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July, and continued until the frost, when it ceased. It spread very rapidly. and num- 
bered’ its victims upon every farm. The extremely dry weather that prevailed led 
many to suppose that it was caused by the inhalation of dry dust, or famishing for 
‘want of water. The symptoms were: first, a dry cough, running at the nose, constipa- 
tion of the bowels, and a general prostration of the whole system. A reeling, straggling 
walk, with loss of flesh, though the appetite continued good, usually denoted its ap- 
proach; a cough was also present. Some treated for disease of the liver or kidneys, 
but without success. All efforts at treatment or staying the progress of the disease 
were futile. In my own experience | found a diet of warm kitchen-slops, with bran 
and salt, afforded the greatest amount of temporary relief. Before death a slight 
purging usually took place, with froth or foaming at the mouth. The duration of the 
disease, from its invasion to its fatal termination, was usually from a week to ten days. 
About 33 per cent. of the hogs of this county died from this disease. In its general 
features it resembled more particularly the “ epizooty” of the horse than “ hog cholera,” 
and might have been so called if the “horse disease” had then been known. 
In Putnam County, West Virginia, some neighborhoods lost 75 per 
cent. from cholera; Boone averaged 25 per cent., generally the best 
hdgs; Graves 20 per cent.; Kenton, Johnson, Butler, Mason, and Ka- 
nawha, 10 per cent. each; the loss was light in Cabell, Jackson, and 
Hardin. Some quinsy was reported in Pendleton. In Morgan a few 
cases of “blue sickness” yielded to alum dissolved in meal-slops, two 
or three doses being sufficient in the earlier stages. The aggregate loss 
was heavy in several counties of Kentucky ; Christian and Ohio, 25 per 
cent. each; Spencer and Graves 20 per cent. each; Johnson, Daviess, 
Kenton, Warren, Butler, and Rockcastle, 20 per cent. each; smaller 
losses were felt in Clarke, Shelby, Jefferson, Jackson, Lewis, McLean, 
Trimble, Anderson, Boone, Breckinridge, Lane, Lincoln, Livingston, 
Carroll, Hopkins, Oldham, Russell, Magoffin, and Adair. In Grayson 
one-third of the cases were fatal. In Nicholas disease was confined to 
distillery-hogs. In Metcalfe the mange was unusually severe. Quinsy 
and measles are incidentally mentioned in one or two cases. 
North of the Ohio River, hogs appear to have, been comparatively 
healthy. Jefferson County, Ohio, reports a loss of 2 per cent., while 
traces of disease are found in a few other counties. In Michigan and 
Wisconsin every county reports no prevailing malady. Indiana and 
Illinois, however, are less fortunate. In the former State Johnson 
County lost 75 per cent.; Morgan, 33 per cent.; Gibson, 30 per cent., 
with a declining interest in hog-raising; Warrick and Owen, 10 per 
cent. each; Grant, Perry, Decatur, Huntington, Warren, Dearborn, 
Carroll, Cass, Howard, Clinton, Parke, Clay, Hamilton, Posey, Martin, 
Tipton, and Newton, smaller losses, sometimes trifling in extent. An 
eccasional case of thumps varies the record. In Wabash County, Ili- 
nois, 75 per cent. of the young hogs died. In Pope County the loss from 
all causes was 30 per cent.; Pulaski and Clinton, 25 per cent. each ; Mason, 
Franklin, and Putnam, 20 per cent. each; Pike and White, 10 per cent. 
each; smaller losses in Vermillion, Morgan, De Kalb, Schuyler, Carroll, 
Grundy, Montgomery, Hancock, Sangamon, Wayne, and McLean. In 
Franklin County many of the best-fed hogs died of a new and unknown 
disease, commencing with weakness in the hind legs, which the animal 
dragged after him, from twelve to twenty-four hours, and then died, the 
carcass assuming avery dark color. In Macon County disease appeared 
to run in droves; one man got rid of it by selling out his stock and re- 
purchasing. The influenza, analogous to epizooty, appeared in Putnam 
and Saint Clair Counties. 
In Washington County, Minnesota, there was a loss of 7 per cent., no 
other county in the State reporting any casualties. The different forms 
of disease were more virulent in Iowa, Adair County losing 30 per cent. ; 
Tama, 25 per cent.; Polk, 20 per cent.; Mahaska, 15 per cent.; Louisa, 
and Fremont, 10 per cent. each; Ringgold, Iowa, Marion, Clinton, Cass, 
