[The secretary for Agriculture (Mr D Martin) has received a report from Baron Von Mueller, the Government botanist,2 stating that the plants taken from the paddock at Pascoevale3 in which several cattle were depasturing when they suddenly died a few days ago were not poisonous, but that animals feeding abundantly on them generally suffered ill effects.]4
Letter not found. The text given here is from Argus, 22 September 1892, p. 5.
M to D. Martin, 17 September 1892.
NW of Melbourne.
It was also suspected that the cause of death may have been anthrax, but the sample taken was too decomposed to allow conclusive diagnosis, although the medical examiner believed it was probably anthrax (Argus, 20 September 1892, p. 5).
Please cite as “FVM-92-09-00a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on