292 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



REFUGIO. Hog cholera first appeared in this county in 1878-'79; since then there 

 has been no disease. Hog-raising receives no attention in this ^countj . Our sup- 

 ply of hog meat comes from the North. Cattle-raising is the ch'ief object. Every 

 year there is probably a loss of about 8 per cent, of hogs that die from the effects 

 of eating the young and tender leaves of the cockle burr. 



ROBERTSON. I very much doubt if genuine hog cholera ever originated in the 

 hogs that are allowed to run at large. Many of them die, some from sheer poverty, 

 want of water, etc. ; hundreds are killed every year by the burr of the plant com- 

 mon all over this and every Southern and Western State, called "cockle burr." 

 When these sprout and first show above the ground in the spring they are eagerly 

 sought after by the hog, the meat or kernel being rich almost as a nut, but the 

 spikes on the hull are perfectly indigestible, and will kill as "sure as shootin'." 

 Hogs whose bowels are out of order can be started on the mend by parching corn 

 for them throwing the corn, husk and all, in the fire. The burning of the husk 

 off thoroughly will generally roast the corn sufficiently. 



SAN AUGUSTINE. There was some complaint of hogs dying of cholera about a 

 year ago, but I think it very probable that they died from some other cause, eating 

 cotton seed, cockle burrs, or something else. I do not know that there has been any 

 hog cholera in this county. I frequently hear persons complain of hogs dying, some 

 say of cholera, but I think it is for the want of attention. Our hogs are turned out 

 in the woods and shift for themselves during our long, hot, dry summers, therefore 

 it is not strange that some of them should take the cholera. Hogs are generally 

 healthy here if properly attended to. There is some complaint of fowls dying with 

 what some people call cholera. 



SAN SABA. We have no hog cholera in our county or any other disease worth 

 speaking of. Hogs depend on the mast for a living, which makes them exceedingly 

 healthy. No losses except by disease known as poverty. 



SHELBY. The oldest citizens say that the disease called hog cholera first made its 

 appearance in 1863. Hogs prior to that time had been healthy. They can not tell 

 how it made its appearance. I am an Alabamian, and the same disease made its ap- 

 pearance in middle Alabama in 1863. We have found no certain cure. Some use one 

 thing, some another, but I use Salmon's hog-cholera mixture. I find it cures. 



SOMERVELL. We are troubled very little with hog cholera in this county. It 

 made its appearance here in the fall of 1876. and the loss sustained was about 33 per 

 cent. ; but since that date we hear but little about it. The disease generally originates 

 about gin-houses, where the pigs have access to cotton seed, which is almost certain 

 to prove fatal to young hogs. The failure in our grain crops is all that prevents us 

 from having one of the best hog counties in the West. 



STEPHENS. The " oldest inhabitants " say that hog cholera has never made its ap- 

 pearance in this county. 



TITUS. Hog cholera made its appearance here during the year 1879, just at the 

 time the people began to try to improve their old stock by the purchasing of Berkshire 

 and other breeds from the Northern States. I have been living in this county since 

 1852, and I never heard of hog cholera until 1879. Since that time it is quite common. 

 The general belief among the people here is that it originated from the Northern hog 

 brought to the South. The Southern-raised hog, up to that time, was very healthy, 

 and seldom ever died from disease. The hogs that have died this year have almost 

 invariably been those that were large and fat. 



TRINITY. Hog cholera has existed here for a number of years; the date of first ap- 

 pearance can not be correctly ascertained. Some years it is more fatal than others. 

 It proved very fatal during the year 1887. 



THROCKMORTON. We have no hog cholera in this county. Never heard of a hog 

 dying of the disease here. No disease of any other kind prevails among hogs. 



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



VICTORIA. Hog cholera is not known in our county. Tlfere are very few hogs 

 raised for any other than home use. The number is decreasing, as a due regard for 

 economy may dictate. 



WALLER. Many hogs died during the dry summer season, all under the name of 

 cholera. It was, however, confined to certain localities and did not prevail generally. 

 Sheep have been to some extent affected with scab, but horses and cattle have re- 

 mained free from disease. 



YOUNG. Hog cholera has never been known in this county. 



UTAH TERRITORY. 



BEA.VER. There are no diseases of any kind in this county, nor in the Territory 

 that I know of. There is a little scab among sheep at times, but a very small per- 

 centage of animals die not enough to mention. The sheep are dipped twice or 

 three times a year hence the disease is kept down very well. 



