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CASEY. Hog cholera made its appearance in this county in 1865, and killed a 

 great many hogs that year. As to where it came from, or how it got into the 

 county, is not known. It has been killing a greater or less number of hogs every 

 year since. Previous to 1865 hogs were healthy. Since 1865 the hog crop is a very 

 uncertain one. When we raise them up large enough to kill they die by the score. 

 We have some cholera among our hogs at this time. If a hog takes the disease and 

 gets over it he is of no good afterward. 



CLAY. The disease of hog cholera has prevailed in this county to some extent. 

 It is confined mostly to one section of the county, where the disease has prevailed 

 for some years. No steps have been taken to stamp it out except by the use of 

 domestic remedies. There has been no change of the old original stock. I can not 

 give exact date of its appearance, but from the best information I can get it has 

 been confined to this particular portion of the county for about four years. Most 

 all of the hogs in this section have died from it. 



CLINTON. Hog cholera was introduced into this county from about 1855 to 

 1860. The latter date is the most definite one given by those who lost hogs by the 

 disease in that year. The hogs had what was called quinsy, which more frequently 



heard another man make a similar statement. 



CUMBERLAND. Hog cholera has been in our county at times for more than 

 twenty years. It rages in one neighborhood for awhile, then another. Some farm- 

 ers escape entirely, while others suffer every time it comes around. I know no 

 cause for it, and no preventive or cure. We have suffered heavily this year. 



DAVIESS. Hog cholera has been known here about thirty years. Previous to 

 that time hogs were healthy. We then had only scrub stock. The better breeds 

 seem to be of a more tender nature are more susceptible to disease and require 

 better care. The disease will sometimes kill all the hogs in certain localities, while 

 in others the animals will entirely escape. It is a good plan to burn the carcasses, 

 as the buzzards seem to carry the contagion from one locality to another. Its mode 

 of introduction here is unknown, unless the above statement will account for it. 

 Either charcoal or stove coal, wood ashes, sulphur, saltpeter, etc., if placed where 

 the animals can have access to them, will prove beneficial in preventing the appear- 

 ance of the disease. Our losses during the current year will exceed $15,000. 



ELLIOTT, The first appearance of hog cholera in this county was in the year 

 1860. I can not ascertain the means of its first introduction into this county. Hogs 

 were considered healthy before its appearance here. 



ESTILL. There was some hog cholera in my neighborhood in the spring about 

 the first of May. There were some cases in other parts of the county about the 

 same time. Before that time hogs seemed to be healthy, and no disease of any kind 

 prevailed among them. Since the 15th of June I do not think there has been any 

 prevalence of the disease in the county. Hogs have been hi better condition than 

 usual. I have heard of some hogs being sick, and some of the farmers have lost 

 some, but not with hog cholera. We have lost some sheep by the rot. 



FAYETTE. The year of the first appearance of hog cholera in this county, and 

 the mode of its introduction, can not be definitely stated. Somewhere in the years 

 from 1840^ to 1848 the hogs of the writer were severely attacked by it, first com- 

 mencing in young pigs, then older hogs; sows in pig would bring forth their litters 

 all dead, the sows also dying, the losses all told amounting probably to more than 

 100. Each fall for several years I had visitations of it; had heard of the disease 

 for several years before it visited me; have had nothing of the kind for many 

 years, attributable to the fact, as I think, that now I keep but few hogs, which have 

 a large range on the farm. This is the case with our farmers generally, and I think 

 we would be entirely clear of the disease but for our distilleries, where large num- 

 bers of hogs are kept in a very filthy manner, and the losses are very heavy, in 

 many instances amounting to 50 and more per cent. The hogs at those" places are 

 picked up indiscriminately, and are sinks of infection. Farmers are careful not to 

 permit their hogs to come near distilleries, or to water flowing from them. Pre- 

 vious to visitations of cholera hogs here were healthy, and large numbers were 

 raised and sent annually to market; now the surplus is small. I had the strangles 

 among my horse stock the past summer and fall, mostly among young animals ; 

 lost two very valuable colts from it. Many others fared worse than I did. This 

 county produces the highest type of horses, and the loss has been heavy. The 

 secondary effects of this disease are more serious than the acute stage' blood 

 poisoning and internal abscesses follow. They are a long time in recovering from 

 its effects, and no animal having it is fit for any service short of three or four 

 months. Some cattle died from bloat the early part of last summer. 



