AGEICULTUKE. 



TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE CASH VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS PER ACRE FOR THE 



YEAR 1868. 



The diseases among cattle and live-stock 

 generally have not been as prevalent as in 1868. 

 There has been, however, in the West a con- 

 siderable amount of the Spanish, or, as Prof. 

 Gamgee calls it, "splenic fever," and it seems 

 to be traced to the Texas cattle. Just at the 

 close of the year a disease, bearing resem- 

 blance to rinderpest, made its appearance 

 in some of the Hudson Eiver counties of 

 New York, but has not as yet spread to any 



extent. Notice has been sent to our Govern- 

 ment by some of our consuls in Europe of the 

 existence there of a new disease of cattle, 

 known as "the foot and mouth disease," con- 

 tagious and debilitating, but not generally fatal, 

 and precautions have been taken to prevent 

 its introduction here. The "hog cholera" 

 has greatly diminished in its prevalence, and 

 severity, but still destroys a considerable num- 

 ber of swine. The treatment of the foot-rot 



