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WASHINGTON. We have hog cholera in our parish, and it has been here for about 

 twenty years. As to how it came here I can not say, but I know that hogs were 

 generally healthy before it made its appearance. It has prevailed for the last few 

 years to an alarming extent. There have been several remedies tried, the most 

 popular one being common soda. 



WINN. It is thought that hog cholera was first started here by bringing in fine stock 

 hogs from the North. The disease appeared in 1878. Hogs died very rapidly here in 

 1885-'86 of cholera. They are dying of the disease in the northeastern portion of our 

 parish now. No contagious disease has prevailed among any other class of stock 

 during the year. 



MAINE. 



ANDROSCOGGIN. In regard to hog cholera, I do not know of any prevailing in 

 the county. There are losses of hogs as well as of other animals, but our county 

 does not even raise its own pork, and it is seldom losses occur among the few ani- 

 mals we have. So of horses, cattle, and sheep, but there are no prevailing diseases 

 in the county that I have heard of. 



AROOSTOOK. There never has been a case of hog cholera in this county to my 

 knowledge. No epidemic disease has prevailed among any class of farm animals 

 during the past year. 



CUMBERLAND. So far as I can learn, after diligent inquiry, there are no cases of 

 hog cholera in this county, and have been none during the year. 



KENNEBEC. Hog cholera made its appearance first in this county in the year 

 1879, when a few scattering cases occurred. Not many deaths have ever occurred 

 from this disease. We think that many of the cases were not really the genuine 

 hog cholera. We think that the first cases were those that took place at the Marine 

 Insane Hospital, from imported Chester swine, bought for breeding purposes. A 

 few cases of epizooty occurred among horses during- the past fall, from which but 

 few deaths resulted. The condition of live-stock was never better. 



OXFORD. T! ere is no hog cholera in this county. But few animals have been 

 affected by disease of any kind, and but very few have died. A few cattle have 

 been examined by the State board of commissioners, supposed to be affected with 

 tuberculosis, but were pronounced free from it. None have been killed to my 

 knowledge. 



PENOBSCOT. I have not heard of any cases of hog cholera in this county. If 

 there have been any they have not been reported. 



SAOADAHOC. There has been no such disease as hog cholera in this county. 

 There have been a few pigs or small shoats that have died from a disease which may 

 be cholera, although we have never known of that name being given it. The pig's 

 ears turn purple, it loses appetite, grows dumpish, falters, and dies. It appears to 

 be somewhat contagious. This disease is not new this year. It has appeared be- 

 fore. 



WALDO. One correspondent, B. B. Stevens, says, " Hog cholera is a disease I know 

 nothing about." Another, M. S. Stiles, jr. , " I have no knowledge of a single case of 

 the a disease in this State." From our practice of keeping hogs in inclosures that 

 render them nearly isolated they have always been exempt from contagious dis- 

 eases. Quite a number of hogs died during the year from a sort of apoplexy or 

 colic, a disease which comes on without any warning and is very fatal. It generally 

 terminates in death within an hour or two. 



YORK. Hog cholera has not been very prevalent the past year. It has been con- 

 fined to hogs brought from New York and Massachusetts. Have not known of a 

 case of it among hogs that are raised in our own county, and as this is not a pork- 

 raising county the loss* has been small in any breed. I don't think there are over 

 500 hogs brought into this county in a year. Aside from those raised here I don't 

 think there have been over 50 died from all diseases this year. In a county like this 

 if there is a case of hog cholera or cattle disease it is known for miles around. 



MARYLAND. 



ANNE ARUNDEL. Hog cholera in an intermittent form has existed in this county 

 for a number of years past, but as to the first year of its appearance I can not state. 

 During its ravages many hogs died from it in the aggregate. Not many are raised 

 by one personrarely more than 6 or 8 being found on one farm the majority of 

 farmers not raising any. The past year I have heard of no cholera and no epidemic 

 in other kinds of farm stock. Two* herds of cattle of 10 or 12 head each were de- 

 stroyed for symptoms of pleuro-pneumonia. 



