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cholera, but this is doubtful, as some cough, then fail in appetite,and die ina 
ew days. ’ : 
acess! Diniondoa A marked increase of horses, and especially of mules, within 
the last three months. Wabaunsee: The percentage of pigs and the price of hogs are 
very high, owing to the fact that at the 1st of January, 1875, most of the hogs had 
been disposed of on account of the grasshopper-famine. Nemaha: The percentage of 
oxen and other cattle is large, on account of many fattening cattle this winter against 
very few last. Mitchell: Sheep are in greatdemand. Franklin: The low percentage of 
hogs is owing to the destruction of the corn-crop in 1874. Those that could not be sold 
were given away to any one who could keep a pig. There is a growing disposition to 
keep sheep; the chief difficulty in the way is the distance to travel in order to buy, as 
they cannot be purchased near at hand. Leavenworth: Hogs one year ago were nearly 
all sold to Iowa and Illinois; so we have only what we have raised since. Montgomery : 
The large percentage of calves is owing to the fact that heretofore little attention has 
been paid to stock for feeding. Osage: At least 50 per cent. of the cows had no calves 
the past season. The county is almost without any hogs; they sell readily at 10 cents 
per pound, gross. Lyon: Owing to previous failures in the corn-crop, hogs had been 
nearly all sold out of the county; owing to the abundance of the last crop, many have 
been shipped in. Butler: Having but little corn last year, we wintered but few hogs, 
but a great many pigs were raised last summer. Anderson: Stock is improving in 
quality; thorough-bred and grades are taking the place of Indian or Texas stock. 
Our stock of hogs is of fine quality, mostly pigs. With our last good corn-crop we will 
increase the number of our hogs very rapidly. 
NEBRASKA.—Seward: Sheep in good demand, but none tosell. Profits on investment 
75 per cent. Webster: Last year, owing to scarcity of feed, the greater part of the 
hogs and great number of cattle were killed, but the crop prospects having brightened 
this year the farmers greatly increased their stock of farm animals. This accounts for 
the high percentage. Wayne: Cattle and horses are increasing, and the attention of 
farmers seems to be turning to these branches of agriculture. The falling off in the 
number of hogs is owing to grasshopper depredations. Thayer: Hogs are very scarce 
and high, owing to the failure of last year’s corn-crop. Knox: Some blooded cattle and 
hogs were brought into the county last month. Antelope: Hogs, killed off very close 
last year, are now accumulating very fast. Horses, mules, cattle, and sheep are on the 
increase. Investment in farm-stock is coming to be considered much better than in 
grain-raising. York: We have not entirely recovered from the reduction of our hog 
crop by the grasshopper scourge of 1874. The county is well adapted to sheep, but 
they are not here. Saunders: The failure of the corn-crop in 1874 accounts for the de- 
crease in cattle and hogs. The decrease in sheep is due to the dogs and butchers. 
CALIFORNIA.—Sonoma: The increase in the numbers of cows and hogs is owing to 
the fact that farmers are turning their attention to the dairy business. Lake: Hogs 
over one year old mostly sold off. Placer: Sheep-raising is becoming one of our leading ~ 
industries. Del Norte: Large working-oxen are only used in logging, and are worth 
$150 per yoke at the camps. Plumas: A continual increase in dairy farming for the 
last three years. Mendocino: This country, for several years, has been inclining toward 
sheep husbandry, and other stock has been gradually giving way. There is a gradual 
introduction of a better stock of horses; but few of the full-blooded Spanish mustangs 
are now left. San Bernardino: A greatmany sheep have gone from the county to Arizona, 
and 20 per cent. have died of starvation. The decrease in other stock is owing to the 
“no fence law.” 
4 YIELD OF FARM-CROPS IN 1875. 
Corn.—The increase in quantity of corn reported in November is cor- 
roborated by the reports of yield per acre. The following table shows 
the comparative yield per acre of the largest corn-producing States for 
the past four years: 
States. 1872. 1873. 1874, 1875. 
eee EEE EEE 
Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels. 
23.5 22. 5 yi 
PP RMEENED UC cinoe sha Wt cle van me a'de wa tenia Cat ag niemaammats nee a atek 16.8 30.5 
Kentucky .......- babe me ccc d seen See eee che ot aalreasicamemon 31,2 29.5 25 33. 3 
Ohio 4 39, 5 35 36 33. 2 
Indiana.. 38. 7 25. 6 27 34.5 
Illinois .. 39. 8 21 18 34.5 
Iowa 
