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also prevailed, though to a less extent, in Hickman, Loudon, Gibson, 
Bedford, Meigs, Fentress, and Hancock. In Hamilton County, one 
farmer lost nine-tenths of his lambs by scours, which he attributed to 
too close breeding. In Sumner, corn-fed sheep, kept within narrow 
range, lost severely. Foot-rot appeared in Cabell, Mercer, Randolph, 
and Pocahontas Counties, West Virginia. In the last-named county, 
the disease was successfully treated by paring the hoof and applying 
deliquescent chloride of zinc. In Marion County, Kentucky, 25 per 
cent. died of catarrh. The scours appeared in Larue; the blind-staggers 
in Ohio; and a little rot in Jackson, Adair, and Owsley Counties. 
‘ In Ohio foot-rot appeared in Logan, Medina, Madison, Champaign, 
Erie, Wyandot, Crawford, Geauga, Delaware, Mahoning, Perry, and 
Lorain Counties, the loss being generally small. The scab is reported 
in Madison, and Stark lost 5 per cent. from grub in the head. Perry 
lost 2 per cent. ‘from ‘“‘ paper-skin ” or “ pale-skin,” and epizootic-influ- 
enza. ‘The latter appeared also in Marion. In Washtenaw County, 
Michigan, were a few cases of foot-rot, and, in Tuscola, of pnuemonia. 
In Crawford County, Indiana, the grub in the head was somewhat 
troublesome ; the catarrh in Ohio County; and sore mouth and throat 
in Martin. In Illinois, scab or foot-rot prevailed in a few counties, © 
viz, Moultrie, Vermillion, Carroll, Cass, Lawrence, Wayne, Clinton, 
Pike, and Washington. In Lawrence the malady was general, worse 
than for fifteen years. In Clinton, these diseases appear to have 
been confined mostly to imported fine wool sheep. <A decoction 
of tobacco was found of excellent application in scab, while foot-rot 
generally yielded to dry pastures and vitriol. In Walmoth County, 
Wisconsin, a few cases of scab and foot-rot appeared in the lowiands. 
In Greene, a wash of blue vitriol was found a good remedy for the 
latter. A few died of grub in the head in Fond da Lac, and some of 
epizootic-influenza in Dunn. 
In Minnesota scab or foot-rot destroyed 5 per cent. in Washington 
County. Scab affected one-third of the sheep in Marion County, Iowa, 
and one-half in Madison. It also appeared in Cass, Jefferson, Union, 
and Wayne. In Marion 2 per cent. were affected with foot-rot. Some 
distemper also appeared in Iowa County. In Missouri scab is reported 
in Caldwell, DeKalb, Johnson, Moniteau, Newton, Ozark, Vernon, and 
Ralls Counties. In Vernon it affected half the sheep. In Callaway it 
caused a loss estimated at $800. Greene and Vernon report grub in the 
head. In the latter the loss amounted to 12 percent. Iron County had 
“some cases of murrain or dry-rot. In Linn County, Kansas, afew sheep 
were affected with grub in the head, and a few had the scab. The lat- 
ter was developed in Chase County in an imported flock. It also ap- 
peared in Wilson and Woodson Counties, mostly in coarse wooled flocks. 
Some distemper is reported in Brown. Nebraska reports no sheep dis- 
eases. 
In El Paso County, Colorado, scab was introduced by the importation 
of diseased sheep from the States, which were purchased on account of 
their cheapness. The disease extended to flocks previously unaffected. 
It also appeared in Weber, Toole, Rich, and Cache Counties, Utah. In 
Davis some flocks were atfected to the extent of 15 per cent. with an 
undescribed disease; very few recovering. The marked symptoms of 
the malady were dullness of eyes and a peculiar shaking of the head; 
death usually supervened the second day. <A little scab also appeared 
in Santa Fé County, New Mexico. A mild form of the scab was also 
observed in Ada County, Idaho. 
On the Pacific coast the scab appeared in King County, Washington. 
