148 ; 
520 are returned as above average, 235 as average, and 160 as below 
average. Out of 40 returns from New England 33 range above 
average and only 2 below—namely, Franklin, Maine, and Cheshire, 
New Hampshire; in the latter the condition is reported “not good, 
owing to poor hay from wet weather.” Grafton, the same State, returns 
‘first rate,” and Hillsborough, ‘never bétter.” The report from Orange, 
Vermont, “looking well, no sudden changes, winter cold and dry,” is a 
specimen for the State. Bristol, Massachusetts, returns “25 per cent. 
above average ;” Kent, “‘extra good ;” New London, Connecticut, “much 
better than ordinary.” The relative condition in the other States and 
the Territories will be evident from the following table of condition in 
counties and from the extracts beneath. As in the table for cattle, coun- 
ties in which the returns were not sufficiently definite to admit of clas- 
sification are omitted: 
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States and Territories.| £2 2 2 é z States and Territories. | 73 = is S, 2 
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BREE ee sl. | 10 9 ? aoe | West Virginia......... | 99")! “go gaa 
New Hampshire ....-.-. | 6 5 ae ees 1 || Beentaeky- .....---22--| 4h: | abs 12] 14 
Mermont.2--72---+-.--- 10 8 1 Pa Bes | oc re eo | 51 30 13 8 
Massachusetts ......--. 7 5 23h eee LUC SS eae 49 | 36 11 2 
Rhode Island .......... 2 74| BEE Se ol jae RGAE aw «ooo ne wlan 51] 35 10 6 
Connecticut...--.....--- | 3) 4 Uy See OL Thos ae el 42 | 28 10 t 
IN BWeVOLke © furs. cseeke 34 17 13 | 4 || Michigan -...-.... Peaer| 26) 18 6 2 
New, Jersey.------..--- 11 UR eran Hs Se IWasCONEIN =... <2 +. - =~ | 29 23 4 6 
Pennsylvania ........-. 33 23 9| 1 || Minnesota ........---..| 30 19 7 4 
Delaware ..-...--.----- Teac) Recs 1 Ween an cane nanos. | 51 40 10 1 
Maryland ....:..-.-.-.. 9 2 5ii| DEI peewee cones mmr |G tebe 10 Seen 2t 
AVAU PIS asa 2s cies = 57 26 22 | 9 || GNebraska J... .s21.--.| 10 a 34/238 
North Carolina ........ AGS 15 | U7 5 19) | ieitommee ets. 22. | 17 |i dd Pe 
South Carotina......... 7 2 2 | 3. |WAIBBR ON ~ isan cts coc == | 6 Gy laaapee te 
CRG « 5a ee eee 34 14 9 11 ||) Weyada--2--.-.------*- | 1| Hel eee sc side 
LOCC 6 ee a 11 5 5 1 || Colorado Territory. --. | 5} a1 eae é 
JAE TCTs eee | 22 9 9 6 || Dakota Territory.--.-- Aes 1G eee 
Mississippi .-.... .....- 22 8 6 8 || Montana Territory .... 2 | 2) begin Sa 
WOHINIANG.-=.--.-.--=-- 1S] 7 1 5 | Washington Territory. th | ps ey < 
PROMAR oem cels- seve ae 44 17 13 | 14 || Utah Territory --.----- CD beac: 2 4 
Arkansas .......------- 18 9 3 || New Mexico Territory. Lh) aoeee asco 
PRERHESSEO)-'5- 2-2-2 5-- 38 12 9 17 || Idaho Territory. -...... 1 1 eseee at 
NEw York.—Chemung: Good; less hay and more grain. Washington: Thin; light 
fleeces ; long, hard winter. 
NEw JERSEY.— Warren : Look better than for many years. 
PENNSYLVANIA.— Cumberland : Better than formany years. Bucks: Very good; less 
hay and more grain. Indiana: Have done well. The yield of lambs is wonderful, but 
a hard spring for raising them. Union: Poor. 
DELAWARE.—Sussex: Ten per cent. below average. 
MaRYLAND.— Queen Anne: Looking very well; specially cared for. 
ViIRGINIA.— Madison: Good; the result of increased attention. Grayson: Have win- 
tered better than usual, owing to considerable progress in the improvement of breeds; 
there is a marked contrast between the improvement of flocks now and one or two 
years ago. Fauquier: Have suffered more than other stock, but where properly shel- 
tered and cared for but few losses. Botetourt: Have been injured bythe dreadful cold. 
Greenville: Good; with a run on pasture all winter. 
NortH Carorrma.—Tyrrel: Strong and healthy. Chowan: Bad, owing to the ex- 
treme cold and wet winter. 
SouTH CaroLina.—Lexington: Rather poor; where properly sheltered and fed they 
look well. 
GEorGIA.— Wilkes : Better than usual because better cared for. Dooly ; Splendid ; 
never knewn to be better. Laurens: Reduced; winter unprecedentedly cold. Cobb: 
Have suffered for food and shelter. White: Poor; cold, wet, and no shelter. Liberty ; 
All not killed by dogs remarkably good. Milton: Average, what few the dogs have 
left. Jackson: All killed by dogs. Oglethorpe: My flock issmall, but they are healthy 
and fat. I do not lose any, but take the precaution to shoot every dog I find among 
them. After notice of this I hardly ever see a dog, that the owner cares anything 
