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stoning great alarm in the commauitj. A large percentage of cases was 

 among "Missouri cattle " which had passed through the Saint Louis 

 stock-yards. In some cases they escaped themselves though they im- 

 parted the disease to native cattle. Cattle known to be Texas cattle 

 were not affected themselves. Several hundred deaths are reported in 

 Macoupin. 



In Missouri several counties report considerable fatality from the 

 presence of Texas cattle. jS"odaway lost two hundred; Caldwell, over one 

 hundred in a few herds in the town of Kidder. Jasper, Pettis, Stone, 

 Saint Clair, and Yernon report numerous cases, as also Howard County, 

 Kansas. 



Murrain. — This name, with its variations, bloody murrain and dry 

 murrain, is used to describe a variety of diseases. In no county was 

 the loss at all remarkable except in Bibb, Alabama, where between fifty 

 and one hundred deaths are reported. In Floyd, Virginia, a few cases 

 were noted ; the attack was sudden and fatal in from three to five hours; 

 no effective remedy is mentioned. A few cases of murrain, in some form, 

 occurred in Sullivan County, New York ; in Grayson, Patrick, Scott, 

 Powhatan, Gloucester, and Monroe, Virginia; in Caswell, North Carolina; 

 in Lauderdale, Alabama ; in Tensas, Louisiana ; and in Independence 

 and Washington, Arkansas. In Grant, West Virginia, the disease was 

 less prevalent than formerly. 



Black-leg. — This disease, re])orted mostly in the northwest, made 

 quite a havoc in Marion, West Virginia, on some farms destroying all 

 the calves, and causing faiMners to quit raising them. In Grant and 

 Pendleton some isolated cases are noted. A few cases, mostly fatal, 

 curred in Stark, Indiana. The disease appeared also in Grundy, 

 Illinois; Jackson, Minnesota'; Benton, Hardin, and Shelby, Iowa; Ver- 

 non, Missouri ; Osage, Howard, Nemaha, and Woodson, Kansas. In the 

 last-named county one neighborhood lost 60 per cent, of the calves. 

 This is attributed to custom of allowing animals to stand or lie in mud 

 and water. 



Pleuro-pneumonia. — In Hudson, New Jersey, a few cases were de- 

 veloped among cattle sold by cattle-peddlers at suspiciously cheap rates. 

 These animals were found to be swill-fed stock from the stables of New 

 York and Brooklyn. By persevering efforts the disease was eradicated. 

 A few cases are reported in Chester, Pennsylvania. In Baltimore, 

 Maryland, the disease after having been with difficulty suppressed broke 

 out again, but with diminished virulence. 



Distemper. — This disease was manifested in a few cases in Kings, 

 New York ; Luneuburgh, Virginia ; Henderson, Stanly, Wilkes, and 

 Caldwell, North Carolina ; it was quite fatal in some parts of Pickens, 

 Georgia. 



Abortion. — This disease was noted in Montgomery, New York, where 

 4 per cent, of the calves were lost. A few cases occurred also in Sus- 

 sex, New Jersey, and Nemaha, Kansas, mostly among young cows. 

 This disease is known to be quite prevalent in dairy districts, but its 

 existence is kept as private as possible, 



MiLK-FEVER. — In Troup, Georgia, milk-fever prevailed to a consider- 

 able extent, coming on from one to three weeks after calving ; symp- 

 toms : loss of appetite, dullness, rolling of the eyes, looking at the 

 flanks, paralysis of hind-quarters, trembling as if from chill, &c. Sev- 

 eral cases were cured by doses of half a pound of Epsom salt dissolved 

 in a quart of boiling water and mixed with a pint of molasses, admin- 

 istered as warm as possible. In every case this remedy gave imme- 

 diate relief. Some cases were noted in Saint Joseph, Michigan. 



