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'' more com liaviug- beon fed tliau in ten years j" in Piscataquis tliey 

 have been kept in contlitiou by feeding grain, -with a prospect of feed- 

 ing more, three feet of snow still covering the ground. In Cumberland, 

 Waldo, Sagadahoc, and Hancock, (where some have actually starved to 

 death,) cattle are in poor flesh. » 



Nev,- Hampshire reports of condition are uniformly favorable, excc])t 

 in Coos, which reports "rather thin,. but healthy." In Hillsborough 

 superior condition has resulted from better care and feeding of grain. 



Similar accounts arc received froni Vermont; the least favorable froui 

 Addison, Windsor, and Orange. In some sections the low price of beef 

 induced farmers to attempt to keep over too much stoclc. In Grand 

 Isle and Windham animals are in fine flesh. 



Dukes and Norfolk, Massachusetts, are the only counties in that 

 State representing cattle in condition lower than average ; Franklin and 

 Hampden, better; the other counties cbout an average. 



" Condition never better," in Bristol, Rhode Island ; " poorer than last 

 year by 10 to ,30 per cent.," in Washington ; " poor, but henlthj'," in Pro- 

 vidence. 



Only Middlesex and !N"ew London, in Connecticut, report " below an 

 average," from scarcity of hay, wliicli is $40 per ton in tlie latter. Re- 

 turns are generally quite favorable. 



Reports from thirty-six counties in New York represent condition 

 from " average" to "excellent," (in Niagara,) and "never better," (in Sa- 

 ratoga ;) below an average in Otsecfo, Sullivan, Warren, (hay $20 to $30 

 per ton.) Ontario, Rensselaer, and Suffolk. In Onondaga there is some 

 complaint of cows not doing well when " coming in." Cattle will have 

 been stabled six months in Genesee by the 10th of May, the assumed 

 time of turning out. 



In eighteen counties heard from in New Jersey the condition is gen- 

 erally reported as " good." The correspoiident writing from Sussex 

 County states : " The condition of cattle very fair generally. The hay 

 crop being very short, most farmers sowed corn broadcast, which, with 

 straw, will make good the deficiency." In Cumberland, Salem, and 

 Cape May Counties the condition is reported as " poor," owing to scar- 

 city and high price of hay and fodder, and the long and severe Aviuter, 



Reports have been received from fifty-five counties in Pennsylvania, 

 the majority of the correspondents speaking of the condition as " fair." 

 The counties reporting "good" atre Lancaster, Bradford, Cumber- 

 land, Elk, Green, MiiHin, Tioga, Cambria, Huntingdon, Somerset, and 

 Lehigh. The correspondent writing from Sullivan County says : "Im- 

 proved buildings and accommodations have told favorably upon the con- 

 dition of cattle, and the fear of insufficiency in the supply of provender 

 prevented the selling off of grain, and induced farmers to t?.ke more 

 than usual care of their hay. The result is that cattle look well and 

 will not suffer for provender." In Butler County cattle are said to be 

 Just living, owing to long winter and scarcity of food ; the remaining 

 counties reporting unfavorably from the same causes are Clearfield, 

 Luzerne, Union, Forest, Adams, Cameron, and McKean. 



The reporter for Kent County, 'Delaware, says the condition is good, 

 in spite of the long, cold winter. * 



Favorable accounts have been received from the following counties in 

 Maryland : Harford, Cecil, Carroll, Montgomery, Queen Anne, Calvert, 

 and Anne Arundel. The causes assigned for the good condition are the 

 feeding of more grain than usual, and abundance of corn-fodder. 



The severity of the winter, and scarcity of hay and coarse provender, 

 are rttributed, by the correspondents for the counties of Washington, 



