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County cholera was fatal in sonic localities, but starvation destroyed a 

 still lavger nuniLer. Probably tvro-tliirds of tlic sov>>; lost their litters 

 in Jaimary and February of this year. In Humphreys County there was 

 a loss of 30 per cent, among shoats, and 25 per cent, among grown hogs. 

 All hogs affected were lousy. Solutions of lye and copperas were given 

 vvith enough bran to make a mush. Sulphur, charcoal, and coal-tar Avere 

 also used. External applications of coal-oil, coal-tar, lard and sulphui' 

 were effective iu destroying lice. No general specific, hov.ever, is 

 reported. In Madison County the disease made a clean sweep, and no 

 effective remedy could be devised. Its virulence was attributed to 

 neglect and to access to cotton-seed. In 'Jefferson County it almost 

 broke up hog-raising. The stock of hogs some years ago in the county 

 was seventythousaud, but now the whole number is between four thou- 

 sand and eight thousand, in Sullivan County there was a loss of 7 per 

 cent, ii-om sviclled throat, thumps, and other diseases, all of whi<.'h are 

 popularly called cholera. 



In Hardin and Christian Countfes, Kentucky, the losses amounted to 

 33 per cent. The loss in Meade and Ohio Counties wa.s 1*0 i^er cent, 

 and iu Pendleton County, 25 per cent. Ten per cent, loss was reported 

 in Pulaski, McCracken, Warren, and Edmonson Counties, and 5 per cent, 

 in Adair and Boyle Counties. In Marion County 5 per cent, of the hogs 

 died Irom lice and worms. In Laurel, hogs from Avithout the county 

 wintered upon the heavy mast, nearly all died, but no others. In some 

 counties it was found that hogs allowed free range for roots entirely es- 

 caped. The disease raged in Graves County : it destroyed 15 per cent, 

 in Daviess, where it has prevailed ever since 1858. In Breckinridge the 

 losses amounted to 10 per cent. 



In Berkeley County, West Virginia, the losses were alarming, amount- 

 ing to GO per cent. In Jeff'erson County the losses were between five 

 thousand and six thousand, valued at 825,000. In Berkeley the affected 

 animals exhibited excresceuces on the snout, legs, and other parts. 



In the wet lowlands of Hamilton County, Ohio, a few cases of 

 cholera are reported. In Clinton County it Avas quite fatal, destroy- 

 ing two thousand. In Y\^illiams County a new aiid fatal disease is 

 reported among young pigs j they become stiff" and die in twenty-four 

 hours. 



One-third of the stock of Gibson County, Indiana, died. Great mor- 

 tality occurred in Warwick County, ail diseases being confounded under 

 the general name of cholera. The hog-raising business is much de- 

 pressed by heavy losses. In Decatur County the loss was 10 per cent. 

 Alum, sulphur, copperas, madder, black antimony, and saltpeter pul- 

 verized and mingled Avith Avheat, oats, or barley, Avere found beneficial, 

 the mess being eaten Avith avidity. The losses amounted to 10 per 

 cent, also in Johnson, Wells, Greene, Spencer, Knox, Posey, and Hunt- 

 ington Counties. Losses to the extent of 5 per cent, are reported in 

 Carroll, NcAvton, and Scott Counties. In Vevay, Switzerland County, a 

 distiller lost 610,000 Avorth of hogs, but the losses of the farmers were 

 small. In Hamilton County the loss Avas 3 per cent. In Cass County 

 it Avas remarked that all ot" the feAV losses occurred in the heaAy tim- 

 liered country, and none in the oak openings. 



hi Wabash County, Illniois, the loss amounted to 10 per cent. Our 

 correspondent lost 00 per cent. The disease is less destructive than 

 formerly iu Williamson and Hancock Counties; cooked food and plenty 

 of (.-harcoal has been found a good preventive. In Champaign County 

 a. few cases occurred in the timbered section. In Fiiiton County 20 per 

 cent, of last spring's pigs died. In Sangamon County 20 ])er cent, died ; 



