"quarter-evil" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1901, H. Watkins-Pitchford, “Quarter-evil Vaccine”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 1, page 1:",
          "text": "The increased demand for this preparation within the last few weeks tends to show the intimate connection between the disease quarter-evil and rainfall.",
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        "symptomatic anthrax, blackleg"
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