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loss of the hoof. It was not very prevalent, however, and disappeared 

 with the return of spring. • 



In Burke, North Carolina, about 5 per cent, died of a fever that has 

 infested the county for ten years. In Wilkes, Georgia, a few cases of 

 fever were successfully treated with sulphur and sulphate of iron. In 

 Clinton, Illinois, one hundred and twenty five cattle died with high 

 fever and acute pain. The maw, on dissection, appeared to be hard, 

 dry, and about two-thirds full of mud. The animals had fed upon the 

 dry prairie and. had drunk of the muddy waters of its stagnant pools. 



The Territories present a remarkable exemption from disease ; not a 

 county reports anything like a prev^ilent type. 



DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



In New England, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, West Virginia, Michigan, 

 Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Nebraska sheep-diseases have beeu too in- 

 considerable to deserve mention. In the other States the staple com- 

 plaint is of liver-rot, foot-rot and scab, with an occasional case of grub 

 in the head. In various portions of the Middle, Southern, and Western 

 States, the chronic grievance of " worthless curs " is aggravated by 

 increased ravages. In some counties sheep-husbandry is entirely pros- 

 trated. Our correspondent in Seneca, New York, puts the case strongly 

 and pathetically in describing the loss of choice merinos by one of his 

 assistants. He says, " None but those who have spent long years and 

 money without stint in bringing to perfection a thorough-bred flock can 

 appreciate the loss and discouragement." 



The following is a brief abstract of reports, showing a gratifying ex- 

 emption from disease as compared with former years : 



Foot-rot. — In Yates, New York, foot-rot affects about one-fourth of 

 the flocks, receiving sufficient attention to prevent its spreading, but not 

 to secure its final extirpation. It was also noted in Steuben, but was 

 under better control than formerly. It was mentioned in but three 

 counties of Pennsylvania, Washington, Mercer, and Warren. In the 

 last-named, coarse-wooled sheep, less liable to this disease, are raised in 

 increasing numbers. The most approved remedy here is pure hydro- 

 chloric acid. It was noted also in Prince George, Virginia ; Fannin and 

 Gordon, Georgia; Jackson, Kentucky; Logan, Huron, Hancock, 

 Wyandot, Crawford, and Delaware, Ohio; White, Indiana ; Lee and Mc- 

 Henry, Illinois ; Jackson and Buchanan, Iowa; Sumner, Kansas. In 

 nearly all these localities the infliction was light and the loss inconsider- 

 able. 



KoT. — This disease prevailed to a considerable extent in Stafford and 

 Scott, Virginia ; in the last-named county the loss was 10 per cent. 

 Murray, Georgia, also lost 10 per cent., and Dooly acknowledged the 

 l^resence of the malady. In Cameron, Louisiana, it swept half of some 

 flocks. Five per cent, of the sheep of Humphreys, Tennessee, were af- 

 fected. In Blount 4 per cent., and in Putnam, 6 per cent. died. In Meigs, 

 a third of the old sheep were lost. In Butler, Kentucky, the loss was 4 

 per cent. ; in Pulaski, 10 to 15 per cent. ; in Eussell, 10 per cent. 



Scab. — A few cases are reported in Washington, New York, and in 

 Bucks and Lawrence, Pennsylvania ; mostly in poorly-attended flocks. 

 An effective remedy was found in a solution of carbolic acid in 300 parts 

 of water. Some scab was brought into Prince William, Virginia, by 

 flocks from the Southwest. In Caddo, Louisiana, 25 per cent, of the 

 sheep were affected. This malady was more general in Texas, causing 

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