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greater than for several years ; Licking, of cattle, much less than last 

 year ; of sheep, three times as great. Shelby, of cattle, the same ; ot 

 sheep, 10 per cent, greater. Morrow, of cattle 10 per cent., and of sheep 

 15 per cent, greater. Losses of both kinds greater in Henry, Crawford, 

 Sandusky, and Van Wert. Hancock, no losses. 



From Michigan, Carroll reports loss of cattle the same as last year ; 

 of sheep, 50 per cent, greater. Seven counties report average, or the 

 same as last year, and nineteen less. 



From Indiana: Less losses than last year are reported in thirty 

 counties I Huntington, Hamilton, La Porte, and Orange, no losses ; in 

 eight counties the same as last year, or average ; Scott, the same in 

 cattle, 5 per cent, greater in sheep ; Starke, 2 per cent, greater. 



In Illinois thirty-two out of fifty counties report losses less than last 

 year, and nine the same, or average ; Boone, no greater in cattle, but 

 25 per cent, greater in sheep ; Eichland, 20 per cent, greater than for 

 five years; McLean, 4 per cent, greater; Tazewell, 10 per cent.; Macon, 

 Mercer, and Vermilion, somewhat greater. 



In Wisconsin losses are less than last year in twenty-five out of 

 twenty-nine counties reported. Washington, Green, Waukesha, Doug- 

 las, and Outagamie, no losses ; Dodge and Dunn, very few ; Iowa less 

 than for ten years. The only counties reporting greater are Ozaukee, 

 30 per cent., and Adams, 3 per cent, greater in sheep. 



From Minnesota tlie reports are almost uniformly favorable; the only 

 exceptions being Kedwood, greater loss than last year from disease, 

 and less from freezing to death; and Kandiyohi, no loss in cattle ; in 

 sheep, 5 per cent, greater. 



Reports are equally favorable from Iowa; forty out of forty-seven, 

 indicating, on the average, a largely diminished loss from last year. 

 Woodbury, Louisa, Allamakee, Appanoose, Webster, Dallas, Mont- 

 gomery, Plymouth, Scott, Sioux, and Harrison, no losses; Clayton, 

 scarcely any; Shelby, the same as last year in cattle, 10 per cent, 

 greater in sheep, being the only county in which a greater loss of either 

 is returned. 



In Missouri the losses, though small compared with previous years, 

 have been considerably larger than in either of the other States border- 

 ing the Mississippi on the west. In forty-four of the sixty-one counties 

 reported, they are either less than the previous year, or less than aver- 

 age. Moniteau, less than ever before ; McDonald and Platte, no losses ; 

 Ealls, same as last year in sheep, in cattle 37 per cent, greater ; Mont- 

 gomery and Dade, 10 per cent, greater; Maries, in sheep, 200 per cent, 

 greater ; De Kalb, in sheep, average ; in cattle, 500 per cent, greater. 



In Kansas the proportion of losses compared with the last year, es- 

 pecially in cattle, is greater than in any other State east of the Pacific 

 slope. The principal causes assigned are a long, wet, changeable winter 

 and want of adequate shelter and feed. In Osage, losses in cattle greater 

 than for several years ; Jefterson, greater than average, 20 per cent. ; 

 Nemaha, nearly double ; Greenwood, 67 per cent, greater. lu cattle and 

 sheep, Miami, 10 per cent, greater; Labette, 20 per cent. ; Bourbon, 50 

 per cent. ; Washington, in cattle, one-half; in sheep, oue-eighth ; Sedg- 

 wick, 75 per cent, less ; Cowley, 98 per cent. ; Douglas, no losses ; Mont- 

 gomery ; very few; Dickinson, no loss in cattle. 



From Nebraska the returns are more favorable, being up to the gen- 

 eral average of very slight losses east of the Eacky Mountain Kange. 

 In eighteen returns two report the losses the same as last year ; all 

 others less. 



The losses on the Pacific slope have already been sufficiently noted 



