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I'pyhur Couuty, West Virginia. Tlie correspoudeut t'of Queen Aiinc 

 Coiiuty, Maryliiiul, in writing ol' this disease, says: "Many liorses die 

 shortly after the attack, from want of timely and projxir attention ; but 

 when taken in time the disease will almost uuiversully yield to pro})er 

 treatment and carefnl diet." 



PNEU3I0NIA. — But few cases are reported-. It was, however, the pre- 

 vailing disease re[)orted by the correspondent for L'rovidence County, 

 ivhodc Island ; and a few cases are heard from in (jjueeiis Oonnty, New 

 York. 



Staggeils is reported by the correspondent for Moore County, North 

 (.'aroliua, as existing to a considerable extent. Cases also oceurred in 

 Bhideu and Cra^'en Conuties. In the latter county it attacked young 

 animals chiefly, destroying at least 50 per cent, of those attacked. The 

 correspondent suggests the following treatment : " Bleed freely from 

 the neck, followed by a good drench of salts; elevate the head, forcibly 

 inject t^^'o ounces tincture cantharides u]) each nostril, to blister mucous 

 membrane, and act as a derivative ; feed with a mash of wheat-brsiu, 

 occasionally oats, eacl^ scalded thoroughly, x)lenty of cool water, and 

 moderate quantities of green fodder ii attainable." Losses are also 

 reported from Fairlield County, 8outli Carolina, supposed to have been 

 caused by eating unsouiul corn, or that which had been o^'ertIov/ed in 

 meadows. Wilkinson County^ Georgia, reports cases; also Tuscaloosa 

 County, Alabama ; Lee County, Mississippi ; Cherokee County, Texas ; 

 Jackson County, Arkansas; Coffee and Lauderdale Counties, Tennes- 

 see. 



Glawdek;^. — lint fe'.v cases are reported. ^Several died in LitcUtield 

 County, Connecticut ; a few cases existed in Surry County, Virginia ; 

 Hillsborough County, Florida. It has prevailed on one farm in Winston 

 County, Mississippi ; a fevr cases in Mercer County, West Virginia; and 

 Trimble County, Kentucky, reports fifteen or twenty cases. 



Distemper, spoken of by many reporters as diphtheiia,has existed, but 

 doubtless the majority of the cases so described were nothing more than 

 those of ordinary distemper. The corresi)oudent for Niagara County, New 

 York says the disease proved fatal at first, but after a little experience was 

 treated successfully. Cases are also reported from Luzerne County, 

 Pennsylvania, where it is termed a "malignant distemper;" Buncombe 

 County, North Carolina ; Chesterfield County, South Carolina ; Orange, 

 Hillsborough, Manatee, and Santa Eosa Counties, Florida, and Choc- 

 taw County, Alabama. In Victoria, Austin, and Nueces Counties, 

 Texas, many colts, and in some cases grown animals, ha\o died. The 

 disease has also existed in Izard County, Arkansas ; Upshur County, 

 AVest Virginia ; Lewis County, Kentucky ; Madison County, Indiana, 

 and in Boone County, Illinois. Sonoma County, Califoruia, an "epi- 

 zootic- distemper" is spoken of; the cases yield readily to treatment. 



Faegy. — A few cases have occurred within a short time in Bucking- 

 ham County, Virginia. The disease was originally introduced by the 

 Army liorses, in 1805. Every case heard from in this county proved 

 fatal, obstinately resisting all remedies, and serious apprehensions are 

 entertained that the much dreaded malady will spread as the spring 

 opens. Choctaw County, xUabama, reports a few cases. 



CiiAEBON is reported oidy from Phillips County, Arkansas. The treat- 

 ment adopted was to sear the affected part with a hot iron and scarily 

 the wound a few days afterward. 



Quinsy prevailed only in Baltimore Count}^, Marjdaud, anel, though 

 not oftju fatal, interfered very much with fann work last spriug. 



BoTS. — A few animals were attacked in Winston County, Mississippi, 



