44 AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
Waushara, Wis.—There bas been a disease among horses, from which quite a number 
have died. "The horse’s throat seems to swell and close up the passage. It is a new 
thing for this county, and no one knows how to treat it successfully. 
Napa, Cal—Dr. Lockwood reports a disease as follows: “A disease, familiarly 
called the ‘crazy disorder, has prevailed to some extent among common stock horses, 
coming from the southern counties of this State, where it has existed for some years. 
It is characterized by a low state of the system, induced by poor feed. Head symptoms 
are predominant; animals attacked often die, and probably none ever recover their nor- 
mal condition. One so diseased is worthless; will not repay further care. Mr. N. 
Coombs has lost fifty head this winter, exclusively among ‘his inferior stock.” The 
horses referred to are what we here call Spanish horses, and are usually leftin large 
bands, without special feed or care, like the wild horse of Mexico. 
DISEASES OF SHEEP. 
Diseases of sheep are less general than for two or three years past, 
mortality and the slaughtering-house im former years) having reduced 
the numbers of the weak and diseased victims of neglect. Foot-rot is 
still the most prolific source of loss, most abundant in Ohio, severe in 
portions of Michigan, and found to some extent in other Western and 
in the Middle States, with very few cases in New England and the 
South, and none in the Territories and Pacific States. Scab is most 
general in Texas, is reported in several counties in Missouri, and is 
oceasionally found in all sections east of the Mississippi, though few 
cases are reported in the Atlantic States east and south of New York. 
Rot has occasioned some loss in Alabama and Mississippi. ‘‘ Grub 
in the head” has been reported in very few counties. A Georgia cor- 
respondent (Dooley County) reports 5 per cent. loss from “‘a new disease, 
the sore nose.” It is a frequent report that there is no disease among 
sheep that are well fed and properly treated. Cruel neglect and reck- 
less disregard of the comfort and health of flocks account for nearly all 
the losses reported. In Montgomery County, Maryland, native sheep 
have been healthy; of 1,200 Merinos brought from Ohio here fully three- 
fourths have died. In Marion, South Carolina, lambs dropped last 
spring became unhealthy, and one-third have died. In Caldwell, North 
Carolina, when kept in pasture of small area several successive years, 
they become affected with rot in many cases. In Washington, Pennsy]- 
vania, three-fifths of the sheep have foot-rot. The ravages of dogs are 
perhaps more injurious tosheep husbandry than any disease named above. 
The returns are full of evidence on this point. The counties in North Caro- 
lina that report the dog disease equal in number those which name ail- 
mentsof sheep. In Virginia ‘dogs are more destructive than all diseases.” 
in Marshall County, Alabama, the loss is 30 per cent. from “starved dogs.” 
In Georgia itis statetl that “the dog is the worst disease afflicting flocks,” 
and that “few farmers raise sheep on account of dogs.” 
DISEASES OF SWINE. 
The diseases among swine, however various, are popularly referred to 
‘‘hog cholera,” as a rule. Whenever symptoms are detailed in the 
returns, they are given as aids in determining the character of the mal- 
ady. The losses reported are less this spring than usual, indicating far 
greater soundness of health than in some former years. There is still 
more of disease and death among swine than in Any other class of farm 
animals, and probably less is accurately known of the character of the 
maladies afflicting the species. Having superior care.and better feed in 
the Middle aud Hastern States, there is comparatively little loss reported 
in those sections. In York County, Maine, some cases of disease have 
been reported among improved breeds. The preventive practice of feeding 
a tablespoonful of spirits of turpentine in milk to a hog over six months 
obtains in Chautauqua, New York. Some less is mentioned in Columbia 
