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or any other disease. In Texas, Fannin reports a loss of 75 per cent, j 

 some herds being entirely exterminated. Jn Lamar the visitatioa was 

 alarming, in some localities destroying the last hog. The disease ap- 

 peared to come from the Sonth through the center, the east and west 

 portions of the county being mostly exempt. Only a few of the other 

 counties, Eed Kiver, Cherokee, SanSaba, Victoria, Atascosa, report the 

 disease, and generally in a mild form. In Arkansas, Eandolph lost 25 

 per cent, from cholera and quinsy ; Montgomery, 5 per cent. ; Campbell, 

 3 per cent. ; Cross, Smith, and Woodruff, smaller percentages. In 

 Craighead some deaths from eating acorns were attributed to cholera, 

 in order to cover the neglect of providing them better food. In Cross, 

 the disease is also called red-bone. Heavy losses are reported in several 

 counties of Tennessee. Morgan and Madison, 33 per cent. ; Obion, 25 per 

 cent., being always heavier after a copious beech and oak mast ; those 

 who fed and took care of their hogs saved them ; Williamson, 22 per 

 cent., some herds losing half ;• Linden, Jefferson, and Eobertson, 20 per 

 cent. ; Decatur and Eoaue, 10 per cent. ; smaller losses in Washington, 

 Hardin, Humphreys, Loudon, Fayette, Maury, Sumner, Carter, Greene, 

 Hancock, Putnam, Johnson, Weakley, and be Kulb. In Sumner, the 

 disease is also styled pneumonia. In Knox, a loss estimated at 20 or 30 

 percent., resulting from gathering large numbers at fattening time ; the 

 symptoms subsequently disappeared. A post-mortem examiuation in 

 Hancock showed ahigh inflammation of the kidneys, the adjacent parts 

 presenting the appearence of bruised flesh. The best remedy here was 

 the administration of a gallon of spirits of turpentine to each 100 hogs 

 once in two weeks. In Jefferson, West Virginia, from 2,500 to 3,000 

 hogs died, valued at $10,000 ; Lincoln lost 30 per cent. ; Morgan, 15 per 

 cent., the disease here being called blue sickness; Berkeley and Cabell, 

 minor losses. In Kentucky, Shelby lost 2,000 head ; Breckenridge, 50 

 per cent, in the eastern sections, and 12i per cent, of the whole ; Mercer, 

 40 per cent. ; Christian, 33 per cent. ; Hopkins, from one-third to one-half; 

 Graves, 25 per cent. ; Pulaski and Nelson, 20 per cent. ; Warren, 10 per 

 cent. ; Boyle, 12^ per cent, of young hogs ; smaller losses in Trimble, Lau- 

 rel, Eussell, Jefterson, Spencer, LaEue, Hart, Livingston, Jackson, and 

 Boone. In Ohio, the heaviest loss, 10 per cent., was in Eoss and Warren. 

 In Huron the mortality was mostly among distillery hogs ; one establish- 

 ment lost 700 in three weeks. In Hamilton, on the bottoms and river 

 courses, the deaths amounted to 10 per cent. The disease existed in 

 Van Wert, Fairfield, Mercer, Vinton and Shelby. In Indiana, John- 

 son lost nearly half; Marion and Pike, 25 percent., mostly among young 

 hogs ; Martin, 20 per cent, in some neighborhoods. The disease was here 

 called pleuro-pneumonia ; Tipton, 15 per cent. ; Hamilton, 10 to 15 per 

 cent. ; Morgan and Decatur, 10 per cent. ; smaller losses m Ohio, Brown, 

 Knox, Clay, Warren, Fountain, Spencer, and Jennings. In Illinois, 

 Wayne and White lost 30 per cent. ; Bureau, between 1,000 and 2,000 

 head from cholera and quinsy ; Edwards, 20 per cent. ; Stark, McLean, 

 and Franklin, 10 per cent. ; Washington, Cass, and Mason, 5 per cent. 

 The disease was noted in Sangamon, DeWitt, Macon, Macoupin, Hender- 

 son, Carroll, Tazewell, Eock Island, Madison, Marion, Warren, Vermil- 

 lion, Putnam, Clinton, Williamson, Eichland, Mercer, and Lee. 

 In Macon, a tablespoonful of turpentine and a gill of dish-water 

 was found a very eflective remedy. In De Witt animals that recovered 

 Irom the disease did not subsequently thrive ; the pigs they brought 

 lorth were either born dead or soon died. In Einggold, Iowa, 20 per 

 cent, died ; Benton, 10 per cent. ; Wayne, 10 per cent, in some locali- 

 ties ; Dallas, 8 per cent.; Appanoose, 6 per cent.; smaller losses in 



