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5 per cent.; Indiana, 6; Illinois, 7; west of the Mississippi, Kansas and 
Nebraska lost but 4 per cent.; the Pacific States, 6 per cent. 
The mortality among lambs was most severe in Missouri—17 per cent. ; 
Caldwell and Vernon Counties reporta loss of 40 per cent. each ; Cass, Doug- 
las, and Daviess, 33 per cent. each, and other counties heavy losses. Mary- 
land averages 16 per cent., the heaviest losses being in Montgomery 
County, 40 per cent. ; in Cecil, 30 per cent., and in Washington, 20 per 
eent. Of the New England States, Maine and Vermont lost 10 per cent. 
each, the other States varying from 7 to 9 per cent.; the Middle States 
range from 7 to 12 per cent.; the South Atlantic States from 8. per cent. 
in Georgia to 16 per cent. in Maryland ; the Gulf States from 7 per cent. 
in Texas to 11 per cent. in Alabama; the interior Southern States from 
9 per cent. in Arkansas to 15 per cent..in Kentucky; the States north 
of the Ohio River from 8 per cent. in Michigan to 13 per cent. in Indi- 
ana; the States west of the Mississippi River from 9 per cent. in Kan- 
sas and Nebraska to 17 per cent. in Missouri; on the Pacific coast Cali- 
. fornia averaged 9 per cent. and Oregon 7 per cent. 
Martne.— York : Farmers are raising all their calves, but few colts. Somerset: Sheep 
have come out well this spring; very few lambs have died. Androscoggin: Cows and 
calves less in number than last year. 
VERMONT.—Franklin : Unusual number of deaths among sheep and lambs; not to 
be attributed to any particular disease, but in most instances to indifference and 
neglect, which generally result from depressed prices and gloomy prospects. All other 
stock wintered well, and in fine condition. 
Massacuusetts.— Middlesex: Cattle came out in excellent condition. Norfolk : 
Cows do not look as well as common; less grain has been fed to them on account of 
the low price of milk. Large numbers of calves are killed less than a week old, so as 
to sell the milk. 
New Jrersky.—Hudson : Cattle wintered well. Sugar-beets found to be an excellent 
feed for. milch-cows. 
PENNSYLVANIA.— Washington: Horses plenty and cheap. Cumberland: Very few 
sheep kept. 
MARYLAND.—Howard: The scarcity of feed brought cows to grass in poor condition. 
Cecil : The unusually cold weather was very fatal to lambs. 
VIRGINIA.—Spottsylvania: Cattle look well; an increase of calves. Madison: Gen- 
erally in good condition. King George: Loss of sheep mainly by dogs; very few by 
disease. Lambs perished during the cold and variable weather of February and 
March. Henrico: Fine condition of cows, owing to fine grass-crop. Washington : 
Cows very poor, but healthy. Calves doing well. Winter very severe on sheep and 
lambs; great loss of lambs. Mecklenburgh: Very fine sheep in this county. Fully one- 
third of the lambs dropped have died. 
SouTH CAROLINA.— York: Cattle look well; cows and calves are fatter than usual 
so early in summer ; there is some disease prevailing among cattle in the western part 
of the county, the character of which I have not learned; a considerable number have 
died; sheep-husbandry will soon be abandoned here; only a few pretend to keep any- 
thing like a flock. Georgetown: Horned cattle are decreasing in numbers rapidly ; 
sheep too few to take account of. 
GEORGIA.—Columbia : Cattle rallying from the severe winter. Heard: Sheep scarce ; 
stock in low condition. 
ALABAMA.—Conecuh : Cows in much better condition than last year, and consequently 
more calves. Autauga: A large number of cattle have died from poverty. Coffee: 
Stock of all kinds come out well. Jefferson: The loss of sheep nearly all by dogs. 
Clay: The everlasting dogs are after our sheep, and hundreds perish annually by this. 
pest; but for them our county is finely adapted to sheep-raising. 
MississipP1.— Holmes : Sheep have suffered from dogs; lambs and stock of all kinds 
from the severity of the winter, the hardest known in the South for many years. 
Attala: The freedmen are keeping a large supply of dogs, and until this matter is 
regulated by law, sheep-raising is at an end here. 
Lourstana.—Terre Bonne: Since the war but few sheep have been produced in this 
county, though it is well adapted to them. Jranklin: Cows considerably below 
average condition, not having fully recovered from the effects of the severe winter. 
Trexas.—Hays: The cows came out of winter on the range very poor, but are now 
rapidly improving. But few sheep in the county; they are doing well. Coryell: Cows 
not in as good condition as last year by 40 percent, Galveston: The annual average 
increase of cattle in Southern Texas is about 25 per cent. 
