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JACKSON. Hog cholera made its appearance in this county something like twenty 

 /ears ago, and it has prevailed in different parts of the county every year since. Some 

 years it is worse than others. It attacks hogs in 'different localities with more or 

 less severity, breaking out in places say 4 or 6 miles apart, leaving but very few 

 hogs, often not one. 



LAWRENCE. To ascertain the cause of hog cholera has baffled all efforts, as well 

 as to find any means to cure the disease. Where the hogs have had fresh spring 

 water in the mountain the disease has been as fatal as in the valley, where, in many 

 places, they could only get stagnant water from stock ponds. It was found that by 

 keeping them free from lice they unproved and withstood the disease much better 

 than when neglected in this respect. 



LIMESTONE. Some sporadic cases of hog cholera are reported as having occurred 

 in this county in 1858. But few persons, however, sustained heavy losses before 

 1865. Hog cholera is supposed to have appeared in Lawrence and Morgan Coun- 

 ties, Ala., and Giles and Lincoln Counties, Tenn., before it did here. Deductions 

 from experience would seem to be that the improved breeds of hogs, Berkshire and 

 Poland-China, are more subject to cholera than our native breeds, It is supposed 

 that our native breeds were healthier, because they had a greater variety of food 

 and greater extent of territory upon which to run and sleep. 



MARION. The first hog cholera in this county was in the 3 r ear 1866. No cause is 

 known, or how it came into the county. Up to that time hogs ran in the forests, 

 but as the county grew older and was cleared up hogs were confined to pastures. 

 Disease then became more prevalent. There was no disease among hogs in this 

 county prior to the above year. 



PICKENS. It is believed that hog cholera was brought into this county from Ten- 

 nessee, but in what year I can not say. 



WALKER. Hog cholera was here before I came to this county. Hogs were gen- 

 erally healthy before cholera made its appearance. I was born and raised in the 

 county, and my recollection is that it made its appearance about the year 1856. 

 Sorghum-cane eeed was sent into our county about that time, and I have always 

 believed, and I believe yet, that that is and was the cause of hog cholera. I think 

 so because they both came together, and my opinion is that if the matter was in- 

 vestigated it would be found that they have spread over this entire county together. 



WASHINGTON. Hogs were generally healthy up to 1862. Since that time we 

 have had more or less hog cholera, in some parts of the county, every year. Some 

 localities will miss for one or two years. Some years it is very fatal; in other years 

 again not so fatal. For the past twelve months it has not been so bad, but owing 

 td cholera previous to that time there will not be as much meat killed. Young 

 hogs are generally healthy at this tune. 



WINSTON. In the f all of 1862 a drove of hogs from Tennessee passed through 

 this countj r and introduced what was pronounced hog cholera- Previous to that 

 time hogs were generally healthy, and such a thing as hog cholera was unknown. 

 From 1863 to the present time hogs have been more or less affected with this disease. 

 In 1882 1,000 head died with what was called, cholera. It is a strange disease. 

 Hogs apparently well at night are found dead in the morning, and what is still 

 more strange, in a pen of 10 fat hogs 9 will die. There is no cure known here. 

 All admit it is a blood disease. Blue vitriol, turpentine, and slops are good prevent- 

 ives. I had two fine hogs to die two years ago. They were both fat, and I saw 

 nothing wrong with them at night; but they were dead in the morning. I had one 

 opened, and the lungs^ heart> and intestines were dark looking, with bloody streaks 

 through them* 



ARKANSAS, 



ARKANSAS 1 have never seen a genuine case of hog cholera since residing here 

 (seven years)* Last year mast was a failure, and many hogs died during winter 

 from poverty and cold, but where fed they did very well. 



ASHLEY. I do not think that the genuine hog cholera has ever been in this county. 

 In 1882 many hogs died, but they run at large in the woods and no care was taken 

 Of them, except to rally once or twice a month to keep them gentle enough to man- 

 age. Last year a disease called hog nioasies prevailed here, and about 10 per cent, 

 died. The symptoms were as follows, viz: First, the hog was sluggish for two or 

 three days, then fever intervened for three or four days, which ended either in death 

 or improvement in six or seven days. The hogs broke out in small eruptions and the 

 r.kin in small blisters; next the cuticle became dry and all peeled off. A new skin 

 formed, the animal nearly dying. In thirty or forty days it would begin to improve 

 in flesh and soon be fat. 



BAXTEK. The first appearance of hog cholera in this county was in the year 1862. 



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