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shown itself here in a milder form than usual, or else the newspapers have made an 
unnecessary ado about it in the East; although perhaps every horse in the county has 
been affected, the fatality has amounted to almost nothing. Fayette: Sheep have not 
been destroyed to the same extent asin former years. Jranklin: A large number of 
our most valuable cattle and sheep have been bought up and driven off. This reduces 
the average price per head, and makes lambs average higher than old sheep. White: 
We have had the epizooty all over the county; but it has nearly disappeared, with 
but trifling loss. 
WISCONSIN. 
Dodge: The epizooty has been -prevalent, though few cases have proved fatal. 
Juneau: Horse-disease in full blast throughout the county; a number of cases have 
proved fatal; great success has attended the following treatment: when first taken 
give a half pound of common ginger in four quarts of bran once per day for two 
days; all horses fed in this way get over the epizooty in one week. Portage: Ninety 
per cent. of the horses in this county have had the epizooty; not more than ten have 
died ; good treatment without medicine has proved the best remedy. Green Lake: Work- 
ing oxen sold for high prices for a short time, but with the disappearance of the horse- 
disease cattle fell back to their old position; butter and cheese are low in the market, 
which makes cows slow in sale and dull in price; sheep are doing better; hogs are the 
most unprofitable animals on the farm, as pork sells now at $4 per hundred pounds. 
ftichland: Very cold during the last month; the thermometer has indicated 37° below 
zero; it has been very hard on stock, as the farmers have not got their sheds fixed up 
for them ; pork, $3.75 per one hundred pounds ; beef, about $2.50 live weight ; red wheat, 
$1.22; white, $1.32; rye, 60 cents; and corn 30 cents per bushel. Calumet: About one- 
third of our cattle are of improved blood; they bring a better price by one-third than 
those of common breeds; the same is true of the improved breed (Cotswold) of sheep; 
according to the assessor’s table there are in the county 3,099 horses, 55 mules, 10,467 
cattle, 9,906 sheep, and 6,671 hogs. Jackson: Durhams, when over half-blood, bring 
fully double price, either for beef or stock. ‘The same is true of South Down or Cots- 
wold sheep. Money matters worse than in 1860. Adams: Beeves are worth about 3 cents 
per pound live weight. 
MINNESOTA. 
Blue Earth: Horses all sick; not more than 1 per cent. of the cases fatal. 
Cattle are not wintering very well. Faribault: The epizooty prevails; few if any 
horses escape it. Those horses and colts which are allowed to range the fields dur- 
ing the day and are stabled nights have the disease lighter and do better than those 
which are stabled all the time and well cared for. Not many losses from the disease 
in the county. Murray: The percentage of sheep, cattle, and horses is greater on ac- 
count of the rapidly increasing population; it more than doubled in 1872. Nicollet: 
The epizooty prevails universally, but very few horses die with it, unless they are ex- 
posed or have arelapse. Steele: This county has no superior for stock-raising and 
dairy purposes, and farmers are giving more and more attention to these branches. 
Winona: Good working oxen have advanced 25 per cent. within a short time, on ac- 
count of the horse-disease. Sibley: All cattle have done well the last year; very few 
have died from disease. 
IOWA. 
Powesheik: A great many pigs have died from’ the hog-cholera. Story: The 
prices of horses and mules rule low just now, on account of the epizooty which is 
raging, but with no great fatality. Guthrie: The number of sheep killed by dogs is 
not large. If a dog worries stock of any kind he is generally killed; our law gives 
that privilege. Cholera has thinned the hogs to a considerable extent, and the low 
prices—$2.50 to $3 per hundred—has discouraged many hog-raisers; but there is a 
marked improvement in the breeds. Our horses are having the epizooty very 
lightly ; but few fatal cases. Those running out in pasture seem to do better than 
those kept up. Muscatine: The epizooty has about run its course ; very few cases; 
fatal. Rest, keeping them warm, and good feed seems to be about all the treatment 
required. Horses are plenty and no sale for them. This county being noted for its 
speedy horses, mules are not much in use; yet if true economy were practiced 
there would be many more of them. I am fully convinced that “the best horse 
for all work is the mule.” With a slight inerease in cattle, prices tend down- 
ward; all are doing well. Our winter, until recently, has been dry and cold; onge 
30° below zero ; but by abundance of feed and good shelter, their backs have been 
kept flat. In some sections a scarcity of water causes an increase of care. Milch cows 
are more in demand. Butter and cheese will receive more attention, and cereals less, 
Sheep are very much sought after. Hogs in almost any amount; Poland, China, Ches- 
ter Whites, Berkshire, Cheshire, Suffolk, Essex, and all the varieties of crosses that can 
be thought of. A disease in the northeastern part of the county is causing much 
