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The sore mouth, in Gibson County, Indiana, yielded to a free use of 
alum and salt. An occasional case of peritonitis occurred in Cook 
County, Lllinois. In Winneshiek County, lowa, one farmer lost three 
head by an unknown disease characterized by aimlessly wandering 
through the pasture and resting against fences or trees till the muscles 
would give way. After three days the affected animals died. No other 
eases reported. The above comprise the casualties by all diseases ex- 
cept the Spanish or Texas fever, which is treated under a separate head. 
DISEASES OF SHEEP. 
A few cases of grub in the head are reported in Sagadahoc County, 
Maine. Foot-rot, or scab, or both, occurred in Cheshire, New Hamp- 
shire, and in Orange, Rutland, and Addison, Vermont, and considerable 
dysentery, especially among lambs, in Grand Isle. In Orange County 
the scab was due to a single Canada flock imported. The “lung worm,” 
in Litchfield, Connecticut, closes the list of casualties in New England. 
In New York the foot-rot prevailed in Steuben, Oneida, Wyoming, 
Ontario, Erie, and Wayne, generally to a very small extent. Scab was 
light in Suffolk. Sore mouth and lips were reported in Washington. 
Foot-rot affected half the flocks in Gloucester County, New Jersey, and 
existed in Salem. An unknown disease destroyed 4 or 5 per cent. in 
Cumberland. Scab and foot-rot prevailed in Erie, Lawrence, Beaver, 
and Tioga Counties, Pennsylvania, and pleuro-pneumonia in Bucks; 
losses small. Grub in the head to some extent affected thedflocks of 
Saint Mary’s County, Maryland, while Talbot lost 5 per cent. from scab. 
In Virginia an unknown disease is reported as somewhat troublesome in 
a few counties, such as Nansemond, Page, and Prince William. In 
Halifax and Northumberland a malady, showing symptoms analogous 
to the epizooty in horses, resulted in a few deaths. In Northumberland 
the disease was confined to fat sheep on two farms, many of whom had 
been wintered in a rye-field. Foot-rot prevailed in Jackson, Yancey, 
and Madison Counties, North Carolina, scarcely ever affecting sheep 
‘running in the woods, but general among pastured sheep in winter. In 
Randolph symptoms similar to the epizooty are reported among sheep 
in poor condition; 40 per cent. of the lambs died. Mitchell suffered 
considerably from an unknown disease. Chowan lost 3 per cent. by 
distemper. York District, South Carolina, lost 8 per cent. by-foot-rot. 
In Newberry one-fourth of the grown sheep and most of the lambs were 
lost by influenza. In Murray County, Georgia, foot-rot prevailed to a 
remarkable extent. Within 6 months 20 per cent. of the whole stock 
died, and all were more or less affected. The scours appeared in Wilkes. 
The losses of sheep reported in Florida were confined to one flock in 
Madison County, and amounted to 3 per cent. by foot-rot. No county 
in Alabama reported any sheep disease. In Mississippi the foot-rot 
existed in Pike, Lee, and Hancock Counties; in the latter, it was con- 
fined to the coast, the hill flocks being free. A little scab appeared in 
Madison, and some distemper in Jones. ’ Louisiana reports no diseases. 
The scab affected half the sheep of Kendall County, Texas, and de- 
stroyed one-third of the flocks of Blanco. In Navarro this malady was 
found only in large flocks; Collin lost 5 per cent.; Burleson, Bee, Austin, 
Dallas, Washington, Medina, Galveston, Bandera, and Orange, were 
more or less infected with sheep diseases. These losses, in most cases, 
were the result of neglect and starvation. Scab is reported in Benton 
and Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas, and, in the latter, scab; losses 
small. Campbell County, Tennessee, lost 14 per cent. by rot, which 
