Excerpt from Reports From Commissioners, Inspectors, and Others, Vol. 17 of 27: Agriculture (Board Of), Butter Committee, Forestry; Session 17 February, 1903-14 August, 1903 The appearance of the disease in Great Britain in the year 1865 was no less disastrous. It spread over the country rapidly, and within the short space of six months after its introduction it is computed that as many as cattle were attacked in a week, and two months later the number increased to in the week, of which died. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.