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Uran.—Tooele: 100 per cent. greater; all the early lambs died, also most of the oldest 
ewes; the cattle did not fare better; several made high wages by skinning dead cattle 
on the range. San Pete and Davis: 10 per cent. greater. Weber: Less. Rich: Very 
fuvorably ; but few losses. 
MontTana.—Lewis and Clarke : No losses. 
IpaHo.—Ada: Losses merely nominal. 
WASHINGTON.—King : Hardly any loss. 
New Mexico.—Santa Fé: Little or no loss. 
DISEASES OF FARM ANIMALS. 
With the exception of the epizootic influenza, popularly known as 
the epizooty, which affected horses during the year past, farm animals 
of all kinds enjoyed a remarkable immunity from disease during 1872. 
The experience of former years was fruitful in many localities in the 
increased care and better provision for the wants of live stock, yet in 
many portions of our country much of this practical humanity is yet 
to be learned. A very large proportion of the few diseases of cattle, 
sheep, and hogs reported by our correspondents is attributed to lack of 
shelter, food, and cleanliness, while the loss of horses was considerably 
enhanced by neglect or ill-treatment, especially in compelling animals 
to perform labor while in a debilitated condition. Below will be found 
a brief generalization of the important facts in regard to each class of 
farm animals, as detailed by our correspondents. 
DISEASES OF HORSES. 
With the exception of the sudden and severe eruption of epizootic 
influenza, which swept across the Union during the last fall and winter, 
the last pulsations of which are now felt upon the Pacific coast, horses, 
during 1872, were remarkably exempt from disease. This prevailing 
malady, commonly called the epizooty, seems to have absorbed all ordi- 
nary horse ailments. A few counties rather dubiously report other 
diseases, but it is difficult to ascertain how far these were modifications 
or results of the epizooty. The latter, with its various developments, 
constitutes almost exclusively the record of horse diseases in the United 
States during 1872. It first attracted general notice, through the news- 
papers, about the last of September, and was represented as having 
invaded the United States from Canada, where it had prevailed for 
some time previous. ‘Our reports, however, show an earlier date of 
attack at isolated points in this country. The earliest visitation—about 
the last of August—appears to have been in Mercer County, on the 
western border of Pennsylvania, the third county in southward succes- 
sion from Lake Erie. It appeared a little later—September 1—in Hills- 
borough and Merrimack, two of the most southern counties of New 
Hampshire. Our correspondent in Forsythe, one of the mountainous 
counties of North Carolina, assigns September 5 as the date of its out- 
break in that locality. About the middle of September it was noticed 
simultaneously in Cape May and Hunterdon Counties, New Jersey; 
Northampton and McKean Counties, Pennsylvania; Cecil and Talbot 
Counties on the eastern shore of Maryland; Madison, Greenville, Rap- 
pahannock and Prince George Counties, Virginia; Moultrie County, 
Illinois; Breckinridge County, Kentucky, and Mineral County, West 
Virginia. Cape May is the most southerly county in New Jersey ; it is 
remarkable, in this connection, that the disease was not noticed in At- 
