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Newton County, in Arkansas, makes unfavorable retnrns of pro- 

 tracted cold weatlier and weak and feeble cattle ; Columbia reports a 

 ■wet sjiring and thin stock ; Arkansas, early grass and steady improve- 

 ment in condition; wliile Monroe, Sebastian, Benton, Clark, Cross, 

 Johnson, Pulaski, and Prairie represent farm animals in fair condition ; 

 and Washington, Yan Bureu, Montgomery, Independence, and Jack- 

 son in fine order. 



Twenty-four counties in Tennessee report favorably, -without excep- 

 tion, in various degrees of thrift, as a result, in part, of a mild winter, 

 though reference is made in Sumner County to " better provision in the 

 way of shelter." 



Of twenty-seven counties reporting in West Virginia, only two make 

 unfavorable returns — Wayne, "for want of attention," and Brooke, " for 

 want of roots" — the others representing the condition of stock as "fair," 

 " very good," " better than for years," and " never better." 



lieports from thirty -three counties of Kentucky include but one ac- 

 count of poor cattle, (from Gallatin,)' owing to the destruction of grass 

 by drought last autumn, while two-thirds of them describe farm-stock 

 as in high condition for the season of the year. 



In Missouri, cattle are reported poor in Franklin, Phelps, Yernon, 

 and Washington, from scarcity of food or want of i)rotection ; and in 

 average or excellent health and Hesh in other counties. Plenty of feed 

 and mild vreather are assigned as causes of this favorable state of 

 things. 



In Illinois only one county, Marshall, reports cattle in poor condition, 

 as a result of last season's drought and short forage crops; "average," 

 Bureau, Boone, Lawrence, White, Winnebago ; " good," Macon, Mercer, 

 Pulaski, Williamson, Logan, Livingston, Steplienson, Menard, Hender- 

 son, Sangamon, Washington ; " very good," Grundy, Cumberland, De 

 Kalb, (better sheltered than usual,) Jersey, Pike, Stark, Warren, Scott, 

 (never better,) Champaign, (50 per, cent, better than common,) Clinton, 

 Effingham, McDonough, Pope, Putnam, Tazewell, Cook, Hancock, 

 Massac, McHenry, Peoria, Kandolph, Schuyler, Morgan, Alexander, 

 Cass, Ford, Kankakee. In Winnebago " the finest winter and March 

 in twenty-five years " is reported, and the following statement is made 

 by the Boone correspondent : 



Cattle have come out of winter quarters iu foil average coutlition, owing to the 

 following causes : 1st. Good pasture last fall. 2d. Weather open till IStli December, 

 giving time to feed standing corn-stallvs. 3d. Moderate, even winter. 4th. The 

 unusual amount of corn-stalks cut up and housed for winter use. Probahly more 

 stalks were saved last fall thau during the entire preceding time since the county 

 was settled, (since 1836.) 5th. Farmers, fearing a scarcity of feed, sold an unusual 

 amount of stock in the fall, so the remainder fared better. 6th. The excellent quality 

 of the hay, though the quantity was very limited indeed, not being more thau 33 per 

 cent, of an average, many farmers cutting none at all. 7th. Straw fed instead of being 

 burned. Probably one-half of all straw is burned in the field. This year it has been 

 fed, thus adding to the manure heap. 8th. An economical use of all fodder. 



Of fifty-two counties reporting'in Indiana, eleven represent the condi- 

 tion of farm stock as good, fifteen as excellent, one as " best in twelve 

 years," one as " best in twenty years," three as "never better," fifteen 

 others as above an average, four " average," and two below an average. 



In Yinton County, Ohio, cattle are " looking poorer than for years 

 before;" in Montgomery they api)ear in " not quite average" condition; 

 in Hancock, thinner than usual in consequence of drought ; Hamilton, 

 Madison, Auglaize, Butler, Fairtield, Greene, Boss, Wayne, AVarren, 

 Carroll, Holmes, Brown, report " good condition;" while those reporting 

 " fine," "excellent," " unusually good," and equivalent terms, are Noble, 



