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ISLAND. Hog cholera is something we know nothing about in this county except 

 as we read of it as prevailing elsewhere. 



KITSAP, There has been something of the nature of hog cholera existing in 

 {3kagit County, some 60 miles north of this locality. Quite a number of hogs have 

 died there. All here appear to be perfectly healthy. 



KLIKITAT. So far as my knowledge extends hog cholera does not exist in this 

 county or Territory. I have been a close observer of the physical and natural de- 

 velopment of this animal, and in this section of the county I find the organs of secre- 

 tion perfectly developed and clear of disease. Where I formerly lived, in Missouri, 

 this healthful condition of the liver and kidneys did not always prevail. The liver 

 was usually badly ulcerated, the kidneys and bowels pregnant with worms. Under 

 such conditions it is impossible for an animal to enjoy good health. 



LEWIS. There has never been a case of hog cholera in this county. Hogs are very 

 healthy here and no contagious diseases prevail among them. Horses, cattle, and 

 sheep have died during the past year, but none with contagious or infectious dis- 

 eases. 



LINCOLN. There never has been a case of hog cholera in this county. 



PACIFIC. There has never been any contagious disease among hogs in this county. 

 But few sheep or hogs are kept, owing to the depredations of bears. 



PIERCE. We have no such disease among hogs as cholera or any other disease. 

 No diseases among horses, cattle, or sheep. Now and then an animal will die, but 

 generally from ordinary causes. 



SKAGIT. A disease called cholera has extended over about one-fourth of the 

 county. It does not act like cholera. The hogs would be sick a month or more, 

 would draw up their backs and act as though they were cold. This was in August 

 and September. About one-half of them died. The remainder do not seem to be 

 entirely well yet. About 400 head died. There is now a disease among cattle con- 

 fined to a small portion of the county. We can not make out what it is. Lumps 

 come on the jaw and breast, which, after from four to ten weeks, begin to discharge 

 matter. Some get better, but do not seem to entirely recover. Some have to be 

 killed to get them out of their misery. We would like to know what it is and how 

 to treat it. 



WAHKIAKUM. I have been a resident of this county twenty- one years and have 

 never heard of hog cholera prevailing here. I think there has been no such disease 

 in this county. 



WALLA WALLA. Such a disease as hog cholera has never made its appearance 

 in this county. There has been no disease of any kind affecting domestic animals 

 in this county, except scab in sheep, which only injures the wool clip. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 



BERKELEY. This county has been troubled for many years with hog cholera. I 

 can not state the year it first appeared. 



BOONE. No diseases among horses other than distemper, bots, etc. Hogs have 

 been healthy this year, what few we have, for nearly all died last year with what 

 we called hog cholera. I have no idea of any producing cause, or of any effective 

 remedy, though many were tried. The present year has been a remarkably healthy 

 one for all kinds of farm stock. A few cattle, as usual, have died of a disease 

 generally known as murrain. 



CABELL. We have had but little hog cholera during the year in the county. As 

 a general thing there have been no remedies administered. Some of the farmers 

 use soft soap, others sulphur and copperas, but we have had no remedies that will 

 in the least check the disease when once it starts in a lot of hogs. It is per- 

 mitted to run its course, as the remedies applied do not seem in any case to have a 

 beneficial effect. 



CALHOUN. We have had the so-called hog cholera off and on for twenty years, 

 occasionally a family of hogs dying of it. I have paid close attention to it, having 

 had experience with it in Massachusetts thirty years ago, and have come to the con- 

 clusion that in most instances it is caused by in-breeding, but I never knew of an 

 instance where hogs had plenty of salt, lime, and water where there was a case of it. 

 I lost a whole family twenty-three years ago, and have never lost one since, while 

 my neighbors have lost heavily, although they had my advice as to the cause. 



DODDRIDGE. I do not know of any hog cholera in this county. A few years ago 

 some persons brought some hogs here from the State of Ohio, and some of them 

 died with cholera. I think the last of them died here for want of something to 

 eat. A great many persons keep more hogs than they have feed to supply them 

 with. With the exception of calves we have had no great mortality among any 

 class of farm animals. 



