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this county, although we lose about 35 per cent, of our hogs every year. But this 

 loss is not occasioned by disease of any kind; it is for want of proper food and care. 



HILLSDALE. I can not give the year of the first appearance of hog cholera in 

 our county. It was several years ago, and I am satisfied that we had hog cholera 

 long before it was known as such. There has never been any general infection with 

 the disease in this county, but here and there an isolated herd has suffered. I have 

 not heard of the prevalence of the disease for two or three years. 



JACKSON. No hog cholera in this county. There has been no prevailing disease 

 of any kind among farm animals. The deaths have only been the average loss 

 from natural causes. 



KALAMAZOO. There are no prevalent diseases in this county of a contagious, 

 epidemic, or virulent character. All classes of farm animals seem in a healthy con- 

 dition. 



KEWEENAW. No hog cholera has been known in this county for a number of 

 years past. 



LAKE. There is no hog cholera or other infectious diseases among domestic ani- 

 mals in this county that I am aware of, except a mild form of horse distemper. 

 None died from this disease that I know of. 



LENA WEE. I have not heard of a single case of hog cholera in the county. All 

 report hogs as extremely healthy. 



LEELANAW. I have never heard of a single hog dying of cholera in this county. 

 Hogs are healthy. 



MANITOU. No hog cholera- in this county; never heard tell of any at least; no 

 disease of any kind among farm animals; they are all in good condition. 



MANISTEE. I think there has never been any hog cholera in this county. No 

 disease has prevailed during the year among any class of animals. Some corre- 

 spondents report a considerable number of colts lost from congenital weakness; 

 some were not even able to get on their feet. One reports 25 out of 30 lost. 



MARQUETTE. There are few hogs raised in this county, and they are raised by 

 farmers for their own use. The people purchase the imported article in its frozen 

 state and salt it themselves, or buy already salted. They can buy cheapen than 

 they can raise it. There has not been a case of hog chotera in the county as far as 

 I or my assistants can learn. 



MASON. I can not learn of the prevalence of any hog cholera in our county dur- 

 ing the past year. 



MENOMINEE. I have not heard of a case of hog cholera in this county. 



MONTCALM. Hog cholera does not and never has prevailed to any alarming 

 extent in this part of the State. No epidemic is prevailing among any class of farm 

 animals. The condition of all stock at the present time is excellent. 



OAKLAND. There never has been any genuine hog cholera in this county. There 

 has been at times diseases of the lungs; the animals would cough and some die. 

 If the animals purged freely they were pretty sure to die. Sometimes they would 

 die without purging, and we would usually find hepatization of the lungs. This 

 ailment has never been general, and I do not know that there is any of it in the 

 county at the present time. 



OCEANA. No hog cholera prevails in this county. 



OGEMAW. As I have lived here but five years, I can not tell when hog cholera first 

 entered the county, nor in what way. As far as I can learn it has never done much 

 damage. The hogs attacked were in good health a day or two before they died. 



PNTONAGON. There is no hog cholera in this county. There were very few hogs 

 raised the past year. We raise no corn in this county, and it would not pay to buy 

 corn to feed hogs. A good many horses died the past year by being overworked in 

 the pineries and on the railroad, but I have not heard <of any dying from disease of 

 any kind. 



OTSEGO. Neither cholera nor any other disease has prevailed among hogs in this 

 county the present year. Last year a disease supposed to be cholera prevailed to a 

 limited extent. 



PRESQUE ISLE. The disease known as hog cholera is unknown in this county. 

 All hogs raised here are fed a regular ration of charcoal, and during the summer 

 months they generally roam in the woods, where they find all the requirements for 

 health. 



ROSCOMMON. We have not as yet had the disease known as hog cholera in this 

 county. 



ST. GLAIR. There is no hog cholera in this county. 



SAGINAW. Two years ago a large number of hogs died while fattening, and it 

 was said they died of cholera. There was nothing of the kind previous, to this, and 

 nothing of the kind since, A great many young pigs died last spring from birth to 

 six weeks old, for which no reason could be assigned. They seemed to die without 

 being sick. 



