194 DISEASES OF SWINE AND OTHER ANIMALS. 



Sarrison. — Hogs arc annually attacked with a disease known here as cholera, and a 

 great many of them die. The past year has proven as disastrons as former seasons. 



Hinnholdt. — This county has been remarkably free from all infectious and coata- 

 gious diseases among farm animals. There has been some cholera and roup among 

 chickens. The largest loss of hogs that I have heard of was five out of a herd of over 

 one hundred head. 



Ida. — Hogs are dying in this locality this year of inflammation of the lungs. About 

 one-half the herds affected die. The animals die in about one week after the first 

 symptoms are noticed. Those that recover from the disease do not amount to much. 

 This is the first year that hogs have died of any disease in this county. 



loica. — Among horses the only contagious disease iirevailing seems to be a very 

 Berious distemper. It affects young horses to a greater extent than old animals. 

 Quinsy and cholera have prevailed among hogs tliis year, but to a less extent than 

 usual. The losses will amount to $18,U00 or $'J0,000. 



Jac]:so)i. — Cattle have been remarkably healthy, and so have hogs until within three 

 or four months jiast. From information recently received I am inclined to believe 

 that the losses will be heavy — heavier, perhaps, than ever before. 



Jefferson. — Horses and cattle are healthy in this locality. Hog-cholera prevails in 

 some sections of the county, but not in as malignant a form as usual. Still the losses 

 have been quite heavy. Fatal diseases prevail among fowls, for which wo have no 

 remedy. The general condition of farm stock is above the average. 



Johnson. — No'disease has preA'ailed this year among either horses, cattle, or sheep in 

 this county. The losses, therefore, are merely nominal. The loss of hogs is not so 

 great as last year. The largest number of those that have died were young hogs, and 

 therefore were of less market value. The disease, in all cases, was supposed to be 

 cholera. 



Lyon. — Until the past summer all classes of domestic animals have been extremely 

 healthy in this county. During the past summer some herds on the Little Rock were 

 affected with a disease claimed to be black-leg, which I doubt, but of which quite a 

 number died. I notice that all animals well cared for thi'ough last winter have es- 

 caped. We have ncA^er had a case of hog-cholera in the county. I hear of no diseases 

 among fowls. 



Marion. — Hogs and sheep are less affected by disease than usual at this season of the 

 year. No infectious or contagious disease exists among horses and cattle. Some 

 seasons a great many fowls die of disease. 



Marsliall. — Hogs have suffered to a greater extent from disease the past season than 

 ever before. The losses have been heaviest among pigs and shoats. The losses are 

 estimated at ftom ^85,000 to $90,000. 



Monona. — Lung fever has caused some heavy losses among horses in this county 

 during the past year. There have been some losses among cattle from black-leg and 

 other diseases. Hog-cholera prevails, and the losses, as usual, have been very heavy. 

 Almost all those attacked die. The few that recover are worthless. 



O'Drien. — Cholera or influenza kill a good many hogs in this county every year, 

 although the disease has never appeared as an epidemic. 



Palo Alio.— The only contagious disease known among horses here is glanders or 

 nasal gleet. Our young cattle are sometimes attacked with black-leg. I have never 

 known farm animals to be in a more thrifty and healthy condition than they are this 

 year. 



Poiceshielc. — Horses are afflicted with an epizootic distemper, which has caused ftiany 

 deaths. The mortality among hogs, from a disease supposed to be some kind of fever, 

 has been terrible. The losses the present year, in swine alone, will aggregate from 

 $30,000 to §40,000. 



Bioux. — This is a new county, and but few farm animals are raised. The few we 

 have arc in good health and condition. 



Slorii. — Hog-cholera has prevailed extensively, and has been most virulent and de- 

 etructivo during the past season. About one-half the hogs in the county have been 

 attaclced, and I't) x>er cent, of those attacked have died. The losses will amount to 

 over $30,000. 



Woodhurij. — Tlie assessors' returns showed 9,982 hogs in this county this year. Ten 

 per cent, of these were attacked by a disease known as cholera, and about all those 

 affected died. I believe the disease to be an affection of the lungs. Horses are trou- 

 bh'il to some extent with lung diseases, but other classes of farm stock are healthy 

 and in good condition. 



Washini/ton. — No diseases of consequence have recently prevailed among farm animals 

 in this county, aside from those incident to swine. Diseases among these animals 

 seem to 1)0 mo»t d<structive where corn is the only diet. The losses durhig the year 

 will reach $10,000. 



Wrujht. — During the last two years wo have been greatly troubled with hog-cholera 

 in this county. It is al^oiit tlie only disease of consequence among oiu' farm animals 



