160 



It will be seen by the above table that in 1,111 specific returns for 

 catle, only 198 report losses exceeding those of 1874 j and in 1,050 spe- 

 cific returns for sheep, but 159 are greater. 



In New England the percent, of losses, compared with the previous 

 winter, ranges from 5 to 75 less, except that New London, Connecticut, 

 reports the loss of sheep 10 per cent, greater, while that of cattle was 10 

 per cent. less. Vv^hile there is no return of greater loss from New York, 

 Steuben returns 20 per cent., Monroe and Washington 25, aud Ontario, 

 Saratoga, and Warren 50 less. In Wyoming, Pennsylvania, the losses 

 were less than ever known ; in Northampton and York, none; in Mer- 

 cer, 50 per cent, less than last year. 



In Virginia losses of sheep appear to have exceeded relatively those 

 of cattle ; in Northumberland, while the loss of the latter was 5 per 

 cent., of the former it was 30 per cent, greater, ascribed to want of shel- 

 ter; in Matthews the loss of sheep was uuprecedentedly great; in 

 Spottsylvania, greater than usual ; in Clarke, 2 to 4 j)er cent, greater, 

 "owing to blind-staggers, confined almost exclusively to ewes with lamb;" 

 in Frederick, 40 per cent, greater ; in Caroline, the loss of sheep and 

 lambs much greater; Greenville reports a loss of cattle and sheep 10 

 per cent., aud Gloucester 15 per cent., greater. On the other hand, the 

 loss is less in Nelson, Charlotte, Patrick, Essex, and Cumberland, by 10 

 per cent.; in Dinwiddle, 20 per cent.; in Henry, 25 ; in Smyth and 

 Floyd, 50; and in Craig, 75. In North Carolina, Wilkes reports losses 

 less than in previous years, owing to better sheltering and feeding ; in 

 Mitchell, Yadkin, and Lincoln, 10 per cent, less ; in Cumberland and 

 Montgomery, 50 per cent, less ; in Cherokee, 80 per cent. less. Carteret 

 reports no loss of sheep, but the loss of cattle 125 per cent, greater ; in 

 Harnett the general loss was 50 per cent, greater. Barnwell, South 

 Carolina, returns losses double those of the previous year. In Georgia 

 the losses for the whole State were much less than the previous year. 



