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hogs from cholera. Granger: Cattle, mules, and horses have increased constantly since 
the war. Sheep have decreased, as many have been driven to Kentucky and Virginia ; 
though some of choice breeds have been introduced. Hamilion : No deaths from the 
epizooty where stock has been cared for. Sheep healthy. Some cholera among the 
hogs. Robertson: The farmers have a surplus of every kind of stock except sheep. 
Stewart: Elorses and mules have steadily increased since the war. Oxen and other 
cattle have’ also increased in number, so that a great many farmers have more than 
they can take good care of. Not much hog cholera here the last twelve months. A 
good crop of corn the last two years has caused hogs to increase in numbers. There is 
but one man in the county of much means who tries to make a profit on sheep. Mr: 
James Woods, jr., has some 600 or 700, employs an English shepherd, puts up his wool 
in good order, and gets the best price. Others engaged in farming have a few sheep, 
but do not make that a specialty. Obion : Nearly all the horses affected by the epi- 
zooty, but none have died. Davidson: Stock looks well, but feed is becoming scarce. 
Giles : Increased attention would be given to the growing of sheep could we get rid 
of the worthless curs. No disease among cattle, hogs, or sheep. The epizooty mild 
among horses, but very fatal among jacks. A disposition among all classes to improve 
their stock of every kind; to cultivate less land, and to make one acre produce what 
two have formerly. Jentress: Mules, cattle, and sheep in better demand, and the sur- 
plus stock marketed. Numbers of breeding animals increasing. Lauderdale: Horses 
and mules nearly all affected with the epizooty; but few have died, and they were 
worked or unduly exposed. Some cholera among hogs has reduced the stock almost 
half. Cattle are doing well considering the hard winter. Morgan: Horses slightly 
affected with the epizooty ; all other stock in healthy condition. 
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Jefferson: Only five or six of the horses attacked by the epizooty have died. 
Good nursing, and the smallest amount of medicine possible, (in ordinary 
cases none at all,) has proved the most effective mode of treatment. But few 
mules have been attacked by it; they appear to be less liable to the disease than their 
equine relatives. I do not think that any mules are being raised in this county. Cattle 
and sheep have gone into wiuter-quarters in fair condition—rather better than usnal. 
An unusual number of sheep have been killed by dogs during the year. Braxton: The 
epizooty has come over our county like the falling of the dew. As yet but two deaths 
from it have been reported. The disease seems to be comparatively mild. This, I think, 
is owing to the elevation of the country, pure air, and sparse population. Beyond care, 
kind treatment, and good feeding, there has been but little application of medicine. 
Assafetida, with a little rosin powdered and sprinkled freely in their feed, has served to 
mitigate the cough. Fayette: Not many sheep have been killed by dogs, but a good 
many have been by wild animals. Jtandolph: The epizooty is prevailing among horses 
to a considerable extent, but does not often prove fatal. The people are affected with 
something similar, which I believe to be the same disease. Some few cattle are dying 
with the black leg. Monongalia: I cannot tell the number of sheep killed in the 
county by dogs, but would say that the sheep business has been almost abandoned 
on account of the great loss by dogs. Kanawha: In several places in the county we 
have had considerable loss in hogs by the cholera, Some have lost as many as 
twenty-six good killing hogs. The disease was not general, ‘but confined to spots 
or places. Sometimes it would skip over five or ten miles, then confine its deadly 
influence within a space of two or three miles in circumference, and then pass over 
large districts to some other spot. We have also had something of the prevalent 
horse-disease, though it has been fatal in only a very few cases. Cabell: The horse- 
disease is now raging in the county. So far the deaths have been few in comparison 
with the number sick. The result has been to lessen the value of horses and mules. 
KENTUCKY. 
Butler: Large numbers of sheep have been driven from this county during 
the past year. Horses of a third rate are very abundant; also a small class of 
mules. Jefferson: The horse-disease has passed by and we have lost but few. This is 
owing to the care of owners, who have prevented the using of them during their 
illness. Laurel: The epizooty in a mild form has been very general among horses in 
the county. Very few cases have proved fatal. Warren: The number of sheep. killed 
by dogs in 1871, 1,193; value, $3,445. The number in 1872, 801; value, $2,181. These 
statements are taken from the assessor’s books for each year. The number of horses 
and mules in the county is greater than usual this season, since but few ship 
ments have been made. The owners are holding them for the spring market, calen- 
lating that the prices will then be more favorable. Anderson: The winter, up to this 
time, has been remarkably cold and dry; so much so that stock in some parts of the 
county is suffering for water. The epizooty has been general in the county, among 
