200 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



DAVISON. Wo have no hog cholera in this county. There are perhaps not over 

 5,000 hogs in the county, 



DARLINGTON, There is no hog cholera in this county. 



DEUEL. I can not find that any sign of hog cholera has ever been noticed in this 

 or adjoining counties, Some of the hogmen say it will be here when we are crowded 

 more with hogs. 



DICKEY. There is no such disease as hog cholera in this vicinity, 



EDDY.- There is not a case of hog cholera known in this county, 



EMMONS. There has been no hog cholera or any other diseases in this county 

 this year. Stock of all kinds have been very healthy. I have not a single case of 

 disease to report. 



FALL RIVER, We have no hogs in this county, and very few farm animals of 

 any kind. The few we have seem to be in a healthy condition. 



FAVLK. We have had no hog cholera in our county. No disease of any kind 

 has prevailed among our farm animals during the past year, 



GRIGGS. I have never heard of a case of hog cholera in our county. I have 

 kept a couple hundred head, and my neighbors have from fifty to three hundred 

 each, but there has been no case of cholera amonp them. My assistants report 

 that they have never heard of a case. There is but little disease of any kind among 

 farm animals, and they are generally in good condition. 



HAND. No hogs have dieo. with the cholera to my knowledge. The county is new 

 and there are but few herds of hogs of any size. No epidemic has prevailed among 

 any class of farm animals during the past year, 



HANSON. There has never been any hog cholera in this county. A few animals 

 died in 1886 by a disease which some farmers thought to be cholera. In my opinion 

 it was not, as the disease did not spread, and this vear, in the same locality, hogs 

 are healthy. Hogs are very healthy as a general thing. 



HAMLIN. The diseases affecting horses, sheep, and hogs are so. few and the losses 

 so limited among these animals in this county as to hardly be worth considering. 

 Blackleg once in a while gets into a herd of cattle, and some losses occur before 

 the disease is arrested. The number of farm animals are about as follows : Horses, 

 4,420; cattle, 11,300; sheep, 5,000; hogs, 4,000, 



HUTCHINSON, The only hog cholera is on a few farms more noted for careless 

 management than anything else, One farm in particular is an ordinary death-nest 

 for all stock. Cattle and sheep aro healthy. A number of glandered horses have 

 been killed by State authority. The official did not have the confidence of the people ; 

 his judgment was questioned and the work was not thoroughly done. One horse 

 near me was condemned but has not been killed, 



JERAULD. Hogs have been very healthy during the year, witli no indications of 

 hog cholera so far as I have been able to learn. There have been several cases of 

 glanders among horses. The affected animals were killed, Blackleg has prevailed 

 to some extent among cattle. 



McCooK, I have heard of no well-authenticated cases of cholera in this county. 

 Hogs are remarkably healthy tin's season. 



MERCER. There is no disease among farm animals in this county, The cattle in- 

 terest is the largest interest of our county, though there are parties now going into 

 raising horses on a large scale. The most of the horses in the county now are ponies, 

 which makes the average value small. A failure of croj>9 last year caused farmers 

 to dispose of about all their hogs. There are no sheep lu our county. There has 

 never been a case of hog cholera in the county, 



MEYER. There has been, up to the present time, no indication of hog cholera in 

 this county. Hog-raising ig just dawning upon the Indian's understanding as a 

 profitable industry, and there is more interest being taken therein of late, The 

 other stock raised in the county (cattle and ponies) have not suffered from any dis- 

 ease; in fact, there has never been, during my experience of sixteen years in the 

 county, a better year for stock, up to the present time, but the remarkably heavy 

 snow-falls since the latter part of November will probably cause considerable losses 

 during the balance of the winter to those not abundantly supplied with hay or other 

 feed for their stock. 



MOODY, No hog cholera exists in this county. All classes of farm animals seem 

 to be free from contagious diseases, 



MORTON. No such disease as hog cholera has prevailed in this county. Never in 

 the history of this part of Dakota were cattle, horses, and sheep in better condition 

 than at present. This is the 12th of December, and our animals are getting fat out 

 of doors. The so-called buffalo grass, which, grows wild on our prairies, is very 

 nutritious, and stock is doing remarkably well on it. Some time ago a disease sim- 

 ilar to pleuro-pneumonia appeared in one of our neighboring counties, but the im- 

 mediate killing of all diseased cattle checked the malady. The winter of 1886-87 



