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would be reliable. Averages, as compared with other years, can be quite reliably 

 given. Much reliable information could be obtained by the appointment of a cor- 

 respondent in every town in the county, if such could be obtained. 



ONONDAGA. There is no hog cholera in this county, nor has there ever been accord- 

 ing to all statements of our best veterinarians. The mortality among hogs is very 

 light. 



ORLEANS. There has been no disease among hogs this season so far as I can learn. 

 Last fall and winter a disease supposed to be cholera appeared in this section. The 

 hog became sick and after a day or two would break out with red rash on the skin. 

 The first symptoms were the turning of the ears of a dark color, then loss of ap- 

 petite, and after a few days death. Whatever this disease was it seems to have 

 mostly subsided. 



OTSEGO. We seldom hear of a case of cholera among hogs in this county. 



PUTNAM. I can hear of no hog cholera in this county. A few years ago some 

 droves of hogs were sold through this county and a large portion of them died from 

 some cause or other, but the disease, whatever it was, died with them. 



SCHUYLER. Our county lias never been afflicted with hog cholera or any other 

 epidemic disease among hogs. The only disease that has prevailed to any extent 

 among horses is common distemper or strangles, and it has not been as severe as in 

 previous years, but few deaths occurring from that cause. Most of the deaths were 

 caused by pneumonia and spasmodic colic. No epidemic disease has occurred 

 among cattle. Most of the deaths were caused by milk fever and parturient apo- 

 plexy. No epidemic or parasitic disease has prevailed to any extent among sheep. 

 The common sheep tick has been allowed to exist in some flocks, through the care- 

 lessness of flock masters. A mild epidemic of catarrh prevailed in the latter part 

 of September and fore part of October, which caused no deaths except in old dilap- 

 idated sheep and weak lambs. 



SUFFOLK. Hog cholera, or a disease similar to it, has existed in this county 

 for, say, the last fifteen years. We can not ascertain the date of its first appear- 

 ance, but hogs are kept so isolated that the chances of contagion are small. Al- 

 most every farmer or villager that owns hogs keeps them confined in pens, often 

 with only one or two in a place. The first losses, and most of the subsequent ones 

 that we have heard of were when the hogs were- fed on the refuse of large hotels, 

 and kept in a filthy condition. 



SULLIVAN. I can not learn of any cases of hog cholera having appeared hi Sullivan 

 County the past season. There is not pork enough raised in the county for home 

 consumption, the farmers being mostly engaged in dairying and stock raising. 

 What hogs are raised are fed largely on skim milk, and allowed to run in pasture 

 during the summer season, thus avoiding in great measure the causes which, in my 

 opinion, produce hog cholera. I have not the necessary information concerning 

 the number of domestic animals in the county, but according to the best informa- 

 tion there has been an increase of 1 per cent, in horses and 3 per cent, of cattle and 

 sheep since the last census. 



TOMPKINS. Hog cholera first appeared in this county about six years ago. The 

 mode of its introduction is not positively known. Hogs were healthy before the 

 introduction of the disease. A few cases of tuberculosis and many cases of acute 

 distemper have occurred among horses. A few animals have died. Improvement 

 from year to year in the care of live-stock is noticeable. 



ULSTER. There is very little if any sickness prevalent in this county among the 

 hogs. There have been a few sporadic cases of cholera, and the total losses have 

 been small. Horses are largely brought from other parts ; comparatively few are 

 raised in the county. 



WARREN. The disease kr, wn as hog cholera has not appeared in this county, 

 nor is there any other disease prevailing among these animals, 



WAYNE. I have no information that leads me to believe that there is now, or 

 ever was, a case of hog cholera in this county. Careful inquiry has failed to dis- 

 cover any information leading to such belief. " Hogs are sick and die sometimes 

 always have. A sick hog is considered the very worst or most difficult animal there 

 is to treat. For the past fifty years' there has been a steady loss of from 3 to 5 per 

 cent, in the county. But nothing of the cholera order, such as is reported from the 

 Mississippi valley, has ever prevailed here. 



WYOMING. Ilave known but few cases of hog cholera in this county, and they 

 were from importation in 1886. The death of those wiped out the disease. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



ALLEGHANY. Hog cholera was introduced in this county in the year 1862. Some 

 years quite a number of hogs have died, while in others very few. I am unable to 

 tell with accuracy how it was introduced. This year the disease has been very fatal. 



