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disease ever troubles a lot of fat sheep. Tama: Good. Corn abundant. Cherokee > 
Above average; better care. Guthrie: Above average. Cheap corn. 
Kansas.—All above average. Labette: Better than ever known in this county. 
Woodson: Much better than usual. Wool will not grow on poor and poorly fed sheep.. 
Our wool-growers have learned this, and are practicing the more profitable method 
of early and continuous feeding. 
WEBRASKA.—Madison: Plenty good enough for mutton. 
CALIFORNIA.— Alameda :* Good. The increase of lambs will be 80 per cent. through-_ 
out the State. Mendocino: Better than ever before. Del Norte: Have no winter- 
quarters; run in the open field and are fat. Stanislaus: Poor, from want of food and 
shelter from the cold winds and storms. San Diego: Suffered, and 20 to 25 per cent. of 
all flocks died for want of pasture. No rains to do any good until February, there 
having been a drought for the last three years. Plumas: Ot 30,000 sheep in this county 
in the summer, not more than 1,000 are wintered here, the rest being driven to the 
lower valleys for winter-grazing. 
OrEGON.— Yam Hill: Excellent; much better than usual. Umatilla: Fine; have 
passed the winter without feed. 
NeEvapa.— Esmeralda: Very good. 
CoLorabo.—Conejos: Good; herded, but never fed. 
DaKkora.—Minnehaha: Fine. Cold, but equable winter. 
Utan.—Sevier ; Excellent. Pasturage excellent. Tooele: Poor and scabby. 
Ipano.—Ada: Better than average. 
Monrana.—Lewis and Clarke: Much better than usual. Winter open and mild. Mis- 
soula: Good. 
New Mexico.—Santa Fé: Fair. 
W ASHINGTON.—FHing : Good. 
LOSSES OF CATTLE AND SHEEP. 
In the following table, counties reporting “no loss,” without referring 
to the previous winter, are placed under the head “ less ;” under the head 
“6 average,” are placed all reported as “ average,” or in terms equivalent, 
whether with or without reference to the previous winter. 
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IMEMITEs: Say nlc lals we ol = alae ay 10 10 0 0 || West Virginia .......-.. 29 10 12 7 
New Hampshire -..--.-.--. 7 5 | 2 0 ||, Mentuclty .---.. .-----.. 39 12 22 5 
MMermouhee pan = <-->: 10 Salas 2 NPMIBSOMUGE << =. om 322 2 - = she 58) 27 23 3 
Massachusetts ...-..-..- 6 (al hea ol. (8 Oemmeors eee 2254 oe 48 25 19 4 
Rhode Island .....-...-. 2 2 | 0 O Wiledtanaios 2. i. 222 51 24 23 4 
Connecticut.....-.-----. 7 Ay 48 O: GOL: 222 bo cesta se ice 2 43 17 19 % 
Me WalWOl kK seemios nana ems = 36 17 17 2 HEME CRICBMS. oso 6 0d eniem on 27 17 8 2 
INOW eCISC¥- ~~ 2-62-25 13 | 6 0 || Wisconsin .......-..--.-. 29 16 11 2 
Pennsylvania......----. 40 29 10 1 || Minnesota’....*....-.-.- 30 11 6 13 
Delaware .....-.--- ee 1 0 1 OPEB Waterss ne ases--- se 58 32 19 7 
Maryland’... ./.-.5-... il 7 | 1 3 || Kansas:.----..---.- «-|) 32 28 2 2 
WATPTREA Socio caicic it 61 32) VAS 11 || Nebraska.........-. sete it 7 3 1 
North Carolina........-. 45 25 14 6 || California. - = 20 13 7 0 
South Carolina. ..-..--.. 10 5 | 2 Seon ssas toes os. 6 5 1 0 
Georgia. -.0s-.2----.---- 47 23) 13 11: || tevadai.7.(.-2---- 2 1 a 0 ‘0 
Woy epee teres =i =. 15 9 | 3 3 || Colorado Territory. --.-. 5 0 t) 0 
Alabamtalec- s-)- =.=). -.- 20 419 7 |} Idaho Territory...-..... 1 1 0 0 
IMGSSISSIp pl cence = - =~ 28 10 10 8 || Dakota Territory. ----.- 5 4 1 0 
TGUIANAee ees sss e = =< - 14 7} 0 7 || Montana Territory --.-.-.. 2 2 0 0 
TEXAS. feoamees seers ss - 51 8} 10 33 || Washington Territory. - 1 1 6 0 
Arkanshe-b ceed = ati spt 20 9 | 3 8 || Utah Territory .......--. 9 3 2 4 
Tennessee ..-..--------- 40 16 12 12 || New Mexico Territory. - 1 1 0 0 
Of the above 995 counties, 178 return a loss greater than in the pre- 
vious winter; 315 average, and 502 less. Grand Isle and Addison 
Counties in Vermont are the only ones out of 42 in New England which 
return a greater loss. The former reports: ‘‘ No loss of cattle; loss of 
sheep double.” The latter: “Loss of cattle, average; of sheep, 
double.” In Pennsylvania, Indiana County reports: “ Less loss than 
