Tahiti Cattle Herd Wiped
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From Our Own Correspondent
Papeete, Dec. 1.
THE fine herd of pure-blood dairy cattle which Mr. Lewis Hirshon established in Tahiti from 40 head of pure-bred cows imported from Sir Maynard Hedstrom’s dairy herd in Fiji, became badly affected by the disease called contagious abortion, and Mr. Hir shon has been compelled to destroy the whole herd. As there is no man of veter inary skill in Tahiti, it was not possible to control or prevent the disease. The Governor is now taking action, however, to prevent a recurrence of this trouble.
Mr. Hirshon intends to reconstitute his herd from Sir Maynard Hedstrom’s herd, as before, and the latter has undertaken to supply him with high-grade cows.
There is no indication of how this deadly disease was introduced to Tahiti.