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Illinois, Macoupin: More hog-cholera than for the past three years. 
Kansas, Woodson: A disease called the strangles is prevailing in sey- 
eral, lovalities, which has. killed,.a number. of fine horses. The first 
symptoms are manifested by an itching of the head, which causes the 
horse to rub. the head and neck violently against anything within reach. 
This is soon followed by a swelling in the muscles of the jaw, which ex- 
tends upward until the lower jaw and, throat are tightly swollen... The 
horse begins to strangle, as though choking, and, grows, worse for.abont 
five days, when he ceases to breathe. No one seems to understand the 
disease, and no remedy has yet been discovered. 
INSECT-INJURIES TO. APPLE-TREES.—Alabama, Saint, Clair: This 
spring, on a number of apple-trees, a short time after. the bloom ap- 
peared, a small insect, like a black. flea, in. appearance, bored. into the 
limb near the bloom and deposited its eggs. -This caused the bloom to 
perish, and the limb died back from 4 to 12 inches. The trees thus in- 
jured look as if almost dead, there are so many dead leaves hanging to 
them. The borer confined itself principally to certain kinds of fruit. 
This is the first thing of the kind we have ever had. 
OVERFLOW.—Louisiana, Concordia: From careful inquiry, I think at 
least three-fourths of this, parish is under water.,..At date, May 21, it 
has fallen 10 inches, but goes down very slowly... In the back part of 
the parish there will be a good deal of suffering. 
NEW VARIETY OF APPLES.—Austin, Texas: A new variety of apples 
has originated on the farm of Dr. Becker, of Frelsburgh, which is prop- 
agated by suckers, and succeeds admirably, . The trees perfected a 
second crop last winter. 
FATALITY AMONG DOGS.— Tennessee, McMinn: Farmers are paying 
more attention to sheep since, the law has passed taxing every dog $1 
and every slut $5. An affidavit to the death of a dog pays, the tax on 
him, and there have been about 150 affidavits filed with the county col- 
leetor for 1875. 
A STOCK COUNTY.— West Virginia, Greenbrier: This county is better 
adapted to stock-growing than to grain. Cattle, sheep, and horses are 
extensively raised. We sell annually about, 3,000 fat cattle, averaging 
1,100 pounds, at 43 cents. Stock of all kinds are now in good condition, 
and promise to get fat early. 
RAVAGES ON SHEEP.—Mississippi, Winston: I turned out, my sheep 
last spring and lost two-thirds of them; this spring I turned out my 
flock, and within one week all my lambs disappeared—killed by wolves 
or dogs. The sheep are diminishing every year; the farmers have al- 
most given up raising them. One otf my neighbors, who has generally 
kept 75 to 100, told me, three days ago, that he had only 2 left—all killed 
by dogs, wolves, or freedmen. 
Georgia, Hall: Since the war, sheep-raising has proved a failure. 
This is a good sheep-growing county, but the freedmen seem determined 
that dogs shall monopolize it. Before the war I kept a fine flock of 
about 100; now I have none—have been compelled to quit by the dogs, 
the poor white man, and the negro. 
HAIL-STORMS.—New Jersey, Sussex: On the evening of May 21, we 
suffered terribly in several parts of the county from a storm of hail and 
rain. Some of the hail-stoues were of the size of a small hen’segg. Glass 
in windows of church, conservatories, Xc., suffered very much. The leaves 
were stripped off the trees, gardens were ruined, roads washed out, and 
bridges destroyed. 
