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and are dying with cholera, in consequence of which the crop will be 

 short. 



Illinois, Fulton : Hog-cholera is prevailing to an alarming extent. 

 Clinton : About one-third of our hogs have died of cholera. Pike : Hog- 

 cholera bad. VermiUion : A great deal of hog-cholera in different parts 

 of the county. ffancocTc : Hog-diseases more than usually present. 

 Scott : A great many hogs have died with cholera. 



Wisconsin, Richland : Fat hogs have been mostly bought up and 

 driven out of the county. 



loica, Marion : Hogs are extensively diseased. A very large number 

 have died within the last three mouths. Many farmers have barely 

 enough left for domestic use. The disease is called hog-cholera. I think 

 it a disease of the throat and lungs. Washington : A few hogs have 

 died with cholera. 



Fine Merino wool for a dime. — NehrasJca, Saunders : I send here- 

 with a sample of JS^ebraska wool from sheep unhoused and unwashed ; 

 such as can be grown in any portion of the State at a cost of 10 cents 

 per pound, and in the western portion for less. Will Congress con- 

 tinue the present wool-tariff until this great national industry becomes 

 fully established throughout the West? Millions are involved in the 

 solution of the question. 



Result of seed-distribution. — Wisconsin, Outagamie: There will 

 be hundreds of acres of Fultz wheat sown in this county next year. 

 There were over 700 bushels raised this season, all from the 4 quarts 

 sent me by the Department four years ago. The Schonen oats are now 

 sown by nearly all the best farmers in the count3\ They average at 

 least 10 bushels per acre more than any other variety. So it is seen 

 that the introduction of new seeds is doing a great amount of good, 

 especially for field-crops. ClarTc : The Fultz wheat furnished by the 

 Department is growing into general favor. It makes about two weeks 

 earlier than the other varieties. The different varieties of oats and bar- 

 ley furnished by the Department seem well adapted to our soil and cli- 

 mate. 



Kansas, Woodson : At our district fair (including four counties, and 

 open to the world,) the Westchester corn from the Department bore away 

 the premium; also the silver-hull buckwheat took the first premium ; it 

 yielded 45 bushels per acre ; also the red (Etampes) pumpkin. It is 

 large, rich, sweet, and the grain solid and fine as that of a squash. 

 Allen : From seed sent out by the Department were produced a mam- 

 moth squash weighing 115 pounds, and a total on one vine of 1,096 

 pounds ; also potatoes weighing 2 pounds each ; beets, 9 pounds ; tur- 

 nips, 14 pounds ; cabbage, 36 pounds. 



Nehraslca, Thayer : The winter-rye sent from the Department, in hard- 

 iness and yield, beats anything in these parts. 



Virginia, Grayson : From seed sent to me by the Department last 

 spring, I have raised large bright yellow pumpkins, weighing 112 and 

 117 pounds apiece. 



North Carolina, Forsyth : Mr. A. Fagle, from 1 bushel of Clawson 

 wheat raised 41 bushels. 



ArJcansas, Saint Francis : The Westchester yellow-corn sent from the 

 Department last spring is a grand success ; I raised some that measured 

 13 inches to the ear. It is some three or four weeks earlier than our 

 ordinary corn, and yields as much per acre as the very best. Benton : 

 My Willis corn yielded 40 bushels per acre; common white, 55 ; Penn- 

 sylvania yellow, ^5. 



