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fine. Bedford: Diminished 50 per cent. by cholera, but the living are in fine condition. ~ 
Blount: Rather scarée and sma}l. Gibson : More abundant than for several years; con-° 
dition favorable, though some complaint of cholera. Perry: Will bea large increase in 
the amount of pork put up this year. 
West VirGiniA.—Greenbrier : An increase on last year’s stock. Many of the farm- 
ers vow make their pork from spring pigs. A heavy mast-crop will more than make 
up for the deficiency in the corn-crop. 
KEntTUCKY.—Garrard: Dying rapidly of cholera in localities. Shelby: A falling off 
in numbers and weight, owing to the fattening of large numbers last spring, caused 
by high prices and a surplus of corn. Marion: Finest crop of oak-mast ever known, 
but hogs very scarce, and many dying of cholera. Calloway: Stock-hogs and pork 
abundant. Boyle: Much lighter in weight than usual. Many spring pigs will be fed 
for market... Mason: Will be light, owing to the.fact that the older and larger were 
fattened and killedin the summer. Somecholera. Spencer: Small crop, many having 
died of cholera, so called. Those for feeding are young and small, but the heavy corn- 
crop will bring them on. Gallatin : Short in numbers but above average in size and 
condition. Owsley: Best mast ever known, but no hogs to eat it. Livingston: Will get 
fat on the remarkably fine mast. 
Ouro.—Ross: Cholera doing some damage. Franklin: Reduced 10 per cent. by the 
prevalence of hog-cholera last fall and winter. Have a little of it now; one farmer 
has lost 119. Delaware: The number in the county last year, 18,734; this year, 20,248, 
and 10 per cent. larger and better. JWarren : Cholera sweeping off shotes and ravaging 
fattening hogs. Henry: Many dying of cholera or some fatal disease; many losing 
whole herds; others, fearing the disease, have sold off all their stock-hogs. Greene: In 
some parts the hog disease has made sad havoc, taking in a few instances the entire 
herd, and, in many, 50 per cent. and upward. 
MicuicaNn.—Delta: Few raised, but the number rather on the increase. y 
InpraANAa.— Decatur : Stock-hogs scarce and dying of cholera. De Kalb: Disease is 
sweeping off hogs by the hundred, and no remedy is yet found. Cass: Some are dy- 
ing of cholera. Franklin: Numerous; some dying with cholera, so called. Ham- 
ilton: Most of the hogs for feeding are spring pigs; some cholera, but not yet half as 
bad as last year. Shelby: Short crop, owing to cholera, Marion: Stock-hogs scarce ; 
much complaint of cholera. 
Ittrwois.— Hardin : In splendid condition. Jackson: Cholera is killing what few we 
have left from last fall. It kills about 98 per cent. wherever it goes; turkeys and 
chickens are dying with it. Madison: Very scarce. Marshall: Plenty ; cholera in 
some localities. Mercer: Dying badly in some parts of the disease known as cholera. 
White: Few were kept over, and 66 per cent. of them have died of cholera, 
Wisconsin.— Crawford: Not so large a stock of fattening hogs as last year. Rich- 
land: Very thin, owing to a short corn-crop last year. 
MINNESOTA.—Ledwood : Numerous and in good condition, but no feed with which to 
fatten. 
Towa.—Crawford: Many have died of a disease similar to cholera. Hardin: A little 
short and thin, owing to the late corn-crop last year. Jefferson: Owing to the short 
corn-crop, large numbers of stock-hogs have been sold and shipped West. Washing- 
ton: Hog-cholera beginning to rage ; some have lost their entire stock. O’Brien: Are 
being rapidly sent out of the county since the destruction of our crops by the grass- 
hoppers. 
en ye Dying from various diseases, but more plentiful than last year. 
Cass: The disease among hogs is making havoe wherever it strikes them, but is con- 
fined to localities. Harrison: Some cholera. Nodaway; Short crop, owing, in part, to 
cholera, but mainly to a short corn-crop last year. Crawford: Dying of cholera. 
Henry : Cholera, so called, has destroyed 40 per cent. of the stock-hogs; those that 
have recovered are doing well. Pettis: Will lose 20 per cent. by cholera and lung dis- 
ease ; hundreds are dying weekly; some farmers have lost as high as 60 in one day 
and night. Caldwell: In fine condition. Cole: Still dying. Holt: At least 20 per 
cent. more dying this year than last. Randolph: Cholera is raging fearfully in some 
parts; hogs are very scarce and high. Ripley: Died of cholera badly last year; hence, 
this year they are more in number and Jess in weight than last. 
Kansas.—Jackson : Scarce, but very good in size. 
NEBRASKA.—Antelope: Three-fourths are pigs three to six months old; have old 
corn enough to put all into market in good shape. 
FRUIT. 
‘The hot and very dry August throughout the North and in some sec- 
tions of the South occasioned extensive injury to the fruit-crop by 
causing premature cessation of growth and falling off. The disease 
described as pear-blight, twig-blight, fire-blight, &c., appears to be ex- 
