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less. Maryland, Queen Anne, Charles, Howard, and WasMngton, no 

 losses. 



In the South Atlantic States losses compared with the previous or 

 former years are diminished in equal or greater proportion. Among 

 one hundred and seventy-six returns, none report losses exceeding, 

 and only fifteen equaling, those of last year, or average. Out of sixty- 

 three returns from Virginia, in three ouly do the losses equal those of 

 last year. Warwick, Sussex, New Kent, Craig, Princess Anne, Rock- 

 iugham, Buckingham, Westmoreland, King George, Matthews, and 

 Montgomery report no losses ; Albermarle, less than ever before; James 

 City, 98 per cent, less ; Patrick, 90 per cent. less. 



In fifty-two returns from i!?orth Carolina, five report the loss the same 

 as last year, and forty-seven less. 



Every return from South Carolina reports less except that in G-eorge- 

 town more deaths among early lambs are specified. 



In fifty returns from Georgia, forty-four are less, none greater. 

 Pickens, Schley, Sumter, Murray, and Whitfield, no losses ; Twiggs, 95 

 l)er cent. less. 



Returns from the Gulf States are not less favorable. Columbia and 

 Putnam, Florida, report losses the same as last year ; also Lee and 

 Jefferson, Mississippi ; and Wilkinson " a greater loss in calves only." 

 Rapides, Caddo, and Assumption, Louisiana, return average losses. All 

 others report less than average, and so much less as to indicate that 

 the loss in these States by death, excluding those by accidents, steal- 

 age, and dogs, can scarcely exceed 1 per cent. Franklin, Perry, Lime- 

 stone, Morgan, and Tuskaloosa, Alabama ; Pike, Jones, aiid Lowndes, 

 Mississippi ; and East Baton Rouge, Saint Landry, Saint Mary, Terre- 

 bonne, Avoyelles, and Tensas, Louisiana, report, no losses. 



From Texas fifty-three returns have been received. The contrast is 

 great between the disastrous losses of last year and the almost entire 

 exemption from suffering and loss this. Seventeen counties report, no 

 loss. Collin, "no loss, except by bad management in shipping fine 

 blooded stock from Kentucky, Missouri, and Illinois ; " Medina, none, 

 (except from old age and occasional disease.) against a loss of 30 per 

 cent, of the cattle and 15 per cent, of the sheep last year. Matagorda 

 reports average losses — the only county that does not report less. 



In Arkansas, Tennessee, and West Virginia losses have been scarcely 

 greater. Cross is the only county in Arkansas returning losses equal 

 to average. Craighead, Crittenden, Prairie, Pulaski, Sarcy, and Drew, 

 no losses. Tennessee reports, from Union, losses 5 per cent, greater than 

 last year ; six counties the same, or average ; thirty-eight counties less. 

 In West Virginia, Pleasants, Grant, and Mercer report losses equal to 

 last year ; all others, less. Braxton, Brooke, and Kanawha, 75 per cent. 

 less. Raleigh, Morgan, and Boone, 50 per cent. less. Monongalia," no 

 losses. Marion, none, " except in some localities by black-leg." 



In the valley of the Ohio, unusually wet and changeable weather, 

 though not bringing the per cent, of loss up very near the annual aver- 

 age, had the effect to slightly increase it over that in the States previously 

 noticed. 



In Kentucky, La Rue reports that while the loss of cattle was no 

 greater, that of sheep was 5 per cent, greater than last year. Russell 

 losses 10 per cent, greater; five counties the same, or average; twenty 

 counties less. 



In forty-four reports from Ohio, nine place the losses at average, or the 

 same as last year ; in ten the losses in cattle or sheep, or both, are 

 greater than average ; in twenty-five less. Athens, losses of sheep 



