I would not be well away from one Steading, when a messenger would meet me with intelligence of some disaster at the other.
"Cattle and Cattle-breeders"
William M'Combie
Pleuro-pneumonia is not so infectious as foot-and-mouth disease, but if it get into a farm-Steading it is most difficult to get clear of.
"Cattle and Cattle-breeders"
William M'Combie
I came straight home and handled the first beast opposite the door in one of my own byres; in three days he was seized with the complaint; and in two or three days thereafter nearly every beast through the Steading was down with it.
"Cattle and Cattle-breeders"
William M'Combie