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ARIZONA TERRITORY. 



APACHE. Hog cholera has never been known in this county. Blackleg prevails 

 occasionally among cattle. 



COCHISE. I have not heard of any disease among hogs in this county. As for hog 

 cholera, I do not think there ever was a case of it in the county, 



MARICOPA. Hog cholera is not known in this valley, nor, so far as I can learn, in 

 any portion of Arizona, Hogs are absolutely free from any and all infectious or 

 contagious diseases in the Salt River valley. They are raised upon alfalfa and fat- 

 tened, or, rather, hardened, upon wheat, corn, or barley, which destroys the strong 

 grass flavor. The only disease known among cattle is an occasional case of black- 

 leg when fed on alfalfa plant when the feed is luxuriant in the early spring months. 

 Horses, hogs, and sheep are almost absolutely free of disease of any sort. This con- 

 dition is attributable to purity and dryness of our atmosphere, together with the 

 slight saline quality of the water in this section of Arizona. 



CALIFORNIA. 



ALPINE. No hog cholera seems to be prevailing in this county. 



AMADOR. Hog cholera is not, nor ever has been, known to prevail in this county. 

 About 20 head of cattle have died of a disease supposed to be blackleg. 



BUTTE. There has been no epidemic among hogs in this county. All cases of hog 

 cholera that have come under my observation have entirely disappeared with proper 

 care, plenty of feed, and warm, dry places to sleep. Parties that meet with best 

 success in hog raising in this county always have plenty of pitch-tar, salt, and char- 

 coal where the hogs have access to it, especially during the rainy season. They 

 also use freely of red peppers hi pods, in steeping them and pouring over food. 



CALAVERAS. Hog cholera is but little known in this county, A good many hogs 

 have died, but I am unable from any information I can obtain to certify that that 

 was the cause. A good many young cattle have died this season from a disease 

 known as blackleg. Still I am not satisfied that this is the disease with which they 

 were affected. 



FRESNO. There has been no hog cholera in this part of the county, and I am not 

 sure of its ever having appeared in any part of the county. The hogs here have never 

 had any epidemic of a serious character. Horses have had several epidemics of in- 

 fluenza, and the " pink-eye" has, in a few cases, proved fatal, but not enough to 

 class it as epidemic. Cattle are uniformly healthy,; and do well here on account of 

 mild winters, 



HUMBOLDT, Hog cholera has been reported in one or two of the counties south 

 of this, and has proved very fatal. I believe it was imported with hogs brought 

 from some distance. I have not heard anything of it for some months past. This 

 county has always been a healthy one for hogs. About 40 horses were lost by glan- 

 ders last year, and 10 head this year. The action of the county authorities seems 



to be stamping it out, 

 LASSEN. No h< 



hog cholera prevails in this county, and no other disease seems to 

 affect this class of stock. There has been some pink-eye among horses, and a small 

 percentage has been lost. Cattle have suffered a little by blackleg, and a small 

 percentage have died. Sheep have suffered to some extent from scab. 



MARIN. The first appearance of hog cholera in this county was during last sum- 

 mer. Out of 200 head of store hogs bought in San Francisco and shipped to the 

 dairy ranche of Mrs. A. J. Peirce, about one-half died. The cause is not known. 

 This is a very healthy county for hogs, It is evident that the disease was contracted 

 in San Francisco. 



MODOC. We have no hog cholera in this county. The only disease that has pre- 

 vailed among any class of animals has been blackleg among cattle. A large num- 

 ber of animals have died from this malady. "We have no remedy for it. 



MONTEREY. Do not think any animals have been affected with hog cholera in this 

 county; at least I can not learn of any. Hogs are left to shift for themselves like 

 other animals here, being fed mostly on dairy slops, alfalfa, burr clover, and such 

 weeds as they can pick up. But very little grain is fed to hogs here. 



PLACER. There has been no hog disease in this county to my knowledge for the 

 last twenty years. There is a considerable dimunition in the number of hogs in the 

 county on account of the low price of pork during the last two or three years I 

 would judge at least 25 to 30 per cent. There was a mild disease among horses this 

 last fall a kind of horse distemper a running at the nose and swelling under the 

 throat, but none died of it that I heard of. It was principally among young stock. 



