15! 
for the last ten years.” Warren: “Our farmers are learning that it 
pays to feed and care for their cattle and sheep, and that it does not pay 
to get their stock nearly or quite through the winter, and then let them 
die” Tioga: Thirty per cent. less. In Cecil, Maryland, ‘more lambs 
_ have died, owing to the unusually severe weather.” 
VIRGINIA.—Louisa ; Greater by 25 per cent. Frederick: In sheep, five times greater ; 
in cattle, no greater. James City: Not one-fourth as great. Northampton; Fifteen per 
cent. less. Nansemond: Twenty per cent. greater. Buckingham: Less than for many 
years. Clarke: Little loss in cattle; loss of sheep much greater, fully five to one. 
Henry: Less by one-half. Page: Fifty per cent. less. 
Nortu Carouina.—Cumberland: Less by 50 per cent. Moore: One-tenth of what it 
was last year. Chowan; Twenty per cent. greater. Cherokee: Of cattle, about double ; 
of sheep, average. Stanly: Less than for several years. Yadkin: Less than usual ; 
winter-feed more plenty. 
GEORGIA.—Jackson: Very few losses of cattle; sheep all dead from dogs. Brooks: 
Ninety per cent. less than usual. Murray: Of cattle, 10 per cent. less; of sheep, 20 
per cent. less. MWceDuffee: Twice as great. Pulaski: Twenty per cent. less. Johnson: 
Fifteen per cent. less. Heard: Twenty per cent. greater. White, Laurens, and Butler : 
Ten per cent. greater. = 
FiLoripa.— Madison: Average; winter more severe than the previous, but farmers 
are becoming more careful of their cattle. Hamilton: Ninety per cent. less. Clay: 
Thirty per cent. less. Suwannee: No loss; 35 per cent. less. Wakulla: Twenty per 
cent. less. 
ALABAMA.— Lauderdale: Nearly double. Blownt: Twenty-five per cent. greater. 
Marshall: Of cattle, 450 per cent. greater; of sheep, average. 
Mississipp1.—Lowndes : Losses heavy, owing to scarcity of hay and cold weather. 
Wilkinson: Of cattle, five times as great; of sheep, about the same. Rankin: Twenty- 
five per cent. greater. Madison: ‘Twenty per cent. greater. Newton: Less by 50 per 
cent. Wayne: Fifty per cent. less. Kemper: Average; more attention given them. 
Lovuistsna.—Morchouse : Twenty-five per cent. greater. Richland: Twenty per cent. 
greater. Sranklin: Of cattle, five times as great; of sheep, two and a half times. 
Tangipahoa: Of cattle, 15 per cent. greater; of sheep, 25 per cent. greater. Cameron, 
Avoyelles, and Saint Mary’s: No losses. West Feliciana: No losses except the old or 
very young. 
TExAS.—Cherokee; Of cattle, 10 per cent. less; of sheep, 50 per cent. greater. Burnet; 
Of cattle, 35 per cent. greater; of sheep, average. Collin: Fifty per cent. greater. 
Fort Bend: Twenty per cent. greater. Grimes: Thirty-three per cent. above average. 
Bandera : Loss of cattle immense; no serious loss of sheep. Smith: Twenty-five per 
cent. greater. Atascosa: Of cattle, about one-third this winter ; scarcely any last; of 
sheep, about average. ayette; Of cattle, by starvation, about one-third greater. 
Lavaca: One hundred per cent. greater. Cooke: Of cattle, ten to one; of sheep, aver- 
age. Montgomery: Of cattle, twenty per cent. greater; of sheep, none. Blanco: 
Three or four times as great as common. Palo Pinto: Seventy-five per cent. less. 
Comal: Of cattle, much greater; of sheep, less. Gonzales: Of sheep, decidedly less; 
of cattle, at least 100 per cent. more. In fact, such has been the destruction of cattle 
by the severity of the past winter that the business of stock-raising on the old ranchero 
system may almost be considered a thing of the past. It is not by any means extrav- 
agant to set down the loss of cattle in Gonzales County at 20,000 head. This great 
loss is to be accounted for by the fact that the county has been overstocked until the 
grass has been destroyed, or at least so reduced as to be too short to support the cattle. 
This immense loss has induced many to drive even their stock-cattle in search of a 
market, so that the deerease of cattle from death and sale may safely be put down at 
75 per cent. Hunt: Loss of cattle at least 30 per cent. greater than the previous year, 
owing to the unusual severity of the winter, added to the fact that, by reason of the 
drought of last year, they did not go into winter-quarters in as good condition as usual. 
The losses in sheep of the ordinary breeds are too slight to be estimated ; the losses in 
the better breeds are much heavier. The latter require more attention in wintering. 
Bosque : Much greater than ever known in this county. From the best information I 
can get, at least one-half of all the stock-cattle have died; not from any disease, but 
for want of water and grass. They are in many places still suffering for water; the 
drought has continued so long that it has all dried up in the small tributaries, and in 
many places the cattle are compelled to feed five to six miles from water, all the grass 
having been eaten within that distance. Dallas: Of cattle, at least 25 per cent. greater 
than it ever has been. 
ARKANSAS.—Madison: Less by 50 percent. Sharp: Muchless. Hot Spring: Heavier 
than for the last ten years. Perry: Of cattle, three to one; of sheep, average. Mont- 
gomery : At least three times as large. Independence: Ten per cent. of the cattle and 
hogs have perished, (for want of food and shelter.) 
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