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quarantine against it. Our supply of horses is mostly obtained from Vermont or 

 the West. Very few raised in the county only a few hundred; no general form of 

 disease has prevailed, and few have died from any cause not incident to age. Litch- 

 field County raises and exports many choice cattle for breeders, and working oxen, 

 but imports a larger number of cheaper stock for fattening and for dairy. Milk 

 fever, tuberculosis, anthrax or blackleg, and contagious diarrhea in calves have 

 caused a few losses as usual ; foals and abortion have continued to afflict individual 

 animals or dairies, of course diminishing their returns. One or 2 per cent, would 

 cover losses from all causes. Sheep husbandry has not advanced. We have had 

 no disease that has come to my knowledge. The dread of hog cholera has operated 

 with other causes to diminish to some extent the number of swine in the county, 

 but there has been none the past year that has come to my knowledge. Most of our 

 swine and sheep are raised in the county. 



MIDDLESEX. Hog cholera has never occurred in our county to any considerable 

 extent. It has prevailed in some sections of our State, but I think where it has ex- 

 isted the infection has been brought in all instances by animals from other States. 

 It is unquestionably one of those bacterian diseases highly contagious^ and wher- 

 ever it occurs the most thorough disinfection should follow. The general health of 

 farm animals is good in this county. 



NEW LONDON. We have no hog cholera in our county that I can hear of. 



TOLLAND. I can not hear of a single specific case of hog cholera in this county. 

 There are few deaths among swine, and these can usually be attributed to neglect 

 in their care or quarters. 



WINDHAM. No hog cholera is reported as existing in this county. 



DAKOTA TERRITORY. 



BENSON. I have* not heard of a single case of hog cholera in this county, nor 

 have I heard of a single case of glanders in horses. Cattle are in excellent con- 

 dition at the present time and have not been affected with disease. Sheep are very 

 scarce, and I have heard of no losses among the few we have. 



BON HOMME. Practically there is no hog cholera in this county. Perhaps $3,000 

 would cover the losses among all classes of farm animals for the year just closing. 



BUFFALO. Three horses were found affected with glanders and were shot. Two 

 animals suffering with distemper died for lack of proper care. 



CAMPBELL. No disease worth mentioning has prevailed among domestic ani- 

 mals in this county during the past year except a few cases of blackleg among 

 cattle. Calves are more subject to the disease than mature animals. No remedy 

 has been discovered; some regard saltpeter, sulphur, and copperas as preventives. 

 As far as I can ascertain hog cholera has never made its appearance in this county. 

 I have had considerable opportunity to observe hog cholera in its various phases in 

 northwest Ohio. The disease is undoubtedly infectious, and isolation, quarantine, 

 and " stamping out" are the most practical methods of prevention and far prefer- 

 able to all so-<ftalled cures. 



CAVELIER. I never have heard of any hog cholera in this county. Horses, cat- 

 tle, sheep, and hogs are in excellent condition -and good health. Occasionally a 

 horse is affected with glanders. 



CHARLES Mix. There never has been any hog cholera in this county. Hogs have 

 been generally healthy, and do well here. 'There have been a few cases of glanders 

 among horses, and five or six affected animals have been killed. A disease is af- 

 fecting cattle in the county, but no one seems to know what it is. They die very 

 suddenly. 



CASS. We have no hog cholera in this county or any prevalent diseases among 

 either horses, hogs, cattle, or sheep, except glanders among horses, which exists to 

 a considerable extent. The Territorial veterinarian was at my house last week and 

 killed two of my horses, which he said had glanders. He is traveling all the time 

 in the Territory, and has killed scores of horses' since March 1, 1887. I have had 

 hundreds of cattle, and have seen many more in a residence of ten years, but have 

 never seen a case of anthrax, nor any other prevalent fatal disease among domes- 

 tic animals of any kind. I am sure this will be the report from the entire county, 

 except as to glanders. Think $5,000 worth of horses have been destroyed by glan- 

 ders in this county the past year. 



CLAY. No hog cholera has appeared during the year. I can not ascertain when 

 it was first introduced. It was before I came to t)akota, eight years ago. It pre- 

 vailed during the years 1885-'86, and the losses were very heavy. Farm animals 

 generally have been quite healthy during the year. 



CLARK. Hog cholera is not known here. There never has been one case in this 

 county. 



