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county two fine stallions, one a thoroughbred, sired by Lexington, imported from Ken- 
tucky, and valued at $1,500; the other a four-year old colt, Morgan on the one side and 
supposed to be Hambletonian on the other, valued at $2,500. No disease among horses in 
the county. Lane: The sheep interest has declined somewhat within the last two years. 
Clatsop: The fall and winter, so far, have been very favorable for stock; no feeding 
done yet, (December 21.) Prices of live stock about the same as last year; grain and 
vegetables some lower. Benton: All kinds of stock doing well; prices of stock have 
declined from 10 to 20 per cent. since last spring. Multnomah: Stock of all kinds in 
good condition; feed plenty. No disease among the cattle, sheep, or hogs, and no 
epizooty among horses. Douglas: Neat stock of all kinds, except working oxen, (of 
which there are not more than 6 or 8 teams in the county,) are increasing in numbers, 
but not in value as compared with last year. Sheep are some higher than last year 
and in active demand. In one of the smallest precincts 200 sheep were killed by dogs ; 
so many dogs are a curse to wool-growing. Hogs are on the decrease; farmers get rid 
of them as they go into wool-growing. Tillamook: Sheep have done well the past 
year. Dogs do not kill our sheep; we keep a good many hounds to run the panthers 
and wolves; if we had no dogs we should very soon have no sheep. Marion: There is 
no perceptible desire to extend the breeding of horses for profit ; cattle and sheep re- 
ceive much more attention. The prices of cattle generally are declining by reason of 
large numbers being brought into the State from Texas. Attention is now turned more 
to sheep than to any other stock, and prices are stiffening in consequence. Stock is 
generally looking extra well for the season. 
COLORADO. 
El Paso: Stock doing exceedingly well; game plenty, especially the buffalo. The 
absence of the raven and magpie a remarkable feature of the winter.* Weld: About 
one-tenth of the cattle in this county are from Texas. Douglas: All stock in good 
condition; fat cattle and sheep taken constantly from the range by the butchers. 
UTAH. 
Beaver: Sheep being kept on the public domain without shelter; many of the 
spring lambs die during the cold storms—about 10 per cent. of the whole number. 
Kane: Horned cattle are raised mostly for the beef-market in the mines, and having 
had good ranges both for summer and winter, they have paid extremely well. Sheep 
have done well; heavy fleeces and well fattened on the range. Hogs are not allowed 
to run at large in this county, but there are some as fine varieties here as can be found 
in the Territory. 
DAKOTA. 
Lincoln: There seems a disposition among farmers to sell their cattle and pay more 
attention to hogs. This is on account of the herd law, which compels us to herd cattle 
the whole year. 
ARIZONA. 
Yuma : All stock are in fine condition. 
MONTANA. 
Lewis and Clarke: For the first time in the history of Montana Territory beef-cattle 
are being driven to the line of railroad in Utah for market. 
IDAHO. 
Nez Perces : Only hear of one flock of sheep in the county. Horses have been doing 
pretty well without any feed; cattle not so well. 
NEW MEXICO. 
Mora : Heretotore mules have not been an item of production in this county, but 
Mr. Enoch Tipton, an enterprising farmer, is now turning his attention extensively to 
the raising of them. 
WASHINGTON. 
Thurston: Hogs are exported in large quantities to Victoria, British Columbia, and 
dressed beef, mutton, and salt meats to milling towns. 
EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS. 
Seneca County, New York.—In the fall of 1869 I purchased three barrels (about 700 
pounds) of Crosdale’s superphosphate, at the rate of $60 per ton. This I applied to 
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