect that tlie scheduling of Caui'.da 
 was likely to have upon the agriculturists in 
 this])art of the country. There was nothing 
 in Mr Camiibell-Bannerman'3 telegrams to 
 show that the members uf the (Jovernment 
 had only one eouise o]ien to them. On the 
 contrary, the sending out of tlie telegrams 
 demonstrated that the (Jovernment 
 were willing to be guided by the 
 
 preponderance of public opinion, apart 
 altogether from the real merits of 
 the case before them. In every instance, 
 so far as we have been able to discover, Mr 
 Campbell-Bannerman received an assurance 
 that Scottish farmers did not believe the 
 recent slaughtering of cattle was justified, 
 and that they would stijutly oppose any 
 interference with the free landing of animals 
 from Canada. Apparently, however. Her 
 ^lajesty's Ministers have preferred to listen 
 to tlie misreiiresentations of English Protec- 
 tionists, and the "poor iieople of Scotland" 
 liave been left to iij,]it their own battle. 
 
 THE DANGERS OF DELAY, 
 
 What has now to be impressed upon the 
 ]ieo])le of Scotland is that in a case of this 
 kind delay is exceptionally dangerous. The 
 prohibition o{ Canadian cattle has come at a 
 moment more than usually favourable to the 
 operations of the Protectionists. It is be- 
 lieved, apparently, that because the im- 
 portation season has almost concluded 
 agitation will be postponed, and an oppor- 
 tunity tints given for strengthening the hands 
 of those who have at present the ear of the 
 Oovernment. Shrewd and cautious Scots- 
 men, liowever, may bo depended upon to 
 avoid the evils of procrastination. They are 
 well aware that the red tape of (jovernment 
 offices can be unwound only by long and 
 constant application. It is by seriously be- 
 ginning the agitation now that the revocation 
 of the ridiculous Order will be gained in time 
 to proci M (I with next season's imjiortations. 
 It must be remembeivd that, although the 
 season usually closes in Canada about the 
 21st or 2'M November, the work connected 
 with the Canadian cattle supply is still con- 
 tinued. Preparations are made at the end 
 of the year for the next season's supplies. 
 Unless the Board of Agriculture at an early 
 date \\itlidvaw tlie restrictions imp(jsed it 
 will be iuipossiljle for cattle salesmen to make 
 tlie ar'sugen:ents necessary for the selection 
 tr-.i\ xliitjping of cattle from Canada next 
 year. Snt a day, in short, can be lost with 
 safi;ty. If a very serious blow to the 
 Can iilian trade is to be averted, the Board 
 of Agriculture must be forced to recall at 
 once the proiiibition issued last week. It 
 would appear that meanwhile the chi'^f 
 object of those directly interested in tbo 
 trade is to obtain tiie delay of a fortnight 
 in the enforcement of the prohiltition. 
 Such a delay Would enable cattle to 
 be shijiped from Canada up to a date 
 wliicli in former years has r. )>r'.' oiUt<l the 
 end of the season, and wo,u(' thus permit 
 the present year's consign i>i its (o be com- 
 pleted. In fairnes <, so reasonable a reijucst 
 cannot be refused, but a concession on this 
 point will by no meiins bo \,aolly satisfac- 
 
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 Prnm Dunrfre Courier nf fith Novemher, 7,9,0*. 
 
 tory. Tn tno interests of everybody con- 
 conu-'l immediate .and iinroaorved revocation 
 <>^ the onlor is alisolntely necessary, and 
 farmers, crjiziers, and the "poor people of 
 Scotland " will, we doubt not, continue the 
 nij;itation until this object has been attained. 
 
 FOTITNTGHT'S DELAY DEMANDED. 
 
 Tiip .Tfritntioii ncaiii',!- tlip roren*^ nrdor ifi^uod by 
 tlio T.iini'il of .Aiirinilturc nrohiliitini; tlic free iin- 
 iiortatioii of CTinilinii mttlt' nftir 21st Xovpinhpr 
 lins" aliPddy tnlcpii dcfiiiitp sliniip. Ainnnt!; ^l10''p 
 intpi'p«tp(l in tlio cittlp tr,T(li> Hu- frpliii? prpvails 
 that tlio (Ipcisioii of tlip lionnl li.is liooii ilnp to .in 
 c-rroiiPoiiH diiiiiiiosis of tlic aiiiin.nl PNamini'il, ami it 
 is propospd to nr'.'P ^ tIioron(,'li invt stigation, the 
 I'psnlt of wliirl), it is iK'lipvrd, will Up a vcvocaHon 
 of tlip oidi'r. In tlio iiiiantimp flip Honnl is lipi'isr 
 pptitionod to pxtpnd tlio timp for tlip l.Tiidiiig of 
 rattli' for a fortnight, in ord'T th.nt tiio rattle hoits 
 chai'tpvpd for tlii^ season might hn ennhipd to fnlfil 
 thpir onsragpini'iits. IMpssrs .T, k A, Allan, of tlip 
 Allan and Statp T.inps of stpamprs. on ^Tondav spnt 
 thp following tcdf'grnin to the Ticsidpiit of thp 
 Hoard of Agiicnltnro : — 
 
 "The soason f,ir tlippxiiort of oittlp from Canada 
 will pnd on 21st Xov(>inl)or, by wliicli date the l.ist 
 stpamor will liavi- sailed from l\[ontrpal. Arr.inao- 
 moiits for shi)impnts arp alioady coni))lptp<l, and the 
 cattlp not liping fat arp ii'isuitpd for immpdiatp 
 slanghtpr. Wo hpg, tliproff.rp, yo'i will pxt(>nd the 
 pprioil for admitting Canad'nn cattlp till thp arrival 
 of stpamprs pinlmrking pattle on or hpforp thp 2lHt 
 inst., planing the animals, if ripcpssary, under px- 
 tendpd observation on arrival bpfore peimitting 
 distribution, and only slanghtpring if found in- 
 fected. This will avert vpry serious loss from ship- 
 owners and cattle importers," 
 
 Rppreaentations to thp above effect have also been 
 niadp hv the owners of the Tiiomson, Donaldson, 
 and other lines of steamers. 
 
 The Boni'd of AL'riculture have the extension ])ro. 
 posnl under consideration. ,ind there is a prospect 
 that the reasonahU recprest for a postponement of 
 the scheduling date will be granted. 
 
 SLAUGHTER TN ROSS-SHTRE. 
 
 Our Dingwall corres])nndent,telegrapliing on .Mon- 
 day, says : — A consignniput of twpnty cattlp which 
 were rpcentlv hroiisht from Dundee by i\rr Ander- 
 son, farmer. INronikiln, have just been sl,nughtei-ed 
 on 'I\ronikiln farm. The cattle werp valued at over 
 t'15 each, iind were part of the ponsi'jiim'Uit of 
 Canadian entile landed at Ihindee, and whieh l.ave 
 bppii ordpred to bp slaughtered at their several 
 destinations. 
 
 MOKE SLArOHMKIMXr; TN PKIlTTISHTnE. 
 
 On Sunday th(> eight Canadian eiittle on the 
 farm of Ardiinith. near Krrol. whirh wpre )inr- 
 chaspd by INlr Daviil IMoivnn, Iti Dnr.dep. on '!th 
 Ortober, werp slantrhtpretl by oidei' of the Poard of 
 A'.;ricnltiire. and the carc;»ses were dps)mteh(-d to 
 (ilasgow vestiM'dav. 
 
 Mr AVilliain Allan, KinnonDiiik. IMrthven. on 
 whose faiin IT) Cauailians were killed on Siitunlay, 
 stated to oui- rei)r(>sentative on INTondny that there 
 was not (be sli'.ditest ti'nee of ilisease iu any of the 
 aiiiiuiils : and that, in hisoniniou, there would have 
 been a different stoiy to tell if the stock had bein 
 Irish. • 
 
 morp: si..\rf!irTKRT\(i in Aur.no.ATii. 
 
 Slauahtering o))erations have again taken idace in 
 Arbidiith. liy si.me overlook there were negleet(>d 
 ill the Hlaiighteriiig work in this district Hi.\teeii 
 
 Canadians on l\rr Rodger's farm at AVaulkmills. 
 These animals were valued on ■Monday, and conveyed 
 into the shambles in Arbroath last night, when the 
 hn^itipss of slaughtering them was commenced 
 immediately . 
 
 OPINION TN CANADA. 
 
 A Timf.t telegram from Ottawa sayst-The 
 schediding of Canadinn cattle by the P.ritish 
 Covernment will, it is thought, lead to the di velop- 
 ment of the dead-meat tiade to Great I'ritnin, and 
 for this reason certain dealers say that the action 
 of Knshind is a blessing iu dissruise. The cmisensus 
 of om'nion, however, is that Mr Oarduer has acted 
 hastilv, and that in bare i'.istico to Canada ho 
 should bavp postpoupd a decision until the Canadian 
 ' siile o, the case bad been fully Iipard. Some 
 I journals point sia:nifieantly to tip fact (hat the 
 ! order emeuates from a Cladstonian (iovernment, 
 I which is credited with nnti-celonial tendencies. 
 ; A Dalziel telegram from Ottawa says :— It is 
 ' stated that the )>ioIiibition of the Cnnadian cattle 
 trade will mean a loss to the Canadian faimers 
 of S.^. 000. 000 as conipareil with 1^01. Several 
 eomiif nips, it is announced, will be formed at once 
 for the estahlislimeut of the dead meat trade. I.ast 
 vear SOO lbs. of dead meat were exported to Eng- 
 land from ('onada at a cost of ST. During the 
 same period 2" 7^00,000 lbs. were cxportoil from the 
 Ignited States. 
 
 SCOTTTSH PRESS OPIMONS. 
 
 The Srntamnn, in commenting on the policy of 
 the Tioard of Agriculturp, says :— If the British 
 Government to-day refuses to accept the assurance 
 of the Canadian Jfinistpr of AgricuU\ire that the 
 Dominion is free from pleuro-pneumonia, is there 
 any reason why they shouM accept it in the future? 
 T"^nlpss our aiithoritips uiulprtake the inspec- 
 tion of cattle in Canai^R themselves, they are 
 honinl to take the word ot the Canadian 
 authorities, and unless this restriction is 
 to be made perpetual they will have to 
 take it some day Even if the remonstrances 
 of Scottish farmers are to be disregarded, they 
 have the right to insist that thp poiiits which they 
 raise shoiild be fairly mpt. Their case demands 
 the more considerate attention beeause what they 
 ilisputo is not thp policy of the (iovprnment. but 
 the facts on whicli that policv is based. They 
 maintain that the ilisease whieh has broken out 
 among t!u> Canadian cittle is not the inuch-dreaded 
 pleuro-pneumoniii, but a iion-infeetions dis<aso 
 known ns hronehial-pneumonia.or pruustalk disease. 
 Scottish agiicultnrists are al-o inclineil to maintain 
 that English a'Jirienlturists ate not competent 
 iudges of Canadian cattle and theii ailments, and 
 that, as the schediding of Canada will improve the 
 lU'ospeets of Enirli-h at the exiiense of Scottish 
 airricnltnrists, p^nglish o])'nion cannot he disin- 
 terested. Theii iioint is in some degr'^e enfoiced 
 by the fact that onlv ojie of ]''ridny'.s 
 d puHtinn chiimed any first-hand Icnowledge of 
 Ciinailian stock, and be said that, from his 
 knowledge of thes(> cattle, he could not briuf; 
 ihimcdf to Ixdieve in the ti'utli r>f tbi' report 
 that CDiitau'ions ph'uro-iinerunoina bad brokmi out 
 amoo'i them until he heard of the aetiiui taken liy 
 the l!<iaril ■>( Agriculturp. 0;i the whole, however, 
 the Scottish farmers W(uild do best to found thidr 
 case on the (|ucstiou of fact — nanudy, whi^ther or 
 init this outbreak was conta'.dous pleuro-iineumoaia, 
 j They have already brontrht definite evidcuici.' in 
 j snp]>ort of their view of the disease, and they have 
 ' a right to insist that siicii eviduiico should be fully 
 
 
From Dunchc Courier of Sth A'^ovcmkr, 1S'-I..\ 
 
 85 
 
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 n tnki'ii liy 
 
 • . liiiwovcr, 
 
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 lid bi! fully 
 
 iiift iind, it iKi-siljlu, rchutted l)y tiie sciuntilic 
 
 advisL'I.S of tllU ( MALTiniUlllt, 
 
 'Ihi' JViirl/i Jlrili.-ili l).ilii Mail dedans it [sunt 
 tliL' .s;iti.' tidlig iViMi lor lioWfitul l';ii;,di.sli si|iun'S to 
 roiutiodiicf J'lotc.'ctioi), liowivir widl it iitiiy br dis- 
 t'liisL'd. 
 
 Tlic (•'lii^iKiir lliriil'l, ulide iiduuttiiig tliat tlio 
 Jliiii.-.tt'i ot' .\giiLMltviii; sii'iiis to liavo iictcd on iii- 
 toniiirtioii which ho \v:is to a laigi- ixtoiit lioiiml to 
 ifly ii|ioii, denies that .\li (ianhiL'f has a pircodfiif, 
 to tall liack iiiioii. When -Mi (.liai)!)!! took action 
 witli rt-siioct to I'nitO'l States cattle liu was suii- 
 jioi'ted hy tlic; intelligent epiiiiou of iigiicaltuiists 
 111 all iiiirts of tile kingdom. Mr Liaidner dois net 
 stand in siicdi a iiosition. On the contrary, the 
 voice of Scotland is against iiim. All the i)iessiiie 
 brought to hear uiioii hin: lias inocuedetl from 
 J'.ngli>li formers, who cannot be accepted its com- 
 petent Judges of Canadian stoie catile and thiir 
 ai ments. In.-tead ot tadiing, as they aie 
 now d'dng, aliout their cattle trade having ri'- 
 ceived a (leatlid)low, Scottish agi ieult irists ought 
 to set to woi k in oiiler to prove heyoliil all doul)t 
 that they enjoy coinidete iinnuinity fioin Jileuro. 
 'J heir present eviileiice oil the iioiiit is .-^o far satis- 
 factory. Let them inciease it so exhaustively as to 
 clear away the doiil.its that exist in the minds of the 
 Knglish tanners and the iJepaitiiuiit of Agricul- 
 ture. Jt tl ey < 1. do Miis, then long liefore the 
 beginning f nt.' l ^'■'y tei order of pioliibltioii will 
 have returned to i, • ;iigeon-hole from which, as 
 many think, ic .shcii 'I iicvcr have been drawn. 
 
 Iiihited it would make stock dearer, lint he thought 
 the action of the Cabinet in deeidin;,' to reshict the 
 iinpoitafJon of live cattle from Canada was (piite 
 iiniii cessary in the jnesent instanee. Cniichnlii g. 
 Ml Ifarhy .-aid he never luanl of a ca>0 of pleiiio 
 having yet esisted in Carada, and the stoppigi- of 
 the cattle tiade ^vonjd, in his opiniiii, very 
 mattrially atfect the faini'.rs and stock-raisers in 
 Scotland. 
 
 FIFESHIRE TAKMERS^ OPINIOXS. 
 
 I 
 
 -MK KDWAKl) IIAItM'.V, I'E.VSEIIILLS. 
 Mr Edward llariey, of thefii"iiof I'easehiUs, near 
 Newport, is a gentleman who has had considerable 
 e.Npcrieiicu of pUuro in connection withilaiiy stock. 
 J^ast yeai he made his tiist purchase of Canadian 
 cattle, and at the [iresent time he has no tewer 
 than seventeen of these animals on the farm. They < 
 were all as tine, healthy animals as one could wish I 
 to see. It was a gieat pity, lie thought, that the { 
 Cabinet should liave decided to prohihil the im- 
 portation of live cattle from Canada. Ijuestioned 
 us to what liis opinion wa-, vitit regard to the re- 
 ported outl)reak of plearo amo: j^sl the Canadiairs 
 sold at Dundee on the (jrb 'Jetohei, ^Ir ilarley 
 )iointed out that the animal \'hich hu'i taken ill at 
 I'aikhill, It It had been ;ilf .'ted with tlie disease, 
 must have contracted it l.elwie lei'\ ag Canada. His 
 impression was that, ins ad c' 
 
 KILI.lNl.; THK A.M.IA;,.- V il( lesai.k, 
 us was being done, the ".tfecteil ; nimul cr animals 
 should be isolated in .iider \.\-:\''- ■ "e .filers might 
 have a chance. If the disease had been si're.idmg 
 anil was going thr.jugb the whole of the cargoes ot 
 the two Vessels he would say kill the animals at 
 once, but for one animal only to be declaretl to bo 
 ulfected — and he had heartl of no more — the others 
 ought to have lieen given a chance to prove whether 
 they had coutiacted the disease or not. As for the 
 boine-hred cow which was killed at rarkhill, and 
 ullegi'il to have been sutfeii'ig from pleuro, it was 
 utterly impossible for n n ot experience either to 
 think 01 dieaiu of the ,.■ ■ctdon having been caught 
 from the Cunudiau !;■ i.-l. Had that been the 
 case it would liftve b^ci i," ti-ist^ible to htvvu even 
 seen a single symptom i •' : j disea-^e for seven or 
 eight Weeks after the cow nad first come in contact. 
 h& f.ir as ho could Bee, the Canadians wore tar 
 
 liKlTKIi A.MM.\I-S THAN TIIK IKl.Sli CAITI.K. 
 They came in fresh and in good ondition, were 
 jadei foil, and not abused in the same way as the 
 Irish stock were. If the (Jftuudiun trado was pro- 
 
 Mil .lOIiX IXt.ldS, roi.LUTIIIK. 
 
 I^Ir John Inglis, Collmliie, Im one of the tiro- 
 iniiieiit lariners m Eifeshiie. lie has had ( anndian 
 cattle foi many years, and has always found them 
 to be extremely lealthy animals. In ngaid to the 
 alleged pleuro he holds that in no case has it yet 
 been distinctly jnoved that contagious pleuro has 
 existed amongst t.'anadiaiis. It 
 
 WAS uTrKia.v Aiisi:i!i), 
 he thought, for the Cabinet to schedule Canada as 
 an alfieted country wdien no di-.titict ca^e had been 
 pioved. They might a-< well sclfdule the whole of 
 Ireland, a couutiy where many ci-es of pleuro had 
 been known to exist. ji-garding the etiecc tlio 
 restriction of Canadi in cattle woiil I have on this 
 coMiitiy, ,Mr Inglis pointe 1 out that during tli) last 
 few years the importations liaii lieen so laige that 
 there was no doul)t the stop|)sge of the trade would 
 tend to iai>e the pi iee of store stock. At the pre- 
 sent time store cattle were cleaper than they had 
 ever been in this country. Were tiie importation 
 of Canadians stoiiped the Iiishiearers would reap 
 the benefit, and the 
 
 I'ltICK OK IRISH C.\TrLE WOULD GO n> 
 at iiuoe. The feeders in this country could buy 
 Canadians at prices wiiich wuuld leavt! them a very 
 reasonable pioiit, coiisideiiiig what ju'otit was ob- 
 tained fiom cattle. The animals which had been 
 arriving during the sea-oii were mo-tly all good 
 sorts and Very well bled. Concluding. Jlr Inglis 
 s.iid ho was one of t';Ose who ilid not b' lieve in the 
 slattghtering of cattk, and was of o]iinion that the 
 IJonrcl of Agriculture had acted rather hastily in the 
 present instance. A sy^t'.,m of isolaiioii might have 
 been adopted with better aivantage. 
 
 JIR tJEORGE WA IT, KI1,:\IANY. 
 
 Mr (horgo Watt, in the course of a conversation 
 with our reiireseiitative, s;iid it iipiieiiie 1 to him as 
 strange that Ciirnstalk disea-e, wdiicli a|ipeared to be 
 so closely connected with pleuro, sho ilil have been 
 in existence and so prevalent in Canada, and that 
 farmers in this country should have never liearil 
 anything about it until the present instance. lie 
 had had a good deal of experieiice many years ago 
 ill connection with pleuro, hut he wuulil expruss no 
 opinion with regard to the alleged outbreak 
 amongst the Canadians, as he had never seen 
 th animals saiil to have been all'ected. So far as 
 hii judgment would b.'ad him to lu lieve, however, 
 the Co\ eminent had acted up till now in a proper 
 way with regard to the adored outbreak. Continu- 
 ing, Jlr Watt said he had always been led to sup- 
 pose that thi! Dominion of Canada were clear of 
 pleuro. If by any means there had been 
 
 TUAKl'lCK.NU WITH TIIK LNITKl) iSTATKrt, 
 the Canadians would thereby have rendered them- 
 selves responsible for being placed in the same posi- 
 tion as that country. Seeing that the States wtro 
 e.xcluiled for the reoson of preventing the introduc- 
 tion of pleuro into this countiy, they would 
 nnturaliy have to place Canada on the same linos, 
 riocei'dmg, Jlr Watt said he thought the restric- 
 tion of the importation of Canadian cattle would 
 have a prejudicial effect upon the farmers' supplios. 
 He did not know that it would make moat to the 
 
36 
 
 From Dundee Courier of 8th November, ISO.?. 
 
 consumer inucli <lt'aror, ns tlicy hail alwnys tlic' 
 freedom to import (had meat at any time, but it 
 would place Scoteli feeders in a very uii.satisfactoiy 
 jiosition, and differeut from wiiat tlu\v liad been 
 accustomed to for some time. It would also raisi' 
 the i)ric'e of Iiisii cattle. 'I lie fact of these liiigr 
 imports o( Cauftdiaii cattle iuto this count) v iiail 
 had the effect of 
 
 CliKATI.V HKIICCINT. THK Sfl'I'MKS 
 of their home-bred stock. It would be a serious 
 matter for the northern counties of Britain were the 
 importation of Canadians stopped, and the duty of 
 the Govornment was to have the whole matter 
 thoroughly investignted ns quickly as possible. 
 Tiiia cornstalk disease, he thought, should be 
 brought (iromineutly forward, and should be 
 thoroughly discussed by those best fitted for the 
 purpose. 
 
 FORFARSHIRE. 
 
 On Monilay a i'oitri' r reporter interviewed a 
 number of Forfarshire farnvrs at the Forfar 
 market on the restrictions jilaced u|ion the iuipoita- 
 tion of Canadian cattle by tiie Hoard of v\gricultuie, 
 and which will come into opeiatioii on 21st inst. 
 The action of the Department formed tlic principal 
 topic of conversation amongst iigricuiairists and 
 cattle dealers at tlio marts on Monday, and their 
 universal opinion was that the Government had no 
 justification for the step it has taken. 
 
 MR V,'. T. FARQUHAR OF I'lT.'^'.'ANDLY. 
 
 Few gentlemen are in a bettor position to express 
 their oiiiuion on the subject than iMr \\ . T. 
 Faniuhar, yr. of I'itscandly, the chairman of the 
 Kxecutive Committee of the Forfarshire JAJoal 
 Authoritj-. In his otticial capacity he has had 
 numerous opportunities ot consulting the JJoard of 
 Agricultuic on outl)reaks of disease amongst 
 cattle, and he has therefore a thorough 
 knowledge of the administration of the Coa- 
 tagioua Diseases (Animals) Act. In expressing 
 his opinion of the stei) taken by the Ijoard 
 in restricting the importation of Canadian cattle 
 into tills country, he said that cattle dealers ami 
 farmers must, look at the ijuestion from a patriotic 
 Btaiulpoint, and not allow local circumstances to 
 prejudice them too much. Assuming, for the 
 moment, that the otliciuls of the Depaittnent are 
 cornet in their opinion that an outbreak of pleuro- 
 pneumonia did occur amongst the Canadians 
 landed in Dundee from the Monkseaton and 
 Hurona, he is of opinion that the Board has acted 
 wisely in restiicting the importation of that class 
 of stock. Q. — You may go upon that assumption, 
 but would you venture to say that the veterinary 
 surgeons in the employ of tlie Board are right in 
 condemning all the cattle brought to Dundee by 
 the two steameis mentioned, more particularly in 
 the face of the fact that Professor 'Williams, one of 
 the most eminent authorities in tlie country, has 
 distinctly said that the oases stated were not 
 outbreaks of pleuro? A. — 'i'he Board are more or 
 less guided by the advice of the professional gentle- 
 men in its employ, and I would not venture to say 
 that their o))inion is infallible. At the same time I 
 think, personally, that the Department should 
 have more expert opinion tlian it has at 
 present, as decisions seem to bo left too much 
 m the hanils of one man. In short, I have no 
 hesitation in saying that the Board has not taken 
 Butficient pains to investigate tho cases sidimitted 
 and find out whether they were really outbro.dts of 
 pleuro. The Government has been wise in taking 
 the administration of the Act out of tlie hands of 
 the Local Authorities and ratepayers, I am sure, 
 think with me. The numbers of Canadians 
 Blftughtured recently wag about 450, I am led to 
 
 bcdievp, and the compensation paid to farmers and 
 cattle (lealeis I calculate at about t'7000. Of course 
 under the old system Local Authorities would not 
 venture to slaiightci in such a wholesale manner as 
 has lieeii the case under the late ordeis, but the fact 
 that the administration has been taken in hand by 
 a central authority has saved the ratepayers large 
 sums of in(Miey. (j)uestioned as to the effect tliat 
 the restrictions will have uiion the cattle trade, Mr 
 Farquliar said that he gathered from the statements 
 made to Mr Gardner, tlie I'residciit of the Board of 
 Agriculture, that tlie imi)ort of Canadians was only 2 
 per cent, of the total cattle trade of the country. If 
 this W( re true, and he w:is not prepared to dispute 
 it, he thought it would be a pity to risk the safety 
 of the remaining US per cent, of the trade by hriug- 
 iiig such a small nunihcr of animals from Canada 
 that were suffering from disease. In Forfar, Fife, 
 Aberdeen, and Perth the percentage of Canadians 
 was greater than in other counties, and this no doubt 
 accounted for file many farmers in these places 
 being opiiosed to the restrictions, .'iid looking at it 
 from a local point of view only. »,». — Considering 
 the fact that the animals ate cooped up in steamers 
 in their jiassMV.. to this country fiom Canada, and 
 that pleuro ( impar.itivcly utikiiown there, is it 
 not possible i may contract disease on 
 
 their arrival: 't is (juite [lossible. I have 
 
 known of outbre. t the disease amongst Irish 
 
 cattle, and, as you .' doubtless be awaie, Dublin 
 dailies were at one time looked upon as hotbeds of 
 disease. Some yeais ago no cattle were allowed to 
 be imported from that city, and I made investiga- 
 tions as to whether the Government of tho day 
 were right in closing the port. The result 
 of these was that, whilst I could not 
 recommend tiie opening of Dublin for the 
 importation of stock into iliis country, the arrange- 
 inents that the various railway companies there 
 made for preventing cattle from the country com- 
 ing; ill contact with animals in Dublin suffering 
 from plenro-pneumoiiia, or from passing through 
 affected areas, commended themselves to mo. (,>. — 
 But if *he Board restricts the importation of Cana- 
 dian cattle simply because of a sui)posed case of 
 pleuro occuriing in a cargo, why does it not act 
 likewise in regard to Irish stock, more particularly 
 as actual outbreaks ot disease have taken place 
 amongst them ? .\. — lam very reluctant to express 
 an opinion on this, as it does not do for one occupy- 
 ing the position I do to refer to politics, but I 
 think it is a q lestion of votes. No Government 
 nowadays can afford to offend the Irish peoiile. 
 
 MR T. M. NICOLL, LITTLETON. 
 
 This gentleman had no hesitation in expressing 
 his utter disbelief that any outbieak of pleuro 
 occurred amongst the Canadians sold in Dundee on 
 (itii October. So firmly is he convinced of the 
 total absence of disease amongst that class of cattle 
 that he informed our representative that if he has 
 an opportunity to buy them between now and 21at 
 Inst., when the restrictions on the Canadian trade 
 come into force, ho will do so. The position taken 
 up by the Board of Agriculture ho holds to 
 lie untenable, and he believes that from 
 an Imperial standpoint its action will be more far- 
 reaching than is at present contemplatodi He will 
 not be surprised if the restrictions which are about 
 to be placed upon tho cattle trade of Canada will 
 give a fillip to the movement for tho absorption of 
 that country by tho United States. So unwarrant- 
 able is the action of the Department in this direc- 
 tion that he is strongly convinced that the officials 
 of the I'joard of Agriculture are prejudiced against 
 that trade, and have allowed themselves to be 
 influenced too much by the viewi of English 
 breeders. 
 
From Dundee Courier of Sth Xoiemher, IS'J.J. 
 
 37 
 
 MR Hi:il), KILMUNDY, | 
 
 statcil that lie i)Urchase(l iiiiiu CaiialiaiiH, wliic'li 
 t'oriiic'il pait of I ho c.irgo of thu .stwiliUT wliicli 
 iiii'iv((l ill IMukKh^ jii'L'Vioii.s tu th(.' »MuiiU>L'atoii an. I 
 Jluroiwi, ho thoiii^lit tiio Kniijoiia. Oul' of llifiii i 
 had iiii atfuctioii of thu hiiiy.s slioitly aftur lln'y 
 caiiu' into his liaiwls, hut it was all nghi now, and 1 
 thriving as Well as tho othcis. Jlailhu htun dis- i 
 post'd. lie said, ho might liavu ciusod a scaiu siinihir 
 to that which inuvailcd at iircsviit. Tliu casus 
 wliicli had caused the jiiesent excileiiieiit weie not 
 oiithreaks of iileuio at all, Imt simply of the 
 animals contracting a fevi;ii>h coM hy he. 112 exposed 
 to the cold air after Ijciii^ keiit 111 the steainci 
 so long. In the case of irisli tattle lliey were put 
 ill places which were overdieatj.i and not over well- 
 veutilated, and when they came on shore they ilid 
 not get the best of titatment fioiii the jieople who 
 purchased thcin, with the lesidt that they cauglil 
 colds, ami were otherwise affected about ti.o lungs. 
 The lesliictions whicii Were aho It to he placed on 
 tho Canadian tiailc ho coiisideied to he vi'iy 
 unfair, for the farmers who dealt in it had to a 
 
 great extent neglected hreediiu 
 to ilcpend upon Iiish stock. 
 
 iiiid Would leipiire 
 
 MR JA8. .SCOTT, MAINS Ol' JUlUiTUX, 
 also considered the action of the Jluard of .Agricul- 
 ture uiiwanaiitahh'. The importation of Canadians, 
 he iiointed cnit, caused a depreciation in the price 
 of home stock, to the grie\ance of home hreCilers. 
 They naturally advocated such restrictions in onler 
 to obtain more money foi thou particular cattle. 
 The sum and substance of the Covernment's pro- 
 ceeding, he held, was piotectiiigone class of traders 
 to the disadvantage of another. 
 
 MESSRS REID & .SMITH, I.ETIIAM. 
 This firm of cattle-dealers purchased 43 of the 
 Canadian cattle sold in Dundee on (Jth Oct. i hoy 
 informed the Courier reporter that from the tirst 
 they seemed " Hiie-keeping " animals and fattened 
 uncommonly well. Tiioy \n tie conveyed from Dun- 
 dee to Forfar by train, and on their arrival theie 
 were travelled to the farm of DruintluiiO, wlaie 
 they were ultimately slauglitereil. Iwonty-iiine ot 
 thein were [lut into a tiold, the reinaiiider being 
 confined in tlu; byres. None it them showed the 
 slightest syiinitonis of disease, and in their opinion 
 Were slaughtered unnecessarily. At present they 
 had about OUU Canadians, and all these were in a 
 thriwiig and healthy condition. iMr Rtid cuii- 
 demiied the restrictions as being imposed with.iut 
 cause, but from this opinion his partner, Mr Smith, 
 ditt'oied, that gentleman remarking that the restiii;- 
 tions should be permanent, as the Canadian trade 
 was of no benefit to dealers. 
 
 A FORFAR VKT.'S EXPERIENCE. 
 
 FOUM) NO in.SK.VSK. 
 
 One of our representatives has had an interview 
 with Mr Henry Tait, veteiinary surgeon to the 
 Forfarshire ijocal Authority, regardiiig the sus- 
 pected outbreak of pleuro. Mr 'lait roeeived our 
 representative very cordially, and e\[>ressed his 
 willingness to answer any tiuestion that might be 
 put to him regarding the matter. At tin; outset he 
 stated, in reply to a t]ue3tion, that iie was not pre- 
 pared to say whetlicr the cases reported weie 
 actually outbreaks of tho disoase, as he had never 
 had an opportunity of examining all the lungs of 
 the animals slaughtered. From the fact, however, 
 that the Trofessor employed by the IJoard ot 
 Agriculture had certified these to be affected with 
 pleuro, ho thought the Department had acted 
 wisely in restrictiug the impunatiun to thiitouuutry 
 of cattle from Canada. 
 
 Jiut you have examiind the lungs of many 
 animals brought to Dundee hy the iMunkseaton and 
 the liuioiia. IhiM; you detected in these tlio 
 sli.^htesi signs ot i)leuui '/- 1 have ox.iiniiied tiie 
 Itiiiiis ot no fewer tlian Ji.'iiS Caiiailian catMo wi'luii 
 the (last week or two, hut have nut obseivod any- 
 thing uiioat theiii which Wuulil wai rant me 111 saying 
 thai they showed signs of jdouio. At tlie same 
 time, the liovornment, in my opinion, have taken 
 the Wisest lUt caution in siaughioiing the animals 
 which Were in cuiuacl with iluise susptcti d, aiitl 
 thereby inokeiiting the disoiise gaiiuhg a liukl m 
 this countl.\ . 
 
 <J. — What are the symptoms of pleiiio? — It is a 
 specitic disease whicli woiiiil he iiruduced hy no 
 otiier means than those of contagion, uud is caused 
 by the animal ihluiling lucroijes into its lungs, 
 einitteil by the breathing ot an alfoeted animal. It 
 varies 111 Its developini.'iit accouluig to the ntainiiia 
 ol the animal. .\in(nig-.t some cattle it will take 
 three Weiks, annmgsi dineis six weeks, ami I have 
 known a ease wheie it took six montlis to develop 
 after the time they were hi ought in contact with an 
 attected animal. IinmoJiately the disease estaii- 
 lislies itself in i cow or ox it hucomts infective. 1 he 
 symptoms of pleuro aie : —1 lie aiiiinai affected re- 
 tuses to take its tood, is Miliject to short peculiiu' 
 husky coughs, and has p'.caiiar shivering in il-« 
 extremities. 
 
 EXPEUll'^NC'E OF MONTROSE 
 EAilMEUtt. 
 
 Duiing the last few ilays a number of the lead- 
 ing farms in the Moiitiose ilistiict have been the 
 scene of slaughteiing operations. In most ot tlie.se 
 cases the suspected animals, which hail bton liur- 
 ehased 111 Dundee on the bth ult., were simply 
 killed on the farm, being eonveyeil to the .Montrose 
 shainljles lor tho purpose ol being cleaned antl 
 dressed. Tuo woik of valuation has lieeii through- 
 out attended with .sati-tactuiy lesults, and seveial 
 ot the fauni rs have been ihtuiiiied that they aie 
 now at liberty to sot alioiit augmeniiiig their stock. 
 
 .AIR D. I'l.AYFAlR, .Mt^lUTllE. 
 
 The alio\e fanner was in possession ot sixteen 
 Canadian bullocks, part ot the ill-staired cargoes ex 
 the .Moiikseaion ami Iliiiona. I'lie animals were 
 valued on Tuesday by ^Mr Falcoiiiu, ot the Kin- 
 cardineshiie Auction Company, and .Mr Hill, in- 
 spector lor the Ijoard ot Agiicillure, the com- 
 liensatiou awarded iieing aceepied by Mr i'laytair. 
 in the course of a snort interview which a leiue- 
 seiitative of the t'ourar had with Mr i'lay fair oil 
 .Saturday, that gentleman emphatically exprubsed 
 his disbelief that the leceiit outbreaks were casus 
 ot genuine cmitagious pleuro. 
 
 iheii you are of the opinion that the present out- 
 break is non-iiifectious, ai.d theretuie not at all 
 ilangerous '' Mr I'laylair, in reply, stated that he 
 coiisiuered it by no means uangerous, asciibnig the 
 suspected cases tu a cold Ijrouglit on hy the suilieu 
 change fn>in tlio heatetl ship. Ho wol deral they 
 did hut all take cohl. 
 
 interifgated as to the condition in which tho 
 animals arriveil at Moipliie, .Mr I'layfair said they 
 certainly hatl the appearance of being Hue and 
 strong animals, but one of them had to be killed 
 in conse<iuence of a fracture of the ribs which it 
 had sustained duiiug tlie voyage, and which had 
 passed unobserved at the sale. 
 
 Have you ever had any pievious experience of 
 pleuro '; 
 
 Mr I'layfair— 1 had a good deal to do with pleuro 
 about three years ago. 1 then occupied the farm of 
 Uaui{U uf Abeiuthven, near Auohteiurder. Si&tecu 
 cattlu were killed within twelve mouths, the Board 
 
38 
 
 From Dundee Courier of Sth Novcmhcr, ':.'J2, 
 
 of Agiiciilturo oidi-riiig tlieir .sliiiiglitor just an tlii'y 
 tiinuiil ill. Tlio (lista^e hnike out at. ititorvnls of a 
 month or six woi'ks. 1 havu leail tin' luwspiiiicr 
 ri'poits on the jiii'SLMit o'lthri'iik, and in view of my 
 foimci- cxiuiii'Mcc I am convmct'il that this is not a 
 case of f;(jniiino contiii;ious |ili'Ui'!i. 
 
 Of tlie sixteen cittle luloiiging to I\Ii- IMayfiiir 
 wliicli have heen .-iiuigliteii d, >ix \vi re out of the 
 j\I()lil(sentoii and ten w\l of tlie Iluiona. 'I'iie six- 
 teen animals lefeired to as being shiughtered three 
 years ngo weie Iiish cattle. .Mi I'hiyfaii lias re- 
 ceived word from the ]!oard of Agiiculture that tiie 
 lungs of the nnimahs whicli were slaughtered last 
 week are all right. 
 
 aiU J. SAM.SOX, 15ALWVLL0, 
 
 had forty-four su-'-pected CanaUiuis, whicli were 
 valued last Saturilay Ijy Captain il'Ilwaiiie, in- 
 sjieetur tor the IJoiird of Agriculture. 'I'lu; animals 
 Were killed on Moiulay anil 'I'lie-day hist on tlie 
 farm, and dressed in the Montrose shiiinldes. 
 
 i\Ir Samson considers that the slaughtering has 
 lieeii rashly gone about, and status that it would 
 have been time to kill the animals when they 
 showed any signs of disease. 'The jiresent supposed 
 outlireak, lie suspeetH, has oiiginated in a cold, 
 which it was impossible for some of the animals to 
 escape taking. 
 
 About three years ago a number of cattle died on 
 Mr Samson's farm trimi what appeared to be 
 bronchial pneumonia. The disease manifested 
 itself ill the cows onh*. 
 
 Mr Samson never heard of disease from Canada 
 before. 
 
 MR RODGER, MAINS OF DUN, 
 
 when asked for his views on the recent suspected 
 outbreak of pleuio, inomptly chaiacteiised the 
 wholesale slaughter at [ire-ent going on as a 
 "lierfect farce. " He did not regard it as epidemic 
 ])leuro. .Ml- Rodger bought .J7 bullocks Irum the 
 suspected cargoes. He kept them iii the titlds 
 until he received the Ijoard's older, when he trans- 
 ferred them to il'o courts. I hey were valued on 
 Monday night .r iJougiild, farmer, I'erlhshire. 
 Slaughtering was .joinmenced on the farm on Wed- 
 nesday evening, and tinislu'd on Thursilay night. 
 Tiie animals weie afterwards r.leaned and dressed 
 in the Montrose shambles. Mr Roilger states that 
 pleino broke out among his cows about two years 
 Hgi). On that occasion three cows were killed, and 
 a number of olheis were slaughtered. These were 
 the first ciws that had been affected wiih pleuro 
 m Scotlain,, It appeared amongst tne cows twelve 
 months a'ter bringing them to his faim, and he had 
 no idea pj to wheie the disease came from. 
 
 Questioned as to the alleged superiority of 
 Canadian to Irish cattle, Mr Kodger saidthe former 
 fatten twice quicker, altnough they eat more. 
 
 Mr Rodger thinks slaughtering would bo jtistifi- 
 Bble in undoubted cases of contagious pleuio. Mr 
 Rodger has six animals on a neighbouring Held, but 
 has not yet received liberty fioin the Board of Agii- 
 culture to bring them into the farm. 
 
 Mr Rodger also stated during the interview that 
 the predominating symptom in the cases of pleuro 
 that had come under his own notice was a great 
 dilliculty the cattle felt in breathing, while they 
 were also unable to partake of any sort of food. 
 
 He never heard of any Canadian cattle disease, 
 but the cows above referred to as being killed two 
 yearo ago were Irish cattle. 
 
 He thought that oorastalk dieeauo vras of thb 
 PKture of cousumption, 
 
 A PERTHSllIltK FARMER'S 
 
 OPINION. 
 ,s('i:rricAL and j.ndk.n.vnt. 
 
 On I\Ioiiihi}' a representative of tlie Uminir inter- 
 vii'we.l several J'erthshiie tanners in regard to tlio 
 new Order issued by the JSuard of .Vgiiculture pro- 
 hil'iting ih(^ landing In this tountiy of live cattle 
 from Canaila. 
 
 The first geiithniau interviewed is a leading 
 agriculturist in the Mi,ithearn district. He was, 
 he said, cpiite willing to exprt MS his ojiinion, which 
 he believeil to be the opinion of nearly all the 
 farmers in the county, but he did not wish his name 
 liubiislieil. 
 
 A\'liat, then, is your opinion of the new Order? 
 
 I believe it to have been instigated by one or two 
 of those faddists who are permanently connected 
 with the ISoard of Agriculture. 
 
 JJo you think thai the skilled advice given to the 
 I'lesiilelit of the iloaid of .Agiieulture was cnriect? 
 
 .Vs a practical man, and a.^ one who has read all 
 that aiiiitai\'il in the in wsjiapers as to the supjiosed 
 ouihre.ik of pleuro aniong Caniilian catile, 1 am 
 ciMiviiiced that not one of the animals which were 
 sold in Duiiilee on (itli October last was sutfering 
 fioiii pleuro. 
 
 iJo you go the le;igtli of saving that the animal 
 which has led to the general slaughtering out was 
 not sutfeiiiig from any illness of any kind ? 
 
 No; 1 do not go that length. It may have 
 caught a coid coming across, which, together with 
 the fatigue occasioned by the long voyage, would 
 put it out of conilition. Cattle are j.ist like human 
 beings--liev can- ■''stand fatigue without its tell- 
 ing upon th'.'iu. 
 
 l''iom what 3'ou siy I sujiposc I am right in 
 assuming that you accept the opinion of I'rofessor 
 Williams in pieference to that of Mr (rardner's 
 skilled advi-ers ? 
 
 Certainly ; and so would any practical man. 
 
 What effect will the new OnU r prohibiting the 
 landing of live cattle fioni Canada have upon those 
 who make it no incnn-iderable part of their business 
 to fatten lean beasts for the butciierV 
 
 \\ell, that is a 'vide ijiiestion, ami would reipure 
 time to answer, speaking from my own experience, 
 pleuio-piieiimoiii-i has not been nearly so rife in 
 this country since the Canadian impmt trade de- 
 veloped as it was when we weie almost entirely 
 deiKiideiit upon ii eland for oui Kan cattle. Up till 
 witliin the last three or lour yeais pleuro was almost 
 always with us, and it was invariably traced to 
 Irish store cattle. As tlie Canadian trade 
 developed the Irish trade fell away, and for a very 
 good reason. Jiy substituting Canadian cattle for 
 Irish we found that we had not only got rid of the 
 pleuro pest, but that Canadians took on beef 
 quicker and realised bettei prices as fat stock. 
 
 Do you think that any outside inlliieiice has been 
 brought to bear upon the I'rusident of the IJoard 
 of Agriculture so as to induce him to prohibit the 
 landing of live cattle from Canada? 
 
 Ves, I do. The Irish people, you know, are queer 
 folk. They may quarrel among themselves — have 
 their 12th of July lights between Orangemen and 
 the wearers of the gieen — buo when they hud it to 
 their mutual advantage to combine their forces in 
 support of a given object they are not slow in 
 doing so. You remember the exhibition of Irish- 
 made goods — how all classes combined to make it 
 appear that the best manufactured goods were 
 only to 1)0 got from Ireland? 
 
 liut how does that affect the case in point? 
 
 In this way. I have a shrewd guess that Irish- 
 men, without respect of party, have brought iii- 
 Hueiioe to bear upon the lioard of Agriculture to 
 have Canadian cattle blocked out, no ati to make 
 way for Irish leau atock, 
 
 % 
 
From Dunrlrf Conner of 8th and 9t7i Novemhrr, 1R0'. 
 
 39 
 
 And whnt do you tliink will ho thn rosnlt of 
 fcotland liolng made dcpendont upon Ireland for 
 oan cattln? 
 
 "Well, I have never known a ca«p of plenro among 
 f'anndiau cattle, hn*; whrn we wor" depi'ndcntupon 
 Ireland, a>< you say, for lean stoek, onlhroaks of 
 pkMiro Were, like bail aeasonn, disastrously fre- 
 quent. 
 
 What in the circnmstanC'^-i would you suggest? 
 
 I woidd suffgest that every legitimate inflnenee 
 ho used, tlivoiigl) petitions to mi'inliors of Pnrlin- 
 Mient sent hy ronioxontati-.'o meetings of agricul- 
 turists, to have the new order rescinded. 
 
 Don't yon tlunk ttiat the heit vv-ny to effect that 
 wonlil 1)0 for tlie Local Antliorilies in the different 
 counties to approach tho PiesidoMt of tlie ]!oar 1 of 
 Agriculture hy means of a deiuitation ? 
 
 No, sir, I don't. The Coinitv Local Authorities, 
 so far as influence is cnncernod, miirht as well he 
 blotted out of ONistencu. ''inci' tlio IJonrd of Agri- 
 cidture was called into oxi-tence tlie Local Autini- 
 rities have been eutirelv ignored, and tiieir only 
 duty ncvw is to see that Oiders iss\iod hy the I'.oard 
 are duly posted up. 
 
 It is quite ovi.lcnt you have not a high opinion of 
 the Iioard of Agriculture? 
 
 Xo, I have not. T am convinced that things wore 
 much better managed, and much mori' economieally 
 managed, under the County Local \uthoiitios than 
 they are under the I'oard of Agrieidture in London. 
 
 ]\Iay I take it that you look \ipon the new Order 
 as a huge blunder? 
 
 You may, sir, thoiigh that l.s a milder term than 
 I would apply to it. 
 
 MR ^V. F. BELL'S VIE-WS. 
 
 Speaking at a meeting in support of his candida- 
 ture for the seat at the Oonnty Council for the 
 Eastern Division of Plains on IVIoinlav, Mr "VV. F. 
 P.ell, Barns of Claverliouse, referred to the )deuro 
 scare. He was sorry, he saiil. to see that the 
 Oovernment had landed in a m\nldle over the Con- 
 tagious Diseases .\ct. So long as it was debatable 
 whether the outbreak which hnd occ\n'red was 
 pleuro or not, the drastic measures adopted by the 
 Oovernment oiight to have been ilolayed for a little. 
 He was quite at one with the policy of doing every- 
 thing possible to have disease stomped out, and it 
 was only by adopting stiingent measures that they 
 would cradicTte it. At the same time, as tliov hail 
 an a\ithority comjiosed of a nuinbiM' of the 
 best experts in tlie laud t.Tking up a 
 certain position anil a number of others 
 taking up an o)i|iosite position, he con- 
 si hMed that the Boa.-d should have paused be- 
 fore taking the serious step tliey had tal;on. It 
 would have sufficed if the Board of .■\griciiltiire h.nd 
 ordered iwerv animal which hnd formed part of the 
 cargoes dealt with to be Icckod up at tlio farms to 
 which they went fur three months, Tii this w.nv, 
 little injiirv would have been inflicted on the 
 owners, and by the time the three months o\)iireil 
 they would have ascertained wliothcr tlie di'^ease 
 hnd sju'cad in anv way, and cloarlv convinced them- 
 selves as to whether it wns contagions jileuro. 
 T'^ndcu- any circuinstnnces, tln^ lockinit-ui) jiroccss 
 wouli' have ildue awav with tlu' dimgcr of the 
 disease sprending, .nnd it wmild have avnidi'd the 
 SI rious ste)) which had just been taken. It had 
 been his belief that tliere was more grip and back- 
 hone in the Board of Agriculture. When Mr 
 Ciardnor was in Dundee he was pres'uit at the con- 
 ference he attenilod, ainl he must say that it then 
 struck him that the subject would have got more 
 consideration than had boon given tu it. 
 
 A SIONTFTCANT LETTER. 
 
 0\K flav last wook Mr Patrick, dork 
 tf) the Fifcshiro Lfical Antlmrity, wrote 
 to the Roarrl nf Airricnltnre re- 
 questinr; tliat a prirtinii of the lunw.s nf the 
 linmp-bred nnw recently .slan£,'1itprorl at Park- 
 hill should ho furnished to the .Viithority. in 
 order that it inii^ht ho examined hy an inde- 
 pendent expert. That re(|iiest the Uriard of 
 .-Virrieultnrc! has now refused, statint; that nf) 
 liorti'in nf the Innrr is in exist(Mico. Tt is 
 also mentioned that the animal was certified 
 to have had pleiiro-])iiennionia hv Mr Reid, 
 Y.S., .Xnehtei-ninchty, to wlmni the members 
 nf the Local .Anthurity are referred for 
 further prirtienlars. Tn two respects this 
 conimnnicatiiin is reniarkahle. Tt will he 
 ohserved, in the first place, that nothint; 
 is said ahout anv (examination Iiavin^ 
 heen made of the hnv.'s in London, 
 and in the second ]ilace th(> hotter lononnts 
 )iractiriiliy to a confession that the no.ard of 
 .Atrricnltnre have no lu^tter waiu'ant fur their 
 actirms than the re])ort snhmitted hv n. 
 coiiiitrv veterinary snru'con. Tfnndreds of 
 hmsR have now heen forwarded to T,ondon 
 in connection with the needless slannhter of 
 I cattle that has taken place, aixl not a sin^de 
 word has emanated from the P.oai'd of .Attri- 
 ' cnltiire in prfiof of the alletration that 
 plenro-pnennionia has heen discovered. 
 Those who deny that yihuiro-pnennionia was 
 introduced into this coiuitry hy any of the 
 cattle cin hoard the Hnrona or Monkseatoji 
 are able to nrodnce evidence tendered hy 
 Principal Williams, one of the leadino; 
 veterinary snr^eons of the day, while 
 ni^'ainst his evidence t''o rJoverntnent 
 is able to place only a atatemenfc 
 made by Mr Reid, .Auchtermnchty. Tt may 
 he that l\Tr Reid is in every respect an excel- 
 lent snrcreon. hut it is preposterons \n 
 imaoine that his verdict is to bo accepted and 
 that of Princi)ial Williams rejected. P)efore 
 sipianderintr over £10,000 in the wholesale 
 destruction of Canadian cattle, and before 
 taking a ste]i which would entail the ruin of 
 a flonrishine; Canadian industry, the Clovern- 
 nient ou(;ht in fairness to have ]>rovided 
 themselves with much weiLchtier evidence 
 than that of which they seem at thismonient 
 to bo ]i( ssessed. 
 
 A RE>rARKABT,E Id'lTTER. 
 
 The inditriinti'Ui nf the Fifrshiie farmers at tho 
 ri'scdutioii of tlie Board of .Agiicnltnre t.i )M'oliiliit 
 the importation of Canadians cciitinu"'' tn incrrasi', 
 and at C^iqiar market on 'I'm s ':>'■ W. w,is the ireneral 
 to)iic of cnnversatidU. There was no mootins of the 
 Local AuMioiitv, but the fnlloviuL' letter was 
 received yestenlny by the County Clerk :— 
 
 Hoanl of ..\..'i'ifiiUiiiM. I Wliitcli.ill Pla.-o, 
 I.MluInll. S.W., 7t'' Nov., iwi-j. 
 
 Sir, -In r(']ilv to your lettrr of tin' i!il iiist., T am 
 ilii'.i'tc'l Ky till' Hoaivl of .\'_'i'iiinitiiri' to inform yon tliat 
 tlidir nllii'ei's li;ive noiioitinn of the Innu; ri'reiTi'd towliiell 
 ooulil bu sent tu you. When the slaughter of tho herd at 
 
40 
 
 Prom Dundee Courier of 9th Novemher, 1,907. 
 
 Paiktilll nn» Ciirrled out the nnnnl ensasjml tlip services of 
 Ml' Ri'id, VS., Aiictitcnimclity, to m:iki' tlm ■iimt-iiiwliin 
 cxiimlnatiiin, and he ii'ikhIi"! tliiit ho fniin'l )ileiiiii- 
 Vni'unimil.i in tlie lnnsf-i o thi' honi'-hivd iinimiil. Mi' 
 ni'iil. hi'in;,' oni- nf tlic iii-)i>'Otois nf tin- T.neiil AnIliDi'ily 
 f{ii' FifKslnre, uill no ihnihf ho very pleiHi'd to yivi' tli' 
 r.no;il Aillliin'itv ii <l'ScM'i|itiiin of tlm .■i|i))i';ii',iiii-.'S h^' 
 iili.-crvi'd in tlic docrnsi' I Iniif; wliioh l"d him f(i ciiiii'ln 'o 
 thit it wiH a e-iso of |i'uiir;)-iin"iiin'inia. — Yomi' olirdicnt 
 HiTViint, T. II. Kli.ioi', S i-i'i'Miy. 
 
 FURTHER TNTERVTEWS WITFI 
 FARMERS 
 
 Oup of nnr repro-'c'utalivps liail an o)>portiinity "f 
 talking over the wliolc imttor with a immhor of 
 Icailiii? fainnor.'f on Tiicsdav, ami witliont cxccptioM 
 nno and all cnndrmn tlio Iinstv action of tlu' 
 Oovornniciit witliont a more full and xcaroliinj; 
 Inqniry hoins inado into the whole circumstanco.s. 
 In a convoi'satiim with 
 
 MH nrXCiWATJ,, R.\;\IORXTK MILL, 
 
 nn extiMi«ive fannpi' and momhor of the Local 
 Anclioritv, that p;entl('in!in snid he oonuidorod the 
 position tho IVni'd of Asrienltnre had taken np 
 wat very ilhiirical, liecaine if they weio natisfied 
 that the enses founded on were Pennine plouro why 
 should they not at once enforce their powers? 
 niviiifi' an iiitirnntion thnt they were to schedule at 
 a certain date was only tiifliiii; witli the rpiestion, 
 and thiy tiiii.dit very well extend that date to the 
 time !icin'_ a^ked for by t'-o owncMS of various of 
 the sti-ani lineis. He considered it was likely tliat 
 sc me (Inhiety existed in the TJoard of .Aftricultnre 
 in repaid to it. ]\Ir Diliswall thought himself 
 fortunate in not having any of the cattle that came 
 across in tlu^ IMonkseaton and Hnrona. He was 
 Tiri'sent at the sale of the stock tliat cnmo in the 
 latter ves^il, and give some hiiis, hut ho was an un- 
 succ(9 ful offerer. Last y^ar he had a lot of 
 dinadian-', wliich did very well, and turned out to 
 his expectation, and he had formed a good opinion 
 of Oanalian stock, and he was hopeful that anj- in- 
 tiMiiled restr ctions would he removed hefore next 
 vear's ininoi tations were ready. He did not take 
 such a ;;loomy view of the outlook as some of his 
 nei'jlihours. TlionL'h the re-ohition to ju'ohihit tlie 
 importation were carried into effect he diil not 
 think it would at this season ailvance the price of 
 store -itock very much. 
 
 I the result of a cold caught while on the passage to 
 this country. He had seen a ))ortion of the lunga 
 
 ! of one of the animals .said to have been afTectoiI, 
 This was shown hy I'lofcssor Williams at Cupar on 
 Tuesday last, and, as pointed out by the Profos.sor, 
 it was entirely 
 
 DIKKKRKNT FUOM THE HEAL PLEUIIO. 
 
 Referring to the proliihition of the live cattle trade 
 between this country and ('anada, Jlr Dunn stated 
 tliat were the restiicrioiis continued fora lengthened 
 pi" iod the Scottish faruKMs would v<'ry inaterially 
 I suffer, and would re(piiro to procuie more lean 
 slock than usual from Kngland and Ireland. This 
 would undouhtedly have the effect of r.'iising tlio 
 price of home bred stock. Thi^ Oanadian cattle 
 were, ho thoiight, equally as good animals as the 
 Irish were. (.^including, Sir Dunn .said his belief 
 was that the Cabinet had acted hastily in deciding 
 to stop the trade immediately. It wouM have been 
 better had tliey waited until it was clearly jiroved 
 if there were any cases of pleiiro amongst f'anadiana 
 or not. This could have been done either by in- 
 oculation or by adopting some .system of isolation. 
 
 :\IR MELVILLE, HALLO JHLL, 
 farmer ami anctionoer, in a conversation with our 
 rejiresentative saiil he had some exp"i!enco with 
 Canadians last year, tho'igh. fortunately ftir him- 
 self, he liad none of the two cargoes which had be- 
 come notorious. He had some expcrimce of jileuro, 
 but from what he had seen and read he diil not con- 
 sider the ca^es those of genuine pleuro. He was 
 strongly of opinion that the Government should 
 have a more tlior<mgh investigati'Ui before coming 
 to any such decision. 
 
 Sevetal other farmers whom our representative 
 met gave exjiression to similar opinions as those 
 given above. 
 
 MR OEORGl'] DUNN, NORTH KINCAl'LE. 
 
 Mr George Dunn, tcuiant of the farm of North 
 Kineajile, near St Andrews, and secrctaiy of tlie 
 Fifeshire I'aimers' Club, is another of the many 
 farmers in Fifeshire who hold that none of the 
 Canadians yet importeil to this cotintry have 
 suffered from pleuro. He attributes the illness of 
 the home-bred cow which was slaughtered at Park- 
 hill not to idiniro, as had been alleged, but probably 
 to infhmtnation of the lutigs. Tlu' C.uiadian cow 
 killed on the same faun, he thought, might also 
 have been suffering from the same ilhies«, iirobably 
 
 MR JAMES SYME, LEUCHARS CASTLE. 
 
 Mr -Tames Syme, Leuchars Castle, is of opinion 
 I that the (Jovernnnnt have acted wisely in the 
 inesent instance in stopping the impoitation of 
 Canadians in the meantime. Tlie shuighteriug of 
 the whole of the animals dispos d of at tlie sale on 
 ()th October was (piite right in his estimation. He, 
 however thinks the (iovernment must have had some 
 
 i FUUTIIKU INb'OIlMATlOX 
 
 \ with regard to the existence of iileuro amongst the 
 j Canadians, other than what was generally known, 
 before they would have decided on restricting the 
 j trade. 'Were the restriction to be kept on for a 
 consiilerable time home store cattle would be 
 dittieult to get, and the prices for such would be 
 raiseil considerably. Previous to Canadian cattle 
 being iiitreduced into .Scotland, homo stores were 
 very ilear, but a short time after the introduction 
 of the " strangers" prices were consiih'rubly lowered. 
 .Vt the present time he held thev could buy 
 Canadian rattle chea|)er than home-breds, but they 
 generally sold at less value than the liouie cattle, 
 and his exiierience >vas that the profits from both 
 classes were about equal. 
 
 MR WILLIAM OKNTLE, AIRDRIE, 
 ANSTRT'THER. 
 In the Anstrutlier district si'veral farmers who 
 purchased Canadians at the sale in Dundee on the 
 (Ith October are sti'ougly denounciii',' the actijii of 
 the lioaid of .Vgric'ilture in slau'^'htering the whole 
 of the animal-^. Mr "\Vdliiun Gentle, who is the 
 teinnt of Airdrie farm, purchased twelve animal.s 
 at the sale on Monday last week. All these were 
 slaughtered by ordeis of the IJoard of Agriculture. 
 Tliey were all 
 
 OOOI), HI'^AI/rHV ANniALS, 
 and not one of them .showed the least signs of ill- 
 lies. He is of the general opinion tliat no pleuro 
 lias yi^t been discovered to have existed amongst 
 ('anadian stock. Regarding the Canadian cow 
 Idlleil at Tarkliir. Mr (ouitle said h" liad seen it on 
 the day of the sale in Dundee. " It was an auld 
 iliine beast to begin wi',"' he s.iid. "and should liae 
 been dead ten years ago. The lungs or sometliing 
 had to gie v^iy, or else it would have lived for 
 ever." 1 riKeeding, he said he was of o|iinioii that 
 the Englishni'Mi wanted the cattle trade between 
 this couiitr}' and Canada 
 
 AHOI.lSMKll AM'OOETHKH 
 in order that tliey might reap the benefit. If that 
 Were done, and he saw no reason why it shouUl be, 
 
From Dundee Courier of 9th and 10th November, 1B9^. 
 
 «1 
 
 thp price of linme storps wonM imme'liat'plv lieenitip ! which are oominj? from Lonflon In roparrl in eon- 
 
 (Ipnrpc. Tlip fnrmprs ponld Ijiiy Hip nftiimlinn" 
 
 conxidt'rabiy clipnner tlinn Uip otlior onttlp, nivl lii" 
 
 pxpcripncp of tlip forpicn"rs he hnd had Insf vpur 
 
 was thatr Hipy paid him fully as wpll as thp Iri^h 
 
 atiimnl"! did. If it had not bppii for the introilnc- 
 
 tio'i of f'anadian storps into thin country, home 
 
 Ktiiie<i would at the present time have been at a 
 
 ransom. 
 
 ]\rR M'LAREX, DEARAPHTE, 
 
 who was yeitnrdav intprvied by a Courier rpprp- 
 spntntivp, said that he purchaipd ton Canadian') off 
 the Mnnk^pnton. TTp nevpr saw hnttrr-lookiii!; or 
 more thriving animals, and tlipy promised in all 
 resppcts to parly hpcomp fat for thp market. Hp 
 convpycd thpm by train from Dundee to Forfnr, 
 and from thpnc(! travplled them to his farm. On 
 their arrival thorp he put thpm into a park, whpro 
 tlipv rpmainod till his placp was schpdnlpd. Hp had 
 imrphasod many Canadians in his timp. butnpvpr 
 found any pleuio nmonsst them. He had known, 
 howpver, of disoai-p broakins; o'lt amonsst Iiish 
 stonk. As thpy wpre diffirnlt to sell about this 
 time of year, and worn knocked about very much, 
 they were vpry suscentiblo to contrnctinc disease. 
 Canadians as a rule fattpned quickly, wli^ieashe 
 had known of Tiisli cattle bpcome wnrs'^ instead of 
 improvinii. TTp was of opinion that hnd the 
 "caper" of thp T'oavil of AKricnltnro in restricHns 
 the importation of Canndian« not come into foice at 
 thi« time Trish cattle would become unf^alcable. 
 This was not his individual opinion, hut that of 
 manv other c:\ttle-dpah'rs and farmers. In rpsjard 
 to the suspected onthronks of pleuro amonsst the 
 cargoes of the Monkseaton and Hurona, MrM'Laren 
 rpmarked that they could not prevent one or two 
 animals in such a large nnmher troing Blichtly 
 
 ta'.;ious p'puropnenmonia in Canadian cattle are in 
 error. Yesterday a number of Toronto's most 
 prominent cattle dealer'' nnd veterinary surgeons 
 werp seen, and all ngreeil that the c intasjious form 
 of tho diiipnse was utterly unknown in Canadn. 
 Pncumon'a simple, of coursp, existed, but that was 
 neither dangerous nor infectious. The general 
 opinion was that when the supposed cases were 
 examined by tho veterinnries of the Privy 
 Council it would bo found that n, mi-tako 
 had been niaile. Dr Andrew Smith, of the 
 Ontario Vcterinnrv Collefte, about voices 
 tlie ideas of tlie cattlemen. " I have never known," 
 said he, "and never even heard of a case of cou- 
 taaioiis pleurc-pneumonia in Canada, except when 
 a few iuolnted cattle which were shipped from 
 Scotland were in Muarantine at Quebec. These, of 
 course, were killed. Last summer I went thro'ch 
 j to Victoria, and tho catMe were all in a splendidly- 
 healthy condition. 'With rearard to the cattle at 
 Dundee, T have no doubt whatever tint when the 
 royal ve^erinaries examine the suspected animals 
 thev will declare them nnt.iintod so far as con- 
 taeious pleuro-pneiimonia is concerired," 
 
 Another press comment savs : — The trade has 
 been treaterl to their annual pl(>nro pneumonia 
 scare, but iheEnelish as;rirulturist hits evidently n 
 weaker case this time tlmn he had last year, nnd 
 will not be anymore sncceseftil than lie wastlipt, in 
 proving tliat tliis dreaded di-ipase ey^tita jn Canada. 
 The stories whicli are being piibli'-hed about this 
 liitpst scarp arp more nonseuMieal than usual. Tho 
 old story about American cattle bein? allowed into 
 Canada is again revived and brought into the dis- 
 cussion of tlie matter. Xone of tlie trade here have 
 heard anything about the matter, and the whole 
 
 M.lllllllll^ III ?*m:ii n iniui- n'-iiiiir-i KtJiii^ nii:;iiiiiy i ... • i i i * i ^ . « 
 
 wrouK in their lungs, but it did not follow that this 1 ^^^ '« '""^^.^'^ 'JP"" "'' '^ ^^^^ P^^e and simple 
 
 was caused by pleuro. He expressed hii firm 
 belief that there was no cause whatever for the 
 wholesale slaughter of the Canadians. 
 
 ELOTN COUNTY COTTNCIL AND THE 
 SLAUfiHTER POLICY. 
 
 At a meetinc of the Contngioiis Diseases Com- 
 mittee of the Elgin County Council on Monday, 
 letters from the travelling inspector of the P.oard 
 of -A gricult\ire were submitted with regard to the 
 killing of Canadian cattle at Caio^mill and Spvnie, 
 which had been in the steamer with tliose alleced 
 to have been infected with pleuro-pneumonia. The 
 lungs have been forwarded for in-^pection, and a 
 letter was received .'titinof that none of the animals 
 were aflfeeted with the dipease. and nutliority was 
 given to the parties that thev were at liberty to 
 tike in stock again. The Clerk stated that he 
 gathered from the inspector that the sinughtering 
 of the 1200or1.S0n cattle would cost the country 
 some £7000 or £8000. 
 
 The Emvire, in another reference to the pleuro 
 scare, says ;— This mo.H '"mportant subject to the 
 Canadian fermer and cattle dealer was much dis- 
 cussed on the market, and, while a few cattlemen 
 were disposed to take a gloomy view of the outcome 
 of the "scare," the majority were confident that 
 Canada woidd come out on top. There is no doubt 
 that Canada's strict quarantine against States 
 cattle in the north-west will prove to be of incnlcu- 
 lahle value to her now. for it is a well-known fact 
 that she is free from this dreaded cattle disease 
 now, and bus been for some years past. On this 
 fiict loeal shippers .are firm in their belief that no 
 discrimination will be made against Canadian cattlo 
 in Great P.ritain. 
 
 THE FEELING IN CANADA. 
 
 A VETET^TNARY EXPERT'S 
 OPINION. 
 
 "A FAIvE PITKE AND SIMPLE." 
 
 Advices from Canada to hand indicate the 
 general feeling prevailing throughout the Dominion 
 
 PROFESSOR \VALLACE'S PROTEST 
 
 Const DETi ABLE valiin attaclips tn tho letter 
 ^vhich appeared in Tinu'x(n\ Wcdnesflayfrnni 
 the pen of Mr Robert Wallaoo, Professor of 
 Aorricnlture and Rural Eeonfmiy in the 
 Edinbnroh University. In that, letter a 
 stroni,' prote.st is oflfered atiainst tho exolu- 
 sif>ii of Canadian store cattle from this 
 country. Profe.ssor Wallace m able not only 
 to de.scribe the symiitoins of broncho- 
 pneumonia from his own observation and ex- 
 perience, but also to state the result of 
 an examination of part of the lun<rs 
 
 in regard to the pleuro scare prior to the prohibition, I of one of the animals recently certified as 
 and the confidence with wldc^j cattle traders nntj. j ,^ f pleuro. In a few 
 
 cipated that the decision of the Boanl of A pricul-:„,.„ 7„„^ , , i -i-"' • in a uw 
 
 ture would be against the theory of contagious 1 sentences he shows how easily broiicho- 
 pleuro.pupumonia. ! pneumonia may be mistaken for the fat.al 
 
 The Tiirontn Kmmrf of October 27 savs :— disease so much dreaded by f.armers. That 
 There seems to be little doubt but that the reports it was so mistaken in tho present instance 
 
42 
 
 Prom Dumht Cmiritr of Wth Noremher. 7,<?,')«. 
 
 thfii'o c(vn no lonser he any fV'iiV.f . Liko thnt i 
 of Principal Williamf. tho finflinif cHvon hy I 
 Ptvifcssor Wall.'U'o is (IJKtinffly ncainst (bo ! 
 existence of jileuro. "T hn<\ no diffi- ! 
 cnUy." tho Prof('»Rf,r hhvh. " in re- ' 
 cofrniRint; that the patholfiififal ap- 
 pearances presented were identical with 
 those of the cfirnstalk '1i^'f•3^<•." Now. 
 the clear duty of tlie Board "f A^'rienltnre is 
 to test tliis evid(>ne(' Viy I'nhniittific the Inntrs 
 in (piestion to an indo]i('ndeiit exnniitiafifm. 
 The officials of the Board niiift know what 
 has become of tlio hnJi.'P. ajid thev (iif/ht to 
 he compelled either to nroduf*,' them f)r. if 
 they have heen destroyed, to '/ivc a detailed 
 description of the appearaneett that led them 
 to assnme the existence of vlenro-pnennioni^i. 
 Tt will he noted that T'rofcuw.r Wallace is 
 not altocfother favoDrahh- to iniiif'rtatidn. and 
 tl is very fact renders hi^ Ktaten)ent all the 
 more vahiahle. As an auricnltnral enthusiast 
 it is natural that liis sympatliies should lean 
 tfiwards the owners >>f pedi'.Tee herd^. hut 
 at the same time tin; cotirxe <'f leidslation 
 cannot ho permitted to favour these owners 
 at tho expense of the lar'/e majority of the 
 peo]ilc. Our latest inf'<rTnati>^.n is to the 
 effect that the time allowed ffT the free 
 landinc; of Canadian eatth- in not likelv to 
 he extended. Tn tlie circumstances it is 
 more necessary tlian hefore to carrv f>n the 
 agitation against the unjtmt restrictions that 
 have been imposed. 
 
 PRINCIPAL WTLLTAAfK' OT'INION 
 CORRDBORATKD. 
 
 "A ]\IEANIX(;LKSS JS.IVHTICTV 
 
 TOE PTSTrXCTTOX J'.KTWKKV PT,KT-RO 
 AND "CORNSTALK I»IHF\SK." 
 
 The TivifK rif AVpdnfs^'lay juiliM'-hf-^ thf fcllowinEr 
 letter from Pinfp^sor V. M'a!l»pf, ,\j»Ticnltnrnl 
 Dornrtmoiit, Edin'mr^h T'iiiv<-r»!tv : — 
 
 Sir. — Tho pxclup'on of Ktofj- fntt]r- frrim ranml.n 
 is nn important artion. th<' nllfi^tiifiranpc of wliirli 
 is not ilrcnmt of. fnr h-K« iin<^''r»t«'i'l, hv tlio cro.nt 
 majority of pcoplo in tljit- cotfttv. It hni ln'cn 
 hroimht nhont as tho rcRiilt "f whaf ia <iiiripo-ii(l to 
 have })oon an onthn-ak iti Fif'- amon:; C'miadiaii 
 cattle of cont.ngioiK jilfiuo-'infurnonif*. and, liad 
 there hcen any suhxtaiiti d 'jr'iuui} to lifliivo that 
 the supposition w.ia c'ltT'-c^ T *}try:\(] not Imvo 
 lifted my voirp asainst if. A iftriiou of th" linis-i 
 of the affcptp 1 animal wan ur-r.t to Prinpina' 
 AViilinms and Prof("-uor AV. f) AVininrn", of thr 
 Npw yptfrinarv CdIIp^p. Ivlinhnrch. and nnkril-cvo 
 and microscopic pxarnina'iori fi/mv'nwd tlioso p\. 
 perts tliat hronclio-pnciitnonis ^th.-> wpll-known 
 "cornst.ilk" dispaseof Am<'ricaH ad h'f-n 
 
 MISTAKKN Vnn l'I,Kri!f< vsr.VMr>vj.\ 
 cont.iciosa. I linvp pu'>s'-<)u« otiv PTSmlapd tho liin-j-j 
 and microspopic spctiotiK rnadi* from (I. em. and T 
 had nn difficulty in rrpo/iiiBin/ that ttifpntlmloKicni 
 appparannps prpscntpd wprp i<1/.Titic!>I with ttioso of 
 tho corn-stalk dispasp. which I h.il thp oppoit unity 
 of peoinsr in AVaslnngton in If'lKl, hy flip ponrtriiy of 
 T)r D. E. Salmon, iho di^tii !f'ir»fhpd phicf of tlip 
 rSnroaii of Animal Indns-tty of th*- T'nitpd States. 
 The diflference in the fixt-tii'/rt/fm appearances ami 
 
 in the nctnal scats of the two diseases makes it ex- 
 trpmely unlikely for any one versed in mnrhid 
 anatomy to mistake the ono for the other. Tn 
 nipuro nnenmonia pfmtnci'sa the tnip seat of tho 
 dis.'asp is not in the hrnnelilal tiih's, altlion';li the 
 smaller of tlies" hec 'ine gorged with an infiamma- 
 torv coasulated exm'ate. 
 
 nno^•^Ho•I•^•KI•^rn^•I.^, 
 not unknown in this eomitr , is not a "snceiflc" 
 disease like plpur- -pnp\imnnin pniitap;iosa. hut oui 
 which oritrinat'^s spontanpo'isly wlipn animals are 
 exposed to old and wi-t. e>.i)peial|v after l)pini» 
 'leai 'd, as eatHe are dnrincr transit liy rail and sea. 
 Tt may fitly he pommired with influenza in the 
 Iiuman speeies — not of tl:e recent epidemic tvne, 
 lint of the ohl and familiar fium of a severe cold. 
 Tt is termed cornstalk disease in America hecause 
 it appears in antinnii. when the corn stalks are past 
 fl'pir hpst and ln^ffiinins to decay. The true seat 
 of the disease in hroncho-pnenmonia la the air 
 passacres. larue and small. Althonch the lune- 
 nareneliyma, throticrh which the multitudinous rami- 
 fications of the air tnties rass, naturally hecome 
 pontpstpil, it is Viot snhipct to s'lcli chamres ns are 
 found in a case of pleuro-jinpumonia contagiosa. 
 Tt is 
 
 VRHY mFI'KUFNT WITH TIIK BnovcniAi, TrBES, 
 more especially the sinallev of them. The cnlumnnr 
 cells formins the pnilliplial lininor of the air nassages 
 dpsquamatinir. or, in common langtiaire, peelins off, 
 indicates tlip spat of thp disease. As the alteration 
 of strnpt\ire does not extend to the hlood vessels, 
 nature may in time lenair the im'urv. if death he 
 not induced at thp ncnte stage of thp disorder. Not 
 only is the fihrinous pxudate of pleuronneumonlft 
 ahsent in the air passages, hut pus and degraded 
 epithelial i^chrisf takp its place, and are expelled 
 from tho Innss hy the act of coughing in a manner 
 corresponding to expectoration in a human l)eing. 
 The differences descrihed are readily determined Viy 
 the aid of a microtpopp. hut there is a plainly visihle 
 characteristic difference in 
 
 THR POST MORTEM APPKAnAN'OFS 
 in the two di-eases. which under ordinary circum- 
 stances is Biiffipipnt tij guidp the oliservant practi- 
 t'onor. The sit\>atien, as it is now raised, is not 
 one hptween th" Rriti-h farmer and the Canadian 
 exporter, neither is it a politienl cptpstion. Tt is an 
 Tmpeiial question, involvinf; the relationshin with 
 one of oiu' most iiniiortant and most loyal colonies. 
 Oanada, conscious of her freedom from the fell 
 il'sease. pleuro-iinenmoeia — a proud )iosition which 
 she has creditahly held for years— cannot fa'l to 
 smart under the ininrv a''ont to hi> done to one of 
 the iiidnsti ips which she fondiv fostpvs. Tain no 
 advocate of the frei' imnortation of "store" cattle 
 into this counfry. On the cnnirary, T holiovc 
 
 A iMISTAKK WAS MAT1R 
 when it was deterniine'1 to admit this class of 
 animal from any pait, so frau'^dit must it always ho 
 with danger to our vnlunlde jiedigree henls ; hut 
 duty will not, permit me to stand aside ,a,ed ohserve 
 without nrotp'^f in'.' against what a'uipars to lip ,a, 
 meaningless inju'^tiee to a section of tlie agricultural 
 community. The farmer has a sufficient numlier 
 of unseen difTicnlUcs to eontend with witluuit addinsT 
 .Tother cause of nnpasiness and uncertainty as to 
 the source from which he may or mav not ho ])er- 
 mitted to draw his supply of store cattle. 
 
 THE BOART> OF ACRTCin-TTTRE 
 EXPERTS NOT INFALLIBLE. 
 
 Thp North. Jln'tl.ih Anvicnltnrh/, in commenting 
 on thp actiiui of the T!oard o'' Agriculture in rp- 
 fprpnce to the Canadian cattle trade, says : — " It is 
 not surprising that Scotch stock-owners are not 
 
Frnvi Duiuhc Courier of imk A'ov<ialiir, /.v.^f. 
 
 48 
 
 Siiti.stk'il US to tliis l)i'iii(,' 11 fusi' of iik'uro at nil. 
 'J'luy liiivo 1(111^' fiiiico riMMil to [iliict iiiiiilifit tiu-t- 
 oii till' tlutn ut i'lolus.siu' Jliowii, wliuiu ilicy ii';^iiiil 
 
 us tllC ll'lll illllllOl ol tllU illnHIll H llOlcSillu >clll'illll- 
 
 iiig Ny-.tLin wluuli was a yio>s oiitiayi' on tli • luti'l- 
 ligi'iitu ot till' ooiiiitiy. jVh tor I'lolcssoi C'cih.', tlu! 
 cliift vi^tii'iiiiiiy iii'iiictoi' of llio IJoaiil, tliu 
 cdlussul aiiil iao'<t li iiiiiliiitiiij^ iiusiaUu wliich lie 
 inailf ill coiiiitCi )ii Willi thf ' .Maecash f^cainliil ' 
 luatyrai, was iiiiiU' t'lioiigli to show lliat lio was a 
 loiij; way from ijuiiij; lutuUilik'/' 
 
 (iLA.S(;()\V ArTll()KlTlK.S AND THE 
 RElsTlUUTlUMto. 
 
 A aiiecial iiifjling of the Local Authoiiiy was 
 hoUl 111 City C'liaiiibuiti on \Vt'iliic.M.lay to coiisiili-i- 
 thu Oiik'i of tiiu Jioard of Agiiciiltiui' causing all 
 Canadian catlk' aniving altui' tlio 21st lUst. to ho 
 tilaugliiL'iiHl iiiiiiic'iliatoly on iK'iiig laiuli-'il. liivicw 
 of tliL- 21st huiiig till! closing ilay ol thu sliipiiin;! 
 Huasoii, tlu: Local jVvithoiity icsoivcil to iniiiroucli 
 tin: Jjoanl ol iVgiiciiltiuc ami ask tliat iht; iisuiu- 
 tioii slioiilil not lie iii^isti'il on in tliu cast' of the 
 catllu loaving Canaila iii) till llic 2lsl, which would 
 aiiive ill Glasgow a, fortnight later. 
 
 fi'W (loses of troaclo and oil, tlii'V shortly ciiino all 
 light. 1 am ii'iitc siiii' an annual showing thcso 
 syiniitoiiis of cold oil otcasii/iis such as tlii' pii'sunt 
 woii.d lie imt down as sull'ciing fioiii |ilouio- 
 inuiiiiioiiia, as the insjiiclois sci iii to have lost 
 llu'ir luals. ^Ir iJowniij has lia I a gUMt many 
 I'anailiaiis for the last thiuo yeais, and |iicfers 
 tlicni to Iri.-h stock. Jlo is Iccning a good iiiiiiiy 
 jii>t now, forty ol- wliicli ho inachasc I a liw iiiontlis 
 ago, and tln-y weic alliloing viiy well. Mr JJowniu 
 liatiiiiiUy leels Very indignant at -^ucli an uncalled- 
 tor slaughter ol ids cattle. Jlu would liavo i\o 
 hesiiiitioii ill hlliiig the einiity stalls caused hy tlio 
 -laughter with Caliadnns, as he lias found tlieiu 
 alwiiys to do well with liini. ' 
 
 FIFESHIRE. 
 
 Continuing his iiKjuiiies in oliciiiiig the eiiiuioiis 
 of the l''ifesliire farmers regaiUing the preseiil 
 pleliro scare, one of oui leiiieseutatives visited the 
 Jiust Xeuk of i''itu on \\ed.,e.->ilay. i'looeeding to 
 the extensive laiin of 
 
 JiALCOMLIE, 
 ahout a mile and a half heyouii Crail, and close to the 
 extreme eastern houndiiry of tliucoiinty, our reiue- 
 aeiitativeunforiuiiately touad .MrDowiiie, tlie tenant 
 — who is one of the Iju^t fanners iii theilistrict— was 
 from home. He found, however, in the foreman of 
 the farm, Air Uobert Miiith, a very mlellisent man, 
 who was anxious to answer to the best of liisahiiity 
 any inquiries made of lum. Mr Dowuie, he saiil, 
 bought twenty-two cattle of the iMonkseaton aim 
 Hurona cargoes which were dispo-sed of at Dundee 
 on 0th October. I hey were ir.icked to Crail 
 fetation, and drive. i to the faua the day following. 
 They were hialtiiy-lookmg animals, and boie no 
 traces ol any disease, and were not even the least 
 affected wita cold. I'hey were ijeginniag to take 
 ou flesh just betore slaugluer. 'J he whole of them 
 were slaughtered by Dundee butchers last Tuesday 
 onU \\ ediiesday, ttiul desiiatched to the dead meat 
 market. 
 
 " Have you had any experieace of pleuro?" 
 
 '• Yes, on several occasioas ou other farms, and 
 1 know the .symptoms well, and the appearances it 
 presents." 
 
 "Did you consider the luags of the animals 
 slaugiitered iii a healthy state '.'' 
 
 ■'Certainly ; every one of them." 
 
 "i>ut there was one of them the laspectoi 
 seemed to have doubts about which was seat to 
 London '!" 
 
 " uh, yes, that was one on which there was a 
 black mark, which I tliiak was caused by a stroke 
 from a pitchfork by some of the men betore it was 
 killed." 
 
 •' With your experience do you consider the 
 present outciy about this case at I'arkhill being a 
 genuine case of pleuro-piieumonia to bo correct, 
 and t'lat aioue a reason for killing the whole of the 
 tw!i cargoes f 
 
 "2\o, i do not. I have had a good deal of ex- 
 perience with Canadians. 1 consider the diagnosis 
 by 1 rofessor Williams to be right. Last year iUr 
 Downie had two animals whieU contracted a severe 
 gold whilti coming across the Atlautio, but, after a 
 
 CAR\'EN().\1 CATTLK.NLVX'.S Ol'lXlON. 
 I'loceediiig next to Carveiioiii, an extensive larm 
 abuut three miks from Aiistiulher, our lepiesen- 
 talive laissjil seeing .Mr Gilcluisl, the lariaer, who 
 was also tiom home. .".erlung out the cattlem.in, 
 iiame I William lioiieilson, our lepieseiitalive had 
 a long chat over the a|)peai'aiice ol the Canadians 
 on the laiiii, which foiinu i [Mit of the .Moakseatoii 
 ami lliu'oiia caigues. .Mi (■dclnisi s puiciuise coii' 
 -islid of tell animals, svhich eaiiie liy rail troin 
 Dundee to .Mistiutiiei, and weie at once driven 
 home to Caivenom, ami they lookcil a lot of hue 
 healthy animals. One ol tiiein had a small lump 
 oil its siilu, caused by a crush in tne ship coining 
 over, but it was reUuced Ijy aiiplicaii/ns ol hot 
 Water in a few ilays. Kobi.rtsoa said he had seen 
 pleuro-pneuinoiiia on otliet tanas where he hud 
 oeeu employed. The Canadians that came to Car- 
 venom were all healthy, and at once took to their 
 feeding, and weie thriving well before the 
 slaughter order was eiiforcetl. i ney were slaiight .red 
 on the farm on Tuesday of last weekt 
 Ue could not discover the slightest tiace of any ol 
 tliein ijciiig alfected with any ilisease. lie waa 
 inclined to tne belief taat this cry of pieuio- 
 piu:umonia was all nonsense, and it was mure than 
 liKely that the diagnosis ol the iiuard of Agnenl- 
 turo s examiner was wioiig, and that it was veiy 
 possible tiiat the ailment was only bionciio- 
 piieumoiiia, as insisted on by I'rulesioi Williams. 
 Ue had seen iiU'iiy eases ol cattle being ill from 
 having contracted severe cold, but the symptoins 
 were ijiiite uitfereiit liom that of real lueuro- 
 pneuiaonia. To satisty his cuno-ity, he cooked a 
 part ol one oi the luiigs ol the siaughteiea animals, 
 and found it fresh ana hrm. Uis employer felt very 
 much the annoyance cause 1 niin by tue unmean- 
 ing slaughter ol his cattle, which gave every pro- 
 mise of turning out good animals. 
 
 rEKlUSlllKE. 
 
 FARMEKS DENOUNCE NEW I'LIOHIIJITORY 
 UUDEU. 
 
 Oa Wednesday our repieseniative called upon 
 Several farmers m tlie ^tiathearn district with the 
 view of eliciting tneu opinions wilh regard to the 
 new Order issued by the lloaru of Agricultuie pro- 
 hibiting the transmission to any iiart of the country 
 of live cattle imported troin Canada. The hrsi 
 geiitleniaa our represeatative visited was 
 
 MR RUilERT UAllDlNER, HEXUILL. 
 
 Mr Gardiner is not only tenant of Heahiil, on 
 which for many years Inis been held the annual 
 show 01 the Central Agriculiurai ."society, of which 
 he has for long been the energetic oecretary, but 
 he is also jnopnetor of the estate of Rottearns. 
 iJosides being a County Councillor, he is likewise a 
 member, anil a very active member, of the I'erth- 
 shire Local Authority. When the object of the 
 visit was made kuowu to iiim, Mr UarUmer stated 
 
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 Prom Dundee Courier of 10th and 11th November, 1S02, 
 
 tlint hu liad no kiiowlud^'o of C'nimdiaii cattle, iit'ver 
 )mviiig liail liny iuiidiik Ihh Htouk. Jlccoiilil not Hiiy 
 wliiit oHuct till' ntw Orilir >v()ul(l liik^e \\\wn t\w 
 ciittlo tiiiilc in tliiK cuuntry. Ho wiim, Ik^ .siiid, a 
 Fieo 'Iniili I, nnd liu wum mi favimr ol iiiiijo.siny a 
 tux ilpun citttlu inipiiitL'd timn Ciiiiadii. 1h nut 
 tliut, he wnH unkuit, Hunii'lliiiig like tlji' Al'Kinlry 
 Hystciu lit i>riJt(.'Ctiun ? U'tdl, lie iidikd, that l^• my 
 oi<iniun. C^Ufxtionud wa tu tliu advi.'<aliility ut' ux- 
 ciiulnig live ciittlu truin C'unaihi, Air (iurdimr said 
 that it pit'uru imd been lound iiinung the aniinalM 
 that had reuently buuii iinpoitud Iruni Canada, lit* 
 Haw nothing wrung in the coui'hu taken by thui>(iai'<l 
 ot Agriculture. 
 The next fanner called ui)oii was 
 
 MK JOHN A. M'LMJKKLNDAMi;, 
 IMMaiUL'NM.NO. 
 
 Mr M'L'urklndale was ut' upinion that the Hoard 
 of Agricultnri.' had made a gieat niintake in uiilei- 
 ing me »laujjht( ring out ut all tiiecaitlc luucliaHed 
 nt Uuudee uu litii Octuber. lie liail liait muimu ex- 
 perience ut Lanadiuii tattle. A couide ut yiar-.agu 
 he had hix. 'Iwu ut tiiein became ill, one .Mitleiing 
 truln lung disea.se, and the uthei fium a ytumaen 
 coniiilaint. One gut better and tlie uther died, 
 isinue then he had had nu inure Ctiiiadialis. lie 
 waH uf upiliiun thai tiie actiun ut ttie iiuard ut 
 Agriculture would prove extremely hurtful to the 
 feeders ut .stock. 
 
 MR M'INliOY, liALDLNNlE.S, DUXNINU, 
 
 was afterwards called upon. In answer to ijuex- 
 tions, Mr M'lnruy s-aul no ulijected altogeiher tu 
 the t)iauKhlermg tnat hud been guiug. It had never 
 been proved tu his sutisfactiun, ur to ihe .satisitac- 
 tion ot any farmer with whom he had cunversed uu 
 the subject, that pleuiu had been fuuiid among the 
 Canadian cattle. lie had in all 7l^ catile uu his 
 farm. Of these 2U were Canadians, whicli he had 
 bought ill (jrlasguw. These cattle, In; said, were 
 the healthiest animals he ever had, uiily, he added, 
 they required a deal of feeding. He had al^o 
 several iiish beasts, but they would not stand cum- 
 parison with the Cunudiaiis. Ue hud had seven or 
 eight years' experience uf Canadian cattle, which 
 he preicrred far beiure Irish eaitie. Ue had never 
 hau disease uiiiung his Canadian stuck. Ue was uf 
 opinion that the new Order was dead against the 
 interests of the feeders uf stuck. 
 
 MR A. HUTCUEtiU^'S VIEWS. 
 
 Last night Mr Andrew Hutciiesun, vice-chairman 
 of the Perth County Council, liad a meeting with 
 his constituents at liichture. Discussing the pleuro 
 scare, he remaiked that he had acted as valuatur 
 under the iiuard of /Agriculture. He said he huil 
 not seen the lungs ot uny of the animals, but he 
 was not convinced in his own mind that it had been 
 proved that the disease was genuine pleuro, and he 
 thought ttie Board ot Agriculture uught tu have 
 satistied the public mind on that point. He did nut 
 think that wnen the iiuard ot Agncultuie obtained 
 the lungs of a suspected beast the veidictof the 
 iiuard alone should be given, 'i here uught, he held, 
 to be a cunsensus of the best veterinary opinion u» 
 to whether the animal in such circumstances was 
 suffering from contagious pleuru. if that had 
 been done they would have been sutished. it had 
 been said the other day by the iioard that the 
 lung of the animal tirst suspected iu connec- 
 tion with the present scare was not lu 
 exiatence. Ue did not see why that should be. 
 it tthoulU have been preserved in order to give the 
 
 public reuHuns for till! ground that the Iiuard liinl 
 taken up. Having iciiiaiked that the In^picturs 
 under the litiard ot A^licultiire, although tiie 
 till ineis did nut care aliout them eoiiiin;^ aiioiit their 
 farii.s, Were eoiirteuiis geiitkliuii, and had to 
 execute the orders they received. .Mr ilutchesun 
 Miid he shuuld have liked the iiuard ut Agriciilture 
 to have tiled iiiucuhitiuti in the present in.-itance. 
 •Mr D. t.'uiiHtalile, \'..S., and iiimselt knew jiuw suc- 
 cessful tiiey were wuh iiiocillatiuii in rerthsliiro 
 heture the slaughtei older was instituted. He did not 
 wish the JJoaid ut Agriculture tu stop slaughtering 
 and begin inucuiatiun, but lie wisiicd them to take 
 the lungs ut a sus|iected beasi and inoculate J ur ti 
 yuiiiig animals with the virus, uiid see if 
 they got the same results as he had. 
 The iJoard of Agriculiure said that inoculation was 
 not valuable and proved noihing, but those wliohad 
 seen it in practice sumo years agu knew that the 
 inucuiatiun uf animals trum utheis sutfeiing fiuin 
 pleuru always iiruduceil a certain effect. if that 
 effect wen produced It wuuld have given satisfac- 
 tion in ninety-nine ca.-es uut ut a liiiiidied us to 
 whether they had llie t;ciiuiiic disease. Ihe IJuard 
 ot i\gricultiire, he held, uuglil lu liuvegHen them 
 sati.-laclion before destruy mg such a tiade as the 
 Canadian trade in this country. .^Suiiie faiinern said 
 tliat the iiniiui tatioii ot Canadian cattle wasuperat- 
 ing against tlieir interests, but he wuuld say thai if 
 Canadian cattle were tu be imported tat into this 
 Country for cumpulsury slaughter in the saino 
 manner as was done with those from the United 
 Jslales both the feeding and the breeding interests 
 uf the cuuntry wuuld become must uiiremuiierative. 
 (Ajiplause.) 
 
 "THE STUENGTii OF AN 
 UISCEllTAlMTi:." 
 
 UK UARDXER MU.SI MEET rRINfii'AL 
 Wil-LiAM.-S CA.^E. 
 
 The London Daily Chronidc, in an article deal- 
 ing with the Caiiadiiin cattle trade prohibitiun, asks 
 the pertinent (]Ue.-tion — "Is it wiae un the strength 
 uf an uncertainty tu issue an uidcr striking a cruel 
 blow at the iiiteiests ut a loyal colony, at ihe busi- 
 ness ot our own haruosed tanners wUo impurt 
 'store' cattle fur fattening, and at tlie J-iritish 
 cuiisumer, whu, like his ancestors, according to 
 Sihakespeare, has always been a 'shrewd eater of 
 beef'/'' "The gravest doubt," continues the 
 Chronicle, " is now cast on the soundness uf the 
 opiniuii on which Mr Gardner has acted, it is 
 impossible for us to ignore the upiniuu ot two of 
 the most distinguished veterinary experts lu the 
 cuuiitiy, namely, i'rincipal Williams and his name- 
 sake, i'rofessor Williams, both of the Xew 
 Veterinary College of Edinburgh, 'ihey base 
 their opinion on microscopic and iiaKed-eye 
 examination uf the lungs of the affected 
 animal, ami that opinion is mat the malady which 
 killed it is nothing moie serious than the conimun 
 'cornstalk disease' of Aineiica, which is nevor 
 abseni from the country at ceitaiii seasons of the 
 year. it uppeuis regulurly in the autumn, when 
 the cornstalks are beginning to decay, it is not a 
 contagious epizootic like pleuro-pneumonia. Ani- 
 mals that are exposed to chilling damp after being 
 heated are all liable to be art'ected by it, and as 
 the seat of the malady is the air passages and 
 bronchial tubes— not me 'parenchyma' or tissue 
 through which they pass— wo may fairly say that 
 m cattle it coirespunds tu a bad cold in tfie human 
 subject. We hope Mr Gardner will call on his 
 official veterinary advisers to meet the case which 
 the iildinburgh specialists make against them." 
 
From Dundee Courier of Jlth Novcmhcr, ISO.?. 
 
 46 
 
 FUUKAUSlllUK. 
 
 Mil DAVID S.Mriil, MriMlOKS. 
 
 AN ADViiCAlK (II' I'llKK TKAdK. 
 
 Olio (if tliu liirgi St liiiyi'i'.i dl' I'lUtlu ill Fdi'l'iirsliiic 
 in .Ml' Ditviil .Siiiiili, Miiii'dt'H. Ill a tali\ Willi uiicoi 
 uui rcpi'L'soiitativcs .Mi- ,Sinitli iiiiidilviil tliitt tlio 
 iiiil»'rtatiuii ut' CaiiailiaiiH tu this u(iuiitiy rliuiild 
 liol liavo liuL'u ^ituiUKj.l at all. l'iuci;e ling, li(j naul 
 lit' (lilt nut tliiiik tliu CiuvuriiiiR'iit was tuictil iu 
 tliuil' di'clMiuii by tliu I'^iigiiMliiiu'ii. It wa-* iIkj 
 
 FAUMKltS IIKKK WHO C(J.MI'l.AIMai. 
 Mr Guild liad iiituniiud tlit: Jioard that hu had 
 pluut'u uii I "'11, niid had it nut lic(;ii tur tnat 
 
 gciitloinan i >.i8 duiiig nu ttiuiu wuuld luvx'! 
 
 luivt; bocii a _ .wiun, lie tliuiiglit thu ('anadiaiiM 
 lillil hoL'ii ut as liiucli l)t.'nt'tlt tu tliu cuiimiiiiuis a^ tu 
 tliu ftudui's. ^SlncL' tliu iiniiurtaliun ut Ciiiudiaii 
 cattk' and I'liiti-'d .Status cattio was uuniiauiiiiud — 
 tliu lattur as ikad iiiuat — liuut' h<id laliuii in [uiuu 
 (jditu ir>s pur cwt., ui- ai.uul HA pur Ite. I liuiu was 
 liu (iilustiuu wliatu\ur liilt that thu iiii]iuitatiuii ut' 
 Canadian and L'liitud Status uattlu hiliinl tu ludiicu 
 lliu pi'iru ut butcliur inuat. It svas liLuly that it' 
 thu icstrictiuii was uiiturcud fur a luiigtlunud puriud 
 thu pricu ut butli luan and fat cattlu \< uuld gu up at 
 liuinu. If thu Canadian animals lia<: tu bu killud 
 bufoiu leaving Canada or mi dubarka^iuii thuy 
 Wuulil nut rualisu su much as thuy wuuld di^ weiu 
 tlu-y alluwud to be taken tu tins cuuiitiy alive. 
 \\'ith regard to the allugud pluuru, Mr fSiiuth said 
 he had 
 
 NEVEU SKE.N C'ANADIA.N t'A'ni.K ArFiX'TEIi 
 
 by that disuasu, although hu had •"■en suvural uf 
 tlicin uuhualthy. Hu thouglit, liuwuver, that 
 ditieaMU exair tiuus sliuuld bu dune away with 
 altogether, 'very man made tu stand his own 
 
 luss. Over years agu, when thuy had disuasu 
 
 in this cou ory pursuii iiad to stand his uwii 
 
 loss, and if a man was fuiuid sulliiig disuasud stuck 
 in open inarkut liu was fined, but uu f urthui rustric- 
 tiuns were applied tiiaii that the farmer huil tu 
 keep his animals clear trum tiiuae uu other farms 
 until he had a clean bill ut health. \\'eie tliat 
 By»tein adupted just nuw it wuuld save the couiiliy 
 a great deal uf expense. Concluding, .Mr tjiiiitu 
 said he would take in both Canadian and United 
 States cattle. "Let us have free trade," was his 
 observation. 
 
 the .sale in l)nii(h'e on iitli October, and better 
 luieus wti'i' 111 all piiibaliility suciirud fur thu 
 animals than if they had lieuii put in open market. 
 
 MR JOHN KEIIH, HILLSIDE. 
 
 Mr John Keith, the tenant of the farm of Hill- 
 hide of lialgay, in the course of a talk with one of 
 our representativea yesterday, said he wuuld nut 
 have objected to the killing uf the cattle if they had 
 done it in the right way. Although the Canadians 
 and hoine-bre(I animals had in many instances been 
 iu t:io same byres together, tnu Hoard uiily 
 slaughtered the furuigners and allowed the home- 
 bred animals to remain. He is very doubtful if 
 any uf the cases yet rupurtud have buen cuntagiuus 
 pleuro at all, and thinks the Cuveriiinuiit liavu 
 made a great mistake iu acting su hurriedly as they 
 have done. Mr Keith is alsu uf opiniun that the 
 (jroverninent have been greatly 
 
 I.Nl-'LUKNCED TO STOP THE CA.NAUIAN TUADK 
 
 by English breeders, who will benetit to a consider- 
 aulu extent were that done. I'rioes of Irish stores 
 would ill all piobability also be considerably raised. 
 Troceeding, Mr Keitli said this slaughtering of 
 Canadian cattle at the present time was affording 
 the Scotch farmers a fine opportunity of getting rid 
 of ttieir bud animals. It was his opinion that at 
 some of the farms where the Inspector called the 
 worst of tho animals ou the steading were pointed 
 out to him as being those which were purohaaed at 
 
 Mil liMolUiK .JACK, .ME.N/IKS HILL. 
 
 'I III' pruhiliitiiiii uf the iiii|i(m tatiuii ul live 
 I'aiiadiiiii uattlc to this euuntiy it iilsu strongly cuii- 
 ikiniuil by .\lr (iuurgi! .link, .Mun/ius llili. Tlie 
 I'lnuriilinnt liad l/uuii lar too ha.->ty in the prununt 
 iiistaiiL'u, and in>tu.iil ut killing (liu wliulu ut the 
 Ciiu.ulmiis sulil at lJun<ltu they iniglit have 
 aduptud a .-y>tuiii uf isolation to much butter 
 adNanta^'u. Vrocuudiiig, .\,i .Jauk said thu restrie- 
 tidli W(i ihl must curtaiiiiy iiicrua^u the lU'icu ut slure 
 caltlu. I hu orufteis ot l.itu had only iiuun gutting 
 tiuiii Jt;4 tu i'.'i lur small stiiks, and cuiild hai'lly 
 make a liviii,', but sliuiilil the lestrictiuu on 
 Canadians he eulitiiiuud lur a luiigthuiiid porioil I he 
 piiuus might ri>u tu tliu.-u which iiiiud liuturu iliu in- 
 tiiiiluulidii ut Canadians lutlds uaiiiiry, wiiuii siiiKs 
 hrunght truiii Ji8 tu Kh) each. Cuntiniiing, ^Mr 
 Jack said he was 
 
 .NOT A dUEAl' 1IKI.1KVI.U 
 ill Vaiikuu cattle. Althungh they were undoubtedly 
 buuglit big at the muiuy, (liuy had alsu tu bu suid 
 bit; at tin niuiiuy. liu, liuwcvur, thuuglit thu liuiiiu 
 cattlu hiuiight tlie bi^'gust price. Kugaidiiig the 
 applicatiun made tu tiie Jiuard uf Agrieultuie by 
 tliu I'ifushiie Lucai Authority tu sucuie the lung ut 
 one ut thu animals said tu be alfuutud at I'arkhill, .Mr 
 Jack said itsuemucl sumewhat strange that the IJuard 
 weie nut able to grant the ruipiusi. It was u very 
 serious matter, and had the ijuuid destroyed thu 
 lung it showed great carulussiiess on their part. 
 
 MR JOHN SMITH, I.UNDIE CA.^iLE. 
 Mr John Smith, Lundiu Castlu, wlio was un 
 Saturday last luliuvud uf thu Canadian cattlu he 
 purcliasud at Diimlue unth'j ijtii Ootubur, says that 
 ut all the cattle killed auiing tliu past twu ui tnrue 
 wuuks there had nut been but unu animal wuiuh had 
 been tuuiid tu have in the lea-t di .;iie sliuwn any 
 symptuins uf pleuiu. He thuugnt u was lidiculuus 
 tu stuji the impurtatidii ol cattle tu dii- cuuutry, 
 cunsiduring that [iiuuiu had Uusur Uucn pruvud tu 
 exist amuiigst Canadians. llie Cuvernmunt, he 
 was uf upinton, had Uuuii led tu their deci^iun by 
 the breuiu:is ut cattle in LngUnd, wliu wuiu iiiuiblu 
 tu obtain su guud prices fur tiieir stuck as they wuuld 
 otherwise du if tlie Canadian trade was abuiishud. 
 Were the impurtation stopped for u lengihened 
 time It wuuld tend to 
 
 MAKES LEA.V U.Vi'TLE TOO DKAU 
 
 in proportion to what they would receive fur fat 
 animals, and the feeder wuuld be put in a position 
 tnat he would receive next to nutning fur feeding 
 the stores, At the present moinenu he thought 
 Irish cattle were cheaper than Americans, but if 
 the trade between Canada and tins country was 
 stepped the price of lush stores would go up to 
 suun an extunt that thu fuudur would have nolliing 
 tor the keep of the animals. I'ruceeding, Mr SiiiitU 
 said he thuught it was a strange tiling that the 
 iJuard of Agriculture could nut have given to the 
 i''ifesliire Local Authority a piece of the lung of the 
 animal said to have been affected at i'arkhill. 
 When he read ot that in the papers it looked to 
 him as if the iioard were not sure if the case was 
 really pleuro. If it was contagious pleuro they had 
 no need, in his opinion, to be afraid to produce tliu 
 lung asked fur. 
 
 Mil A. li. WATSON, KIKKTON OF LUNDIE, 
 Mr A. Ii. Watson, Kiikton uf Lundie, who was 
 interviewed yesterday, stated that only twu years 
 ago pleuro was supposed to have been discovered 
 amongst Canadians lauded at Duudeu by the Oitjr 
 
46 
 
 Fram Dundee Courier of 11th November, ISO.?, 
 
 »! 
 
 of Lincoln. At thnt time n number of the animals 
 on Mr Tc'ti^r Kenton's tarm at JJroiiley woie slaiigli- 
 tercd. I'roceediiig, jNIr Watson asked why it was 
 that Mr (Gardner, tiie inesent .Minister of Agriciil- 
 tuie, said just now tliat 
 
 IIK HAD NO AU'ICUNATIVK 
 but to ai>i)\y the Act of lS7iS and pioliibit the im- 
 portation of tanadians, wliea 3tr Cluipiin, tiie 
 iMiMisttr of Agnciilttiri: under tne last Lioveriirnent, 
 did not do it two years ago? He tliought the ijo- 
 verninont in tliu i)rcaLnt niatance IukI ijueii led to 
 their decision by lliu mlluential deputation whicli 
 waited upon Mr (jaidiier. 'I hat gentleman wus a 
 weak Minister of Agiiculture, or else lie would not 
 Lave ll^tened to tl;e views of these Englishmen 
 betore he liad considereil a little. Mr Uarilner 
 slioulci not have stopjied tlie importation of cattle 
 from Canada belore lie had Heard the >>eotch 
 feejurs' oiiinions, and before lie had heen tlioiougiUy 
 batistied, and had 
 
 SKCLKKI) t'O.M'I.LSlVK I'ltOOF 
 tiiat tins was c. iitagii^iis pleiiro. J'loeeeding, Mr 
 \\ atson said he hud led over 100 (,'aiiadiaijs last 
 year anil alioiit uO during previous winters, and 
 lie had never known one Canadian stot to he 
 butfeiiiig Horn a .-ore head. lliere would have 
 been lar more complaints amongst Irish cattle. 
 His imprcosion was tnat, if they tlul not open the 
 ports and allow tlie importation of livestock beloie 
 ne.\t xVugust, store cattle would be made consider- 
 ably Ueaiei, and at tlie same time it would help 
 tlie reaiers of Uome cattle m tlie glen districts to 
 secM ' tter prices for tlieu' cattle. 
 
 THK GOVEU.N.MENT HAD LOST, 
 in ».■ iiinion, £4000 or fJOOO by the slaughtering 
 of Canailians at the piesent time, ironi wnat they 
 were giving faimers^ioi tne cattle tlie Ciovtrninent 
 Were, Ue believed, losing £4 or £b on eveiy carcase. 
 Coucluding, Mr \\ atsou said they wouhl nave great 
 ditticulty in getting home cattle to supply the wants 
 ot those in mis country were the tiaile not con- 
 tinued with Canada, but he htmly believe. 1 tnat the 
 reBtrictions would be taken uU beiore iie.\L autumn. 
 
 MR I'EIER FEXXON, UKOXLKY. 
 Mr I'eter i'eiiton, of the farm ot iJronley, also 
 hoUU tliat no contagious disease has yet been found 
 to exist amongst Canadians, ami were tlieie another 
 cargo of Canaaians coining to Dundee thin season 
 he would have no hesitation m btiying the tirst lot. 
 He tliiiilcs it has been greatly owiug to the 
 
 ACTION OF THE ENGLISH BUEKDEli.-i 
 
 tliat the restriction had been enforced, and no 
 Scotchman had been consulted in the matter at all. 
 Irish cattle, he tliought, had been cbeaper than 
 Canadians this season. Canadians bad been tar 
 too dear, and they had to be sold from 4s to Os jjer 
 cwt., live Weight, clieaper than home cittie, 
 thereby diininisning the prohts. fjhoulu the 
 restiiciion of the trade be continued, .■scotch 
 farmers would have to tear a cettaiii proportion ot 
 their owi. cattle as they did in former yeais. I'ro- 
 ceediiig, he saul he never ^aw any signs of pleuro 
 on any oi the animals he purchased at the sale ot 
 the City ot Lincoln's cargo about two yeais ago, 
 and the animals were killcu to no purpose. 'ihe 
 agitation at the present time wassoinewhat similar, 
 and he himly believed that no case of contagious 
 pleuro amougst Canaaians had yet existed. 
 
 MK WILLIAM FENKJN, TEiMl'I ETON. 
 ' The opinion of Mr William Fenton, Xempletoii, 
 is to the effect that the stoppage ot the Canadian 
 cattle trade at the preseut juuoture would be a 
 very great mistake. He does uot think there has 
 
 been any pleuro amongst Canailians in this country 
 at all. IVrhaps the home-bred cow slaughtered at 
 I'arkhill had Siilleied from pleuro, but tne disease 
 could not have been contracted fiom the Canadian 
 cow, as ideuro took Ironi live to six weeks to 
 develop. I'roteeding, Mr I'enton said tlieio was far 
 inoie chance of getting 
 
 ILKUKi) tliO.M lltELA.ND 
 than fiom Cain'di., because it had been proved over 
 and over again that the lUsease existed in Ireland. 
 N\ ere the restriclion ot Canadians eiifmced, iionie 
 sioie cattle woiihl get dearer, and prouts to 
 fanners would Ihereoy be diiniiiished. ills ex- 
 pel lence was that Irish cattle always sol I best, but 
 Canadian cattle fattened ijuiekei. Coiicludi!lg, he 
 .-^aid 11 was somewhat strange that lii-h cattle weie 
 more hasned about in coming to this country than 
 what Canadians were. 
 
 I'EKTllSlllKE. 
 
 On Wednesday a lepresentative of tiiu Cowitr 
 ilitei viewed ,i number of I'lrthshire farmers in re- 
 gaidtuthe Ordei issued by the IJoai'lol ^\gricultiiie 
 piohibiLing tne landing ol liv>. cattle iioin Canada. 
 
 MR MORGAN, JUNIOR, AliDGAlTH, 
 .-aid tiie new Order was a oiL-eiisieal thing alto- 
 gether. He did not think that an3' ot the Canadians 
 had been attected with pleuro. Tnoiiew piouibitory 
 Order would have a serious effect upon feeders of 
 cattle. 
 
 MR TilOS. T. CALLOWAY, CAIRM; , 
 GLENCAKSE, 
 is of o^ 'iiion that the new Order is ijuite unjustifi- 
 able, if It had been clearly proved tnat any ot the 
 Canadians was sutleriug tioiii pleuro the action oi 
 the Ijoard would have been 411110 light, but that 
 liad uot yet been shown. 
 
 .AIR AKCHIUALD iilllCE, I'RIOKLANU, 
 
 .Iocs hot think there was pl'juio among the Canadiua 
 
 cattle 
 
 .\IR WM. MILLER, OVER KlNlAUN.s, 
 considers the action of the Loaid of Agriculture to 
 be viry rash, the Jjoard ought to ha\e been salls- 
 hed belore pionibiting the impoitation ot live 
 cattle from Canada tnat; those tnat had recently 
 been imported were suttenng liom pleuro. ihat 
 had noL been proved. 
 
 MR FAIRWEATHER, CLA.SU13ENNV, 
 ERROL, 
 said the new Order wus a fair haver altogether. 
 was against the best interests of leeders. 
 
 It 
 
 MR WILLIAM TOD, MAINS OF OORTHi', 
 is of opinion that tliere might have been some of 
 the Canadian cattle which were not sound in the 
 lungs, but that Wouhl apply to all the cattle in the 
 country. He tlunks the wholesale slaughtering 
 out lias entailed a useless expenditure upon thu 
 country, and that the iJoard ot Agriculture has 
 committed a great mi-take in issuing the new 
 
 Order. 
 
 MR PETER JACK, TAVI-TELD, CLE.NCARSE, 
 said the Board of Agricultuie had dealt a serious 
 blow at iliose who fed lean stock. 'Their action 
 was quite unjustifiable, as it had not been shown 
 that pleuro had been among the Canadian cuttle. 
 
 MR WILLIAM MILLER, J UN., KIL.'il'INDIE, 
 
 intimated tliat he was entirely opposed to the new 
 Order, 
 
From Dundee Courier of l?th Novemher. ?,9P.?. 
 
 47 
 
 1 coimtiy 
 
 itcreil M 
 
 O (llSOilSl! 
 
 L'i\naiUiiu 
 wuc'ka to 
 ic was till' 
 
 oveil ovor 
 
 ceil, liouiu 
 
 jpiouts to 
 
 Uin f.\- 
 
 l best, but 
 
 lattlc wi;ie 
 lutry tUau 
 
 .iiiur;* 111 i'"^- 
 111 (.'aiiailu. 
 
 rAlTll, 
 
 tliiui alto- 
 
 Caiiailiaii!* 
 yioiaiiitory 
 
 1 icedora oi 
 
 ,tc unjustifl- 
 ii any oi luo 
 111, aciiuu 01 
 111, but that 
 
 JUL AND, 
 
 tiieCaiuiJiau 
 
 I'AUNS, 
 gncultiue to 
 m; liccii sails- 
 Uioii ol live 
 Had itcciilly 
 louvo. iliat 
 
 .BENNV, 
 iltogethor. It 
 
 JIM. 
 
 i CiORTHV, 
 
 I bucu suinu of 
 .-.ouikI 111 tbtt 
 u caltlo ill tlio 
 ,c »;aualuuniig 
 ituro uyou tbu 
 ncuUuie ba* 
 tuiiig tbe uuw 
 
 ULliNOAKaii, 
 dealt ft Bbi-ioua 
 'i'lieir actiou 
 not been sbowu 
 iiad;aii cattle. 
 
 KlLhil'lNUlli. 
 jsed to the new 
 
 MR JOHN WATSON, SANDYHALL, 
 
 pftid i\\tn: was no plenro nmonsr the Canndliin 
 cattle. It \va<( a s;ro*is mistake to slaughter out the 
 cfittlc, ns there was no jilenro amons^t them. To 
 prohibit the landina; of live cattle from rnnnda 
 woiilil, in his opinion, rntail great loss upon the 
 feeders of stock. 
 
 CROWN LAW OFFICERS 
 RESPONSIBLE. 
 
 A London corrospnnilont of the Filivhnrih 
 Evcnin'i AV»'.t sivs : — Scotland lias sich special 
 interest in tlie omhararo placcil bv tlie Hoard of 
 A", iciilture on tlie 'mjinrtatinn (^f Oanailian cnttlo 
 tl.,it it may bo well to slate nnthoiitalivolv that, 
 however mnch IMr Ciardiior's syrr/jiarini'^ were 
 ngaiu^t restrictions, lie was finally advi-sed hv the 
 law oflficers of the Orown rliat tlie Act compelled 
 him to interfere. Tliis ler'nl opinion was only 
 obtained after Sir f'liarle>' Topper had specially 
 impressed Mr Gardner with his assurance regarding 
 the non-existence of plenrn-pnenmonia in the 
 Dnminii'n, and also after Sir .Tohn Abbot, the 
 Canadian Piemier, and Sir Ohailes lind been 
 received in conference by a Committee of (he 
 Cabinet, Up to the l.ist moment both !\rr Cardner 
 and the Cabinet thought the imposition of testric- 
 tlons might be found unnecessary. 
 
 ANOTHE-R COMPLAINT AGAINST 
 THE MINISTER OF ACmiCULTl'UE. 
 
 The ^T(•(lt Trailm Journnl has the following 
 comment on the policy of the Board ot AsrIcuUure 
 with reference to the Canadian cattle trade; — 
 While we are ns anxious ns the most interested 
 Royal Society member in keepins our native stork 
 free from "imported" disease, we cannot help 
 thinking that Mr Gardner has given wnv much too 
 readily to the depntntionists who waited upon him. 
 He allowed himself to be inflnenced by men who 
 know notliing whatever of Canadian store cattle, 
 who were not iminedistely interested in the alleged 
 outbreak, except thnt the said cattle when finished 
 entered into competition with their own native fat 
 stock. Even waiving this Protectionist view, the 
 eviilence of scientists and practical men was not 
 conclusive by any means that the disease wits a con- 
 tasioiis one. and the strong protestations of the 
 Canadian Government, as well as the farmers of 
 Fifeshire and Forfarshire, went for nothing. For- 
 tunately, the scheduling occurs at a time when a 
 minimum of loss and inconvenience may be reckoned 
 upon, and no doubt before the opening of next 
 season Canada will be restored to the position of a 
 free nnd favoured country. 
 
 which had been landed either from the l^fonkseaton 
 or the Hnrona, nnd which had been purchased by 
 Mr Wm. Jforgan. Ardgaith, Carse of Gowrie. were 
 slaughtered, and the Poard of Agriciii'-ure, having 
 now ascertained that the remainder of 'he stock on 
 the farm, nnmberina; lO."?. had been housed under 
 the same roof, have decided ro have these killed. 
 Of the 103 nnimnls 21 nre Canadians, purchased 
 about three months ago, 40 are home-breds, and the 
 remainder are Irish cattle. Thev are stated to be 
 in pycellent condition. 07 of them being strong 
 healthy bullocks, while the remaining (! are cows. 
 The cattle wore yesterlav valued on behalf of the 
 T'.oard of AiricuUure bv Afr A. Hutche-on, Dundee, 
 and ii- is stated thit the vnloation amounts to about 
 €2000. Th ■ work of slaughtering this large herd 
 will be commenced to-dav. 
 
 FORFARSHIRE. 
 
 WHOLESALE 
 
 slatvtHter in the 
 
 CARSE. 
 
 As indicated in yesterday's Couviir, the Board 
 of .Airriculture have now taken a fuitlirr str^ in 
 connection with the plenro srare. The animals 
 landed by the 1'urona nnd the INIonkseaton have 
 now nil been slanglitered, nnd it was c(uisidered 
 that the matter, so far as slaughteriuL' was con- 
 cerned, was nt an end. At the same time it was 
 known thnt. in ordinary circumstances, many other 
 cattle must have been in cc-ntnet with tho-e 
 forming part of the cargoes of the steamers 
 mentioned, nnd it was considereil liy many 
 t!iat the F.onrd. if they believed they 
 had really detected pleuro. would, in order 
 to preserve their consistency, have dealt witli nil 
 the cattle which had been in contact. Fntil the 
 last day or two, however, there was no move in 
 this direction. About a week ago seven animals 
 
 MR .1. MCOTJ,. SHIFLHILL. 
 IMr .T. Nicoll. of the form of Shieihill. has pur. 
 chased numerous lots of Canadians. Last year he 
 had upwards of .50 Yankees on his farm, nnd during 
 the past season lie lin^ also bnd a goodly number 
 of store animals. In his ojiinion 
 
 CA\Ani.\NS THIUVE ^ITTII nETTF.n 
 
 than Irish cattle, ami the profits to be lieriveil from 
 th m nre at least one-fifth better than that to be 
 secured from Iri-h stores, Resrnrding the pleuro 
 scaie, he firmly believed that up to the present 
 time no pleuro had been nroved to bnve existed 
 amongst Canadians. He dil not think pleuro couhl 
 have even developed in tlie Canadian cow at Park- 
 hill from the time it left .\merica to the time it 
 wns slnughtered ; nnd. ns to the home-bred 
 animal, it couM not, under the circi'mstnnces, hnve 
 been nflfi cted by *lie Cnnndinn cow. The prohibi. 
 tion of the (^anndian cattle trndeby the Board was, 
 in his opinion, very unwarrantable, and the Boanl 
 of .Agriculture should have eone properly into the 
 merits of the case before the restriction was en- 
 forced. It was pretty correctly undeistood Miat it 
 «ns the Fnglish breeders who had be"n at t'le 
 bottom of having the trade Rtopped. Where the 
 restriction continued it would hnve a 
 
 VF.UV r).\M.\OINT, EKl'ECT, 
 and would give the ngrirnlturists in the district 
 considerable inconvenience. Syi'^iking for him-ielf, 
 it would reduce his income con-^idernhly. He had 
 always fiunnl the Canadians to beirin to rest- nnd 
 feed far rpiickei than Irish cattle. He firmly 
 believed that it wiuild be ditticuU for farmers in 
 this country to obtain lean cattle for pasture were 
 the Canadians to be restricted for a lenirthened 
 perioil. The prices for home cattle would also be 
 nnturnlly rnised. Action, he tho iirht, should 
 immediately be taken by Scotti'^h, farmers to 
 
 rETITI(1\ THE r.OVEUNMENT 
 to have the restrictions removed, ns without some 
 pressure beinc bioncht to bear at once sjreat illfl"!- 
 culty would he exppi ienceil weri' tbe matter allowed 
 to staiici for a time Proceedin;;, he said his ojiinioii 
 was that the Board of .Agriculture wanted to «liirk 
 or shelve the question when they lefnsed the T.ocnl 
 .\utliority of l'ifi>shiie a piufion of tbe lun;r 'if the 
 animal said to have been effected nt Parkliill. The 
 fact of their refusing to give n portion of t'le \\\y\" 
 of the cow which wns in cmitnct with the " A'anki e ' 
 led hiin to suspect that the I'oard di.l not wnut to 
 give niiy information beyond what suited them- 
 selves. If the Board prevented inih'peni'ent 
 authorities from examininsthe lung nny)inrtv would 
 come to the conclusion that they were afraid to 
 allow of nn oxaininatiou being made in case of cx« 
 posure. Continuing, Mr Nicoll .said. 
 
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 Prom Dundee Courier of ISth and 14th November, ISSS. 
 
 
 i 'i 
 
 IT SHOWRD OBOSa INSANITY 
 on the part of the officials to tlfstrov all tlip 
 ConflfHans flispoBed of at th" s>1p in Dunflee on fith 
 October. The cattle had been gpreail over n Inrije 
 number of farms, and had come in contact with 
 nnmeroHP homH bred and other animals, but. not- 
 withstandins: that, the Board only slaughtered the 
 Americani", and left all the ho> ip-br«l animals and 
 others untouched, although these had been in 
 contact. That, he thought, was a niece of red- 
 tapeism. When the Konrd of Agriculture suspected 
 any of the animals, what they should have done 
 should have been to isolate the ones affected for n 
 time, until they saw if the dis-ease developed, or 
 else tried a system of inoculation. 
 
 MR J. JOHNSTONK, LEYSHADE. 
 With regard to the alleged plenro disease 
 a»uongst Canadian cattle, Mr John .Tohnstone of 
 Leyshade is also of the general opinion that no case 
 of plenro has ni> to the prcsetit time been proved 
 to exist in any of these animals. His o)niiion \f, 
 however, that the farmers in this country would 
 have been better had they not seen Canadian cattle 
 at all, ns the importation of these animals was verv 
 injurious t > tlie rearers of young stock in this 
 country. ShouM the restriction bu continued, 
 farmers would then be compelled to rear their own 
 stock, and he thought they couM get 
 
 llETTER PRICKS 
 
 for the animals and better quality. For a time the 
 prices of Irish cattle wn\ild undoubtedly eo uji, but 
 as soon as it would pay him the Scottish farmer 
 woulil rear all his own stock. Mr Johnstone, pro- 
 ceeding, said that notwithstanding the opinion he 
 had expressed he thought the Boarf of Agriculture 
 were carrying the matter to too great an extent in 
 the present instance, and he held thnt there should 
 be far more rower left in *he hands of the local 
 authorities. He thought '' ~overnment had been 
 led to their decision in resmutiug the trade owing 
 to the representation made to them by the English 
 rearers of stock. There was no necessity, he be- 
 lieved, for restrictions being made at all. The Board 
 might have tried a 
 
 A SYSTEM OF INOCULATION 
 
 in the present instance. He had plenro some years 
 ago on his farm, and at the time all the animals 
 were inoculated. Some of them had been so much 
 affected liy the disease that they died, but so soon 
 as the inoculation took effect on the rest of the 
 stock no more deaths occurred. Had inoculation 
 been tried by the Board it would not have been 
 half the expense to the country ns the action they 
 had at present taken. 
 
 CAPTAIN CLAYHILLS HENDERSON 
 ON THE QUESTION. 
 
 ATTACK ON THE MEMBER FOR 
 FORFARSHIRE. 
 Captain Clayhills Henderson, chairman of the 
 Dundee District of the Forfar County Connci', 
 speaking at Litf on Saturday evening, made a very 
 spirited statement in reference to what he termed 
 tile indiscriminate and purposele.ss slaughter of 
 between tOOOO and t'SnOO woith of cattle in the 
 county of Forfnr. If tliey read their newspapers, 
 and he fancied tliey did, they would have noticed 
 the utterly meicihss, imliscriminate, and foolish 
 slaughter of cattle which had been inoceeding, 
 to tlie ruination of the tenant faimers of Scot- 
 land, more iinrtirulnrly those of Forfar, Fife, 
 Kincardine, and the neighbouring coujities. whose 
 pride it was to Kend to the London market the best, 
 piime Scotch beef. (Applause.) These men had 
 
 expended a Hfe-long interest, and had applied 
 their brains to producing something in this line, 
 which could not be beat, and which brought in 
 London Id and 2d ner lb. more than anything from 
 other quarters. (Applause.) For some reason 
 which no man could make out, these beasts had 
 been slaughtered with the most ruthless m.inner, 
 and so far as he could conceive, there was only one 
 man responsible for the slaughter in this district, 
 viz., Mr Brown. He was the veterinary expert, 
 who advised the Board of Agriculture ; who 
 advised Mr Oardner, a man in the s-'outh of Eng- 
 land — 400 miles away from them, and who dues 
 not care that for us (here aivincr a snap of his 
 fingers). As against these, they had the evidence 
 of a man 
 
 NOT UNKNOWN TO F.*MR, 
 
 Professor Wallace. lecturer on agriculture and 
 veterinary science in the TTniversity of Edinburgh. 
 That TTniversity, he ventured to say, supplied to 
 the world the very beit men they had in veterinary 
 science. They had also the opinion of Professor 
 Williams, of the Veterinary College, Edinburgh, 
 than wlmm there was not in the world a man 
 better able to give a relinlde opinion as to the 
 diseases nffectiner cattle. ("Hear, hear," and ap- 
 plause.) IMore than that, thev had the evidence of 
 Principal Owen Williams, Eilinburgh, and weie 
 these men, he asked them, to sacrifice their future, 
 and their credit past and prospective ns profes- 
 sional men, by telling them the Board of 
 Agriculture was wrong, and that this was 
 not pleuro if it was? These men were 
 respected and known not only in this country 
 but abroad, wherever veterinary science was prac- 
 tised, and he knew they would not run that risk. 
 He had intimate relations with Professor Williams, 
 as an official of the Hishland and Agricultural 
 Society, and although the Professor had many a 
 time decided against him, he was a man for whom 
 he had the most perfect respect, and in whom he 
 had the most implicit trust. The three men he 
 had mentioned were far far above any word that 
 could be .'■aid against them. Yet they had to 
 submit to the word of one man 400 miles away from 
 them, and who knew nothing about the facts — who 
 declined above everything to let them see one atom 
 of the lung said to have been affected by pleuro. 
 (Applause.) From that thev might judge for 
 themselves. ("Hear, hear," and applause.) 
 
 THE n.W HAD OONK 
 
 when they could have had some one to help them. 
 They might have had a good man. a thorouehly 
 business man. (A Voice— " Barclay. "i " I beg 
 your pardon, sir," said the Captain. The party 
 answered — " We would have been better with 
 Barclay to he]]) us." Proceeding, the Captain 
 advised his interrupter to leave Mr Barclay alone, 
 remarking he was as straight as a die and a business 
 man instead of a carpet hag, bagging bag. (Laugh- 
 ter.) At all events, he continued, there was one 
 thing the Member for Forfarshire — he forgot his 
 name— (laughter) — had not helped them, and. more 
 tlinn that, would not help them, and he could not 
 not helj) them, because he knew nothing about it. 
 (Langhter'anda|)plaiise. ) S'cotlaud wasnowschcduleil 
 and Canada was scheduled, and had they considered 
 what the restriction on the importation of Cana- 
 dian cattle meant? He would tell thorn what it 
 meant. It meant that their tenant farmers could 
 not pay their rent, and he wo\dd toll them this 
 much more, that they, the ploughmen, would have 
 their wages reduced, because their tenant farmers, 
 their employers, would be ground down by an 
 authority knowing nothing about the real issue ; by 
 a man who, siinjily by n s-cratch of the pen — in 
 defiance of the authority uf the greatest experts on 
 
 I 
 
\ appMed 
 thif line, 
 rough b in 
 ;hing from 
 ne reason 
 leasts hftd 
 in manner, 
 s) only one 
 is district, 
 ,ry expert, 
 lire ; who 
 til oF Eiig- 
 wlio <1i'es 
 limp of Ilia 
 ne evidence 
 
 iltiire ami 
 Edinburgli. 
 supplied to 
 1 veterinary 
 ,f Professor 
 Edinburgh, 
 orld a man 
 n ns to the 
 ar," nnd ap- 
 i evidence of 
 I, and wove 
 their future, 
 e fia profea- 
 Board of 
 t this waa 
 men were 
 this country 
 ce was prac- 
 m that risk, 
 sor Williams. 
 Agricultural 
 had many a 
 an for whom 
 I in whom he 
 three men he 
 my word that 
 they had to 
 lies away from 
 he facts— who 
 1 see one atom 
 ted by pleuro. 
 lit judge for 
 ilause. ) 
 
 to help them. 
 
 a thorouehly 
 fty."> "I beg 
 ). The party 
 n better with 
 /. tlie Captain 
 Barclay alone, 
 • and a biisinesa 
 ; bag. (Laugh- 
 tliere waa one 
 -ho forgot his 
 hem, and. more 
 i1 ho could not 
 ithing about it. 
 ^t^ now scheduled 
 I they considered 
 tation of Cana- 
 .11 thom what it 
 nt farmers could 
 
 tell them this 
 men, wouM have 
 r tenant farmers, 
 nd down by an 
 he real isfue ; by 
 
 of the pen— in 
 catest experti on 
 
\ i 
 
From J^undee Courier of 14th November, 1SD.2. 
 
 19 
 
 pleuro-pneumonia— defied .Scotland. It was a 
 wider question than that. It affected tlio whole 
 country, anj the supply of fuud to the woikiny 
 men in their cities, and he could not help regretting 
 having to say that the meinlier for Fortarahire had 
 not suid one word, had not helped them, but had 
 lield his tongue ; and hail kept tne whole of his pro- 
 ceedings in his carpet bag. (Ureat laughter and ap- 
 plause. ) 
 
 THE ALLEGED PLEURO AT 
 AKDGAITH. 
 
 WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF THE STOCK. 
 
 On Saturdaj' forenoon the work of slaughtering 
 the cattle on the farm of Atdgaitli, tenanted by 
 Mr William Morgan, was commenced. Xlie faini 
 18 situated about two milts east of (Jlencarse, and 
 before action was taken by tlie iJoiird of Agriculture 
 no fewer than 110 cattle were housed on tlie stead- 
 ing. Tlie circumstances whicli have led to tliis 
 
 WHOLESALE SLAUOHTEU 
 
 may be briefly summarised. Mr Morgan on the 
 Gth October aLtendud the sale ot the H.iruna and 
 Monkseaton's cargoes at Dundee, and purchased 
 seven bullocks. ihesc were conveyeii to Ardgaith 
 and housed in a byre at the west end of tlie stead- 
 ing along with a number of Canadian purchased 
 some tune previously, and live Irish cattle. South 
 of this, ana separated by a stone wall, is another 
 byre, where six home-bred cows were kept. 
 Adjoining on the east is a cattle court whiuh con- 
 tained 22 Irish animals, and in another laige byre 
 were 20 Canadians and 20 Irish cattle. Tiie 
 remainder ot the stock, numbering 31, wa^ housed 
 in another cattle coutt separated from the large 
 byre by a stone wall. Access could be had to all 
 the byres and cattle courts through doorways in 
 the paititiou walls sepirating the one place from ' 
 the other. Following on the decision ot the iioard 
 of Agriculture to 
 
 KILL ALL THE CANADIANij. 
 
 landed by the steamers Monkseatoii and Hurona, 
 Inspector JJavenport visited Aidgaitli, and made 
 arrangements tor having the seven animals which 
 Mr Morgan purchased slaughteretl. This was 
 carried into effect on Siindaj', Utu is'oveinber, and 
 the lungs of the animals were afterwaids inspected 
 by iVir nonstable, veterinary surgeon, Inchture, and 
 the local inspector for the district. It is stated 
 tliat, with one exception, the lungs of all tlio 
 animals were in a normal conditiun. In one case, 
 however, the lungs had a hard ami knotty appear- 
 ance, and they were in consequence deapaiciied to 
 London, it has now been declared ijy the Board of 
 Agriculture tliat the animal in question 
 
 HAU BEEN .SLKFElllNG FROJI TLKUIiO. 
 
 In consequence of this intimation was received that 
 as the remainder of tlie stock, to the number of 103, 
 had been in contact they would have ti> be slaugh- 
 tered. Un ."5atur<lay nioriiiiig Hve butciiers Iroin 
 Dundee arrived ,it the farm to overtake the work. 
 The slaughtering was begun about ten o'clock in the 
 forenoon 111 a straw barn, tlie Canadians being dis- 
 patched first. 'Ihe 
 
 GKLKSOME WORK 
 
 was carried on without intermission until Sunday 
 morning, and by that time between forty and fifty 
 
 animals had been killed and dressed. The carcases 
 were hung from the beams in the shed, and in 
 every case the lungs were allowed to remain in the 
 animals. The butchers who slaughtered the cattle 
 remarked on their fine, healthy appearance, antl 
 asserted that there was no sign of disease in any of 
 the carcases. It is expected that the whole of the 
 stock will be kiUeil liy to-night. Yesterday In- 
 spector (joidon and JNlr Constable, the local in- 
 sjiector, visited the farm and examined the carcases, 
 previous to their being despatched to the dead meat 
 markets. -With regard to tlie alleged case of pleuro, 
 the grieve and cattleman on the farm state tiiat all 
 the animals appeared to have been in excellent con- 
 dition, and ate their food well. jS'ot one of them, 
 in their opinion, showed any symptoms of illness. 
 
 Mli STEWART LINDSA1>:'S OPINION. 
 
 Speaking on Friday night in tlie Good Templar 
 Hall, Kuric'inuir, as candidate for the Forlar 
 County Council, Mr .Stewart Lhidsay spoke, amon;; 
 otiier subjects, on the pleuro scare. He was of 
 opinion that the action ot the Uovernment was pre- 
 cqjitate and ill-advised, and that the indiscriminate 
 slaughter of cattle at the expense of the Exchequer 
 was unnecessaiy. At the conclusion Mr Kout;h, 
 Longbank, moved that Mr Lindsay was a lit and 
 proper peison to represent the Divisio.i in the 
 County Council. Mr Edwards, Kinnordy, seconded, 
 and tne motion was agreed to. A large number of 
 names weie enrolled as members of Committee. 
 
 MORE BLUNDERING BY MR GAUDNER. 
 
 The Edinburgh Kvcniwj Diapatcli of Saturday 
 agiiin condemns the Board of Agriculture for th 
 policy it has followed in prohibiting the free Ian i- 
 mg of Canadian cattle. Mr Heibert (iardiiei, in 
 his new role of " Scottish Representative on the 
 liv.-rd of Agriculture," has taken another oppor- 
 tunity of flouting Scottisli sentiment and leeling in 
 a most extraordinary way. A Sub-Uomiiiissioiier 
 on Labour had to be appointed for Scotland in room 
 of Mr G. R. Gillespie, who died a few weeks ago. 
 Seeing that Scotsmen have long led the \an in 
 agricultuial progress, a prominent Scottish ag ricul- 
 turist, intiniately acquainted with agricultural 
 altaiis in Scothuid, .slioiild unquestionably have 
 been a]ipointed to the post, and iiotiiing less than 
 that would satisfy Scolsinuu on the suhject. But 
 instead of this, tuis Scottish iiepres -ntative on tue 
 Board of Agriculture has selected fur the post a Mr 
 K. H. I'riugle, a crossbred liislunau, who knows 
 nothing whatever of Scottish alfairs. This appoint 
 nient may be a sop to the Irish Cerberus, but it is 
 a gross insult to the agricultural intelligence ot 
 Scotland. 
 
 ENGLISH FAR.MERS DEMAND I'ROTECTION. 
 
 One of the largest and most reine.-entalivu 
 gatherings of fanners that ever a-seliilUed in North 
 Aottiiigliainslure took place at Keitord on .'-liitui- 
 day, wiien it w;is resolved that "our hscal arrange- 
 ments and system of tree imports are detriineiiial 
 to the agricultural interests of this eountiy, and 
 that an asiuciation of landowners, farineis, and 
 labourers be formed to urge an alteration." Dole 
 gates weie appointed to attend the conference in 
 huiidon next month.