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TENNESSEE.— Maury: Much greater than any winter since 13865. Half the lambs 
dropped at this time have died, and 75 per cent. of the ewes have lambed. William- 
son: Ten to one. Sumner: Of cattle, average; of sheep, double; one-third of the 
lambs have died. Macon: Of cattle, average; of sheep, twice as great. Roane and 
Fayette: No losses. Jentress: Losses trifling. Wayne: Fifty per cent. less. Monroe: 
Less—very small. Henry: Of cattle, average; of sheep, 70 per cent.—killed by dogs. 
WEST VirGinra.—Morgan : Fifty per cent. greater. Mercer: Of cattle, 40 per cent. 
less; of sheep, 20 per cent. less. Jefferson: Of cattle, 10 per cent. greater; of sheep, 
12 per cent. greater. Harrison: Of cattle, average; of sheep, double. Pleasants: No 
losses this year or last. 
Kentucky.—Anderson: 75 per cent. greater. Grayson: 90 per cent. less. Magoffin: 
15 per cent. less. Groves: 5 per cent. less; the winter the coldest for twenty years, but 
dry. Larue: Of sheep three times as great. 
Missourt.—Marion : Less; feed abundant, and dry winter. Ballinger: 50 per cent. 
less. Shelby: Less than for many years. Linn: 20 per cent. less, owing to the great 
abundance of all kinds of feed. Pemiscot: Of cattle, average; of sheep, less, because 
of the dry winter. Vernon: 5 per cent. greater, partly owing to excessive cold and 
want of water. Carter: No losses. Phelps and Pulaski: 25 per cent. greater. Greene: 
25 per cent. less. 
Inurwois.— De Kalb: Less than ever known. Bureau: 50 per cent. less. Hancock: 
Less, owing to the dry weather. Putnam: Less than for many winters past. Moultrie: 
Less than in any winter for ten years. Monroe, De Witt,and Schuyler: No losses. Car- 
rell: Greater than usual; have suffered for water. Kankakee: 25 per cent. greater. 
Lawrence: 33 per cent. greater. Macon: 35 per cent. less. 
Inpiana.— Warren: Less than in former years. Jtipley: Less than in any previous 
year known. 
Ouro.— Vinton: 20 per cent. less. Adams: 25 per cent. less. Lorain: Never less. 
Noble: Not so great as in other years. Carroll: 30 per cent. greater. Fayette : 20 per 
cent. greater. 
MicHican.—Calhoun : Less than in more open winters. Saint Clair ; 50 per cent. 
less. Montcalm: Of cattle, very few; more sheep than in any winter within five years; 
think it is because they could not get to the ground. 
WISCONSIN.— Walworth: Of cattle, 50 per cent. less; of sheep, 100 per cent. less. 
Douglas, Washington, Green, Marathon, and Outagamie: No losses. Lrown: 10 per cent. 
greater. 
© Minnesora.— Waseca: More than double. Dodge and Freeborn: 100 per cent. greater. 
Nicollet: A little greater, owing to the storm of January 7. Martin: Of cattle, aver- 
age; about one-tenth of the sheep were smothered in the great storm in January. 
Watonwan: A slight loss by the great storm of January 7. Jsanti: 10 per cent. greater, 
owing to hard storms. Brown: Four times as many as in previous winters lost in the 
snow-storm. McLeod: Less than average, except the few that perished in the storm 
ot January 7 and 8& Carver: 90 per cent. less. Steele: Hardly a case of loss*in either. 
Iowsa.—Buchanan: Greater, owing to extreme cold, severe storms, and want of 
shelter; where well sheltered I hear of no loss. Buena Vista: A large number of cattle 
have been lost by being caught in corn-fields in hard storms. Marion: 75 percent. less. 
Floyd: Of cattle, more, as some were buried in the snow. Howard: Of cattle, greater; 
quite a number perished in the great storm of January. Jasper: 20 per cent. less. 
Harrison: Almost no loss. Audubon, Lee, Appanoose, Dallas, and Jackson: No losses. 
Allamakee : 20 per cent. greater. 
Kansas.—McPherson : Losses, 25 per cent. last year, 2 per cent. this. Nemeha: No 
loss, better feed, better shelter, and better care the reasons. Riley: Less than usual ; 
corn low, and more of it fed. Linn: 50 per cent. less. Lincoln: Last winter 33 per 
cent. of the cattle died and about 3 per cent. of the sheep; this year no cattle, and not 
half of one per cent. of sheep. Jefferson: 50 per cent. less. Labette : 60 per cent. less. 
Marion: Not 1 to 10 of last winter. Woodson: Of cattle, 60 per cent. less; of sheep, 40 
per cent. less; early dropped lambs (which ought to be avoided) constitute the prin- 
cipal loss of this spring. Lyon: 75 per cent. less. Rice, Chase, and Dickinson: 90 per 
cent. less. Sawnee: 50 per cent. greater, owing to the severe winter and to bad man- 
agement. 4 i 
NEBRASKA.— Madison: No losses except where caught in severe wind and snow- 
storms. Cedar: 90 per cent. less. Otoe: 100 per cent. greater. 
CALIFORNIA.— Sacramento: Less than in any previous winter. Los Angelos: Less 
than for several years. Mendocino: 70 per cent. less. Del Norte: 75 per cent. less. 
Sonoma: 80 per cent. less. Butte: 50 per cent. less. Placer and Almeda: No losses. 
Contra Costa: No losses; range abundant and winter mild. 
Nevapa.—LEsmeralda: Very favorably. 
OrnEGON.—Grant: 25 per cent. less; Yam Hill: 90 per cent. less. 
CoLoRADO TERRITORY.—Weld : 95 per cent. less. Conejos, Huerfano, and Douglas : 
No losses. 
Daxora.—Lincolm : No losses. 
