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that we have to contend against. It has been very destructive to svrine. Wo lose a 

 few young cattle every year with a disease called black-leg. 



Allen County. — Cholera and congestion of the lungs carry off a good many hogs in 

 this comity every year. Scab in sheep and cholera among fowls also prevail to some 

 extent. 



Brown. — Hog-cholera is the only disease that has prevailed to any considerable 

 extent in this county during the present year. The losses have been quite heavy. 



Chautauqua. — A few horses, perhaps 200 head, have been lost in this county by an 

 unknown lever. Grown cattle are ahected with murrain and young ones with black- 

 leg. Cholera and pneumonic fever are x'vevailing among hogs, and these diseases are 

 proving quite fatal. A good many fowls are dying of a disease called cholera. 



Clay. — Our stock is annually visited by one kind of disease and another, and some- 

 times our losses are very heavy. This year our losses among all classes of animals 

 will aggregate from $12,000 to $15,000. 



Cloud. — The only disease of an infectious or contagious character is that prevailing 

 among swine, and generally known as hog-cholera. It is not so prevalent this year 

 as formerly. The condition of all kinds of farm animals is from 25 to 50 per cent, 

 better than in any previous years. 



Crawford. — The principal disease among horses is lung fever, brought on for want 

 of shelter and proper attention. Cholera prevails very extensively among fowls. 



Davis. — Cattle are occasionally fatally afi'ected with black-leg, and cholera prevails 

 to a limited extent among hogs where many are kept together. 



Ulk. — Horses and cattle suffer fi-om various diseases, and the losses will this year 

 perhaps amount to !j;7,000 or $8,000. No epidemic has prevailed among hogs during 

 the year, but a great many fowls have been lost by the usual disease. 



Ford. — A disease called Texas fever i^revails here among cattle. It hardly ever 

 proves fatal to cattle brought fi-om Texas, but when it attacks native cattle it is very 

 severe, and generally fatal. A disease like cholera affects chickens, and seems to be 

 contagious. 



Frayiklin. — There are no diseases of any kind prevailing among farm stock in this 

 county. Stock-raising of every kind is greatly on the increase here. 



Jackson. — The prevailing disease among cattle is black-leg, and that is confined 

 principally to calves and yearlings. Hogs are afflicted with cholera, but the disease 

 is not so prevalent this season as usual. Chicken-cholera annually destroys a great 

 many fowls. The condition of farm animals is fully an average. 



Kingman. — Cattle are afflicted with wolf-tail and hollow-horn. Four out of every 

 ten horses that are brought here from the East die before they become acclimated. 

 Hogs and sheep are healthy. 



Labette. — Spanish fever has prevailed among some cattle infected by stock brought 

 in from Texas and the Indian Nation. Cholera has also prevailed to a limited extent 

 among hogs. 



Leavenworth. — Horses are rarely sick, but when they are attacked by disease they 

 usuallj' die. Hogs are aHlicted with various diseases, and they nearly all die that are 

 taken sick, as nobody tries to doctor them. Fowls also die rapidly. 



Lincoln. — All classes of farm animals in this county have been exceedingly healthy 

 during the past year. Stock is in very good condition. 



Miami. — The only disease reported among fai'm animals is that existing among 

 swiue. This disease was very destructive last year. 



Mitchell. — Murrain, black-leg, and lung-fevcr have prevailed to some extent among 

 cattle during the past season, and cholera, quinsy, thumps, and fever among swine. 

 A lamentable ignorance seems to prevail in regard to the nature and cause of disease 

 among swine. 



Xcjnaha. — No disease of consequence has prevailed among our stock this season. 

 There has been some hog disease, and a greater loss than usual from diseases among 

 fowls. In some instances iiarties have lost all they had. 



licno. — A number of horses in this locality have been sick with blind-staggers and 

 glanders, iind some have had a mild form of the epizootic. The lirst two diseases 

 prove quite fatal, one of my neighbors having lost live animals, another three, and so 

 on. Cattle are usually healthy. A few cases of black-leg, or something like it, have 

 occurred. A disease is prevalent among hogs, which causes them to lose the use of 

 their hind ]iarts, and from which tln^y die in about six weeks. Sheep arc very healthy. 

 Fowls are frequently seriously affected in the fall with cholera. 



ICEXTUCKY. 



BrealliiU. Couutij.—A good many hogs have been lost this year by cholera, and many 

 eheep with foot-rot. Horses are suffering with distemper, and cftttlo are frequently 

 attacked Avith miuTain. 



