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which had been overflowed iu low lands. Wilkinson County, Georgia, 

 reports some cases ; also Tuscaloosa Countj', Alabama ; Lee County, 

 Mississippi; Cherokee County, Texas; Jackson County, Arkansas; 

 Coffee and Lauderdale Counties, Tennessee. 



Glanders. — But few cases are mentioned. Several died in Litchfield 

 County, Connecticut ; a few iu Surry County, Virginia, and Hillsborough 

 County, Florida. It has prevailed in Winston County, Mississippi; 

 Mercer County, West Virginia, reports a few cases ; and Trimble County, 

 Kentucky, reports fifteen or twenty. 



Distemper, spoken of hy many repoj'ters as diphtheria, has existed, 

 but doubtless the majority of cases so described were nothing more than 

 those of ordinary distemper. The correspondent for Niagara County, 

 New York, says the disease proved fatal at first, but after a little ex- 

 perience was treated successfullj-. Cases are also reported from Luzerne 

 County, Pennsylvania, where it is termed a "malignant distemper;" 

 Buncombe County, North Carolina; Chesterfield County, South Caro- 

 lina; Orange, Hillsborough, Manatee, and Santa Eosa Counties, Florida; 

 Choctaw County, Alabama; in Victoria, Austin, and Nueces Counties, 

 Texas, many colts, and, in some cases, grown animals, have died; in 

 Izard County, Arkansas ; Upshur County, West Virginia ; Lewis Count}', 

 Kentucky; Madison County, Indiana, and in Boone County, Illinois. 

 Sonoma County, California, an "epizootic distemper" is spoken of; the 

 cases yield readily to treatment. 



Farcy.— A few cases have occurred within a short time in Buckingham 

 County, Virginia. The disease "was originally introduced by the Army 

 horses, in 18()5. Every case heard from in this county proved fatal, 

 obstinately resisting all remedies. Choctaw County, Alabama, reports 

 a few cases. 



Charhon is reported only from Phillips County, Arkansas. The treat- 

 ment adopted was to sear the affected i:»art with a hot iron and scarify 

 the wound a few days afterAvard. 



Quinsy prevailed only in Baltimore County, Maryland, and, though 

 not often fatal, interfered very much with farm-work last spring. 



Bots. — A few animals were attacked in Winston County, Mississippi, 

 and Obion County, Tennessee. Cases of "new" or "unknown" diseases 

 were reported, and some in which the symptoms are not given with 

 sufficient fullness for classification. The correspondent for Norfolk 

 County, Massachusetts, stated that a "large number of horses belong- 

 ing to the street-railroad companies have been affected with a new dis- 

 ease. It has proved fatal iu several cases, and as yet no positive remedy 

 lias been discovered." In Litchfield County, Connecticut, deaths i^e- 

 sulted from a disease resembling farcy, or glanders. In Washington 

 County, Pennsylvania, seven died of an affection resembling inflamma- 

 tion of the intestines. The reporter for York County, Virginia, says: 

 " Nearly all the horses died on one farm from some unknown cause." 

 In Wakulla County, Florida, many losses occurred, especially among 

 mules. "On examination, the intestines were found to be filled with 

 sand." In Crittenden County, Arkansas, buffalo gnats kill more than 

 all the diseases. Huntingdon County, Indiana, reports numerous deaths 

 from diseased lungs, thrbat, and head. The correspondent for Peoria 

 County, Illinois, says: "A neighbor of mine raised Hungarian grass 

 last year for hay; fed it to his horses during winter; one horse became 

 entirely disabled, 'stilf;'. the animal finally recovered." Several horses 

 died of a new disease in Dickinson County, Kansas, the symptoms of 

 which are as follows: "Cough, yellow matter running from the nose, 

 swelling of the throat, increasing weakness, and death. It is not dis- 



