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fered from dogs. The best breeds make the best mutton, judging from 
the canine selection and taste. ; 
DISEASES AMONG HoGs.—New Jersey.— Burlington : Sickness, called 
‘cholera, has made havoc in many yards; some have lost as many as 90; 
others, nearly all they had. 
Pennsylvania.—Montour : Some fine hogs have died of cholera. 
Virginia.—Middlesex : At least one-tenth of the hogs have been de- 
stroyed by cholera, and it has not eased up yet. Northampton: The sup- 
ply of hogs cut short by cholera. Halifax: Many hogs have died of 
cholera, and some of measles and quinsy. 
North Carolina.—Cumberland : Different kinds of disease, all known 
as cholera, have been very fatal to hogs. Some farmers have lost ail. 
Hogs that recover lose their bristles, and are nearly worthless. Wilkes : 
Hog-cholera has prevailed in some sections. Camden: Hogs are dying 
with something like quinsy. They are taken with a cough and swelling 
about the throat, and in a day or two are dead. Wilson: Many of the 
hogs died last fall. Pitt: A decided prospect that the county would be 
self-sustaining as to pork was blasted by a peculiar febrile disease, kill- 
ing, regardless of age or condition, at least one-third in number. It is 
still prevailing, and not amenable to any treatment yet suggested. Wa- 
tauga: In portions of the county hogs are dying of cholera; some far- 
mers have lost nearly all. Brunswick: Many hogs have died of chol- 
era, and the small pigs are killed by bears, foxes, and wild cats. 
Georgia.—Coffee: Hogs have died rapidly with cholera. Wilcox: 
Hogs died to a considerable extent in the fall with cholera. Gilmore: 
Cholera among hogs in some sections. 
Florida.—Fayette: Hogs in certain localities are dying from an 
unknown cause; 50 per cent. of the pigs sicken and die. Gadsden: The 
cholera destroyed one-third of the hogs. Commenced about the first 
of May and ceased about the first of July. 
Alabama.—De Kalb : Cholera has made havoc among the hogs. 
Louisiana.—Jackson : About 1,200 hogs died of cholera. 
Texas.—Austin : Many hogs have died. Upshur: Last winter, disease 
nearly cleaned out the hogs from this county. 
Arkansas.—Bradley: A disease has prevailed among the hogs, called 
cholera, but much unlike the disease so called in former days. They 
are taken with vomiting, and die in from one to four days. <A few get 
well, from which the hair generally drops. Jefferson: Hogs under one 
year died the past summer and fall to a large extent. 
Kentucky.— Edmondson: Cholera has prevailed in a part of the county 
since last September. Logan: Owing to a very short corn-crop in 1874, 
and no clover in the county in 1875, at least 20 per cent. of the hogs died 
of starvation during the year. There are fewer hogs in the county now 
than for many years. Owsley: Hogs have died off by disease until the 
farmers have become discouraged from raising them, and there are not 
enough to half supply the county for consumption. Graves : Hog-chol- 
era has prevailed to some extent; about 10 per cent. have died. Ohio: 
The falling off in the number of hogs is owing to cholera. 
Ohio.— Pickaway: The cholera has taken off quite a number of our hogs. 
Licking : Have lost some hogs by cholera. 
Indiana.— Gibson : Since the cholera ceased hogs are doing well. De- 
catur: Cholera has prevailed to an alarming extent among the*hogs, 
and greatly reduced the number of pigs. Shelby: Decrease in the per- 
centage of hogs is caused by the ravages of cholera. Warren: Hog- 
cholera has prevailed in two townships. Jennings: Probably one-fourth 
of all the hogs have died of cholera. Hamilton: Hog-cholera visited our 
