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Shelby, Williams, Athens, Tuscarawas, Perry, Clark, (uever better,) 

 Erie, Fayette, (better tban for teu years,) Heury, Highland, Jackson, 

 Jefferson, Morgan, Morrow, Seneca, Columl>iaua, Geauga, Lucas, Mahon- 

 ing, Crawford, Putnam, Eichlaud, Franklin, Stark, Hardin, Marion, 

 Summit. "Fine," Mercer, Lake, Medina, Miami, Darke, Hocking, 

 Union, Wyandot, Champaign, Licking, Logan, and Lorain. Fifty-six 

 counties make specific returns on this point. 



Twenty-six counties in Michigan make returns concerning the condi- 

 tion of farm animals, of which eighteen' are marked "good," as follows: 

 St. Joseph, Genesee, Van Biireu, Tuscola, Alpena, Lapeer, Gratiot, 

 Kalamazoo, Jackson, Berrien, Sanilac, Hillsdale, Montcalm, Monroe, 

 Oakland, Shiawassee, Antrim, Emmett. Cass, Barry, Lenawee, and 

 W^ashtenaw, report " excellent," and the return from Calhoun is, " strong 

 and healthy." 



In Wisconsin twenty-three counties report cattle in good condition, 

 and fourteen returns are still more favorable. No unfavorable returns 

 have been received. In Iowa County, " the winter just closed has been 

 the best for stock of all kinds for many years, being very mild and dry, 

 with a very little snow, requiring less feed this winter than for a long 

 time. They have been able to browse in the woods and prairie." 



Of twenty-five counties in Minnesota reporting, but two i^resent evi- 

 dence of poor condition, ten use the descriptive term " good," and thir- 

 teen use adjectives of higher import. 



One county in Iowa, Jefferson, returns cattle " thin," owing to a short 

 crop of hay, while fifty -four make favorable returns, fourteen represent- 

 ing the condition as " good," the others characterizing the status of cat- 

 tle by the words "excellent," "splendid," "never better," "fat enough 

 for beef," (Decatur,) and "better than for many years." 



Thirty-three counties in Kansas show a condition almost identical 

 with that of Iowa, all presenting favorable returns, the only modifying 

 statements relating to isolated cases of neglected animals. " Fat and 

 fine" is the return from Crawford ; and in Shawnee and Coffey cattle 

 have wintered better than for many years. Washington, Montgomery, 

 Osage, Ottawa, Linn, Jackson, Franklin, Miami, and ]Sremaha are among 

 those presenting the strongest statements. 



]Srebraska, fifteen counties reporting, makes returns equally favorable. 



California returns are of variable import. In Tuolumne, cattle are in 

 "poor condition, owing to poor ])asturage;" in San Joaquin, "poor, 

 because of little rain, unusually cold weather, and poor grass;" in 

 Stanislaus, the loss has been five to ten per cent., owing to severe 

 weather; in Alameda, poorer than usual, from lateness of the spring; 

 in Lake, poor, from cold and open winter ; in Xapa, five per cent, below 

 average ; in Los Angeles and Santa Clara, " fine ;" in San Bernardino, 

 "very fair, considering drought last year, and scarcity of winter rain ;" 

 and in Mendocino " better than at any former period since the settle- 

 ment of the county." 



In Oregon, returns are generally favorable, yet Douglas reports the 

 condition of stock as the worst in nine years. 



The returns from the Territories are remarkably favorable, as far as 

 received. 



C0>'D1TI0X OF SHEEP. 



Sheep have come from the barn in New England in comparatively 

 good condition. A few excf^ptions may be noted : Hancock County, 

 Maine, many ewes losing their Iambs; Rockingham, New Hampshire; 



