summer and fall, and cattle soon learn to relish it. In Lunenbureh the 
malady is called ‘also red-water and murrain, and seems to be caused by 
indigestible food; losses here about five per cent. of all the animals in the 
county. In Pittsylvania the loss was about six per cent. It is reported 
also in Randolph, Yadkin, Surrey, and Transylvania, North Carolina. 
MURRAIN. —Under this comprehensive but indefinite term is ranged, 
in popular nomenclature, a great variety of cattle-diseases, often of the 
most widely differing sy mptoms. It is used as the synonym of distem- 
per, Texas fever, lung: fever, mad itch, milk-fever, and other maladies ; 
but in the absence of a more definite term, it will be necessary to use it. 
In Macon, North Carolina, a disease called by this name developed a 
few sporadic cases, marked by a slight swelling under the throat, 
bruised appearance of the flesh, and secretions of yellow liquid under 
the skin after death. It put in a more or less dubious appearance in 
Dooly and Forsyth, Georgia; in Jackson and Colbert, Alabama; in 
Coahoma, Mississippi ; ; in “Saint Mary’s, Louisiana; in Prairie, Arkan- 
sas; in Lincoln, Tennessee; in Johnson and Bath, Kentucky ; in Tip- 
ton, Indiana; in Dodge, Minnesota; and in McDonald, Missouri. 
Map 1TcH.—In Coffee County, Tennessee, this disease is locally des- 
ignated as rub-head. An irritation of the skin causes the animal to 
rub its head, neck, and shoulders against the ground or any upright 
object until the blood flows. Death’ supervenes in two days, if not 
sooner. It is also noted in Hancock, Illinois. 
MISCELLANEOUS.—A few deaths in Adams, Pennsylvania, were 
attributed to an unknown disease, characterized by dullness, indisposi- 
tion to eat, &c. In Patrick, Virginia, some milch-cows died of some 
disease not recognized, The hollow-horn, characterized by one of our 
correspondents as the synonym of hollow-belly, a disease resulting 
from defective nutrition, exposure, and neglect, is reported in several 
counties in the South and one or two in the West. In some cases death 
by actual starvation is reported. Our correspondent in one of the 
counties of North Carolina suggests that a portion of the cotton-seed 
thrown into the compost-heaps could be more judiciously used in feed- 
ing cattle and giving them a more respectable appearance. Milk-sick- 
ness or milk-fever is reported in Lucas, Georgia, and Lorain, Ohio. 
Some cattle died of blind-staggers in Perry, Mississippi. Charbon 
made its appearance, in a small way, in East Feliciana, Louisiana. In 
Woodruff, Arkansas, in Hancock, Illinois, in Henry and Clinton, Iowa, 
and in Holt, Missouri, cattle turned into corn-stalk fields without access 
to water were seriously ‘affected, in many cases resulting in death. In 
a post-mortem examination in Clinton, Iowa, the third stomach was 
found “ caked.” The foot-and-mouth disease occasioned slight loss in 
Atchison, Missouri, but was more severe in Labette, Kansas. In the 
last-named county the symptoms included the swelling of feet, legs, and 
Salivary glands. An ox far gone with the disease was restored by free 
drenching with Epsom salts, lard, and copperas. Undescribed maladies 
are also reported in Putnam and Mercer, [llinois,and in North Missouri. 
DISEASES OF SHEEP. 
Our April returns give fresh evidence that a little seasonable atten 
tion to this class of farm. animals, and an effective legal protection from 
the ravages of worthless dogs, would make this branch of agricultural 
production of immense profit to the parties engaged, as well as to the 
whole country. The diseases noted are mostly the result of neglect, 
starvation, and exposure. Yet it is gratifying to note the great im- 
