DISEASES OF SWINE AND OTHER ANBIALS. 201 



MONTANA TERRITORY. 



Lewis and Clarke Conntu. — Stock of all kinds iu tliis county are comi:)arativcly kealthy. 

 A few sheep introduced from Oregon show the scab to some extent. 



NEBRASKA. 



Cass County. — The only diseases among farm animals in this county are confined to 

 swine. The losses are. not very heavy. 



Cedar. — Many cattle die in this county during the month of November from a disease 

 contracted by feeding on corn-stalks, but the diseaso does not seem to be infectious or 

 contagious. 



CZa^.— Deaths frequently occur among horses from colic, fevers, and inflammatory 

 affections. Cattle are affected vriih mun-ain and black-leg. There is no cholera at 

 present among hogs, but there has been a loss of about GOO head of sheep in the county 

 during the past year from diseases incident to this class of stock. Many fowls, espe- 

 cially young chicks, die of roupe and gapes. 



Cuming. — There are a few cases of epizootic and distemper among horses, but the 

 diseases are of a mild type, and but few animals have been lost. Black-leg is about 

 the only malady among cattle. Hog-cholera prevails to a greater or less extent every 

 year. 



Dakota. — From ten to fifty head of horses annually die in this county, supposed to 

 be from the effects of alkali. About one hundred yearling calves die annually of a 

 disease called black-leg. We occasionally lose hogs by cholera, but the disease is not 

 prevalent this year. Fowls also frequently die of cholera. 



Furnas. — We have a new disease among cattle here that has killed a great many in 

 the past two weeks. They are attacked by a twitching and jerking of the nerves of 

 the whole body, bloat a little, are in great pain and agony, and die within from six 

 to fifteen hours. I examined ibnr animals to-day, and found two with the galls bursted, 

 another very large, and a fourth blood-shotteu. The cattle thus attacked have been 

 running in corn-fields after the com had been harvested. The disease is now to us, and 

 wo do not understand it. 



Greeley. — A good many horses die annually in this county, but in almost every case 

 the loss can be traced to exposure and ill treatment. 



Knox. — Black-leg prevails extensively among calves and is very fatal. There are 

 no diseases prevalent among other classes of fai-m animals. 



Merricl: — But little disease prevails amon^ domesticated animals in this comity. 

 Perhaps $3,000 or .$4,000 will cover the annual losses for all classes. 



KuckoUs. — A very bad distemper prevails among horses in this county. There is 

 also prevalent a mild form of epizootic which few horses escape. Cholera also pre- 

 vails among hogs. 



Pau-nee. — Cholera has prevailed to a fearful extent among hogs in this county dur- 

 ing the past season, and the losses, in value, will exceed $10,000. 



Flatte. — Young cattle frequently die within a few hours after being attacked with 

 a disease supposed to be caused by eating smut found on the stalks of com. A good 

 many hogs have died from that pest of the farmer, the cholera, but at present the 

 disease seems to be confined to one locality in the coiinty. 



Red Willow. — While this is a remarkaibly healthy climate for farm stock, a good 

 many cattle and sheep annually die from diseases incident to these animals. 



Richardson. — The disease commonly known as cholera has carried off a great many 

 hogs in this locality during the past season. 



Saline. — This is a new county, and what few farm animals wo have are in a very 

 healthy condition. 



Sarpy. — Black- leg is quite prevalent and destructive among calves. There seems 

 to bo more cases this fall than usual. Hogs are atiectcd with a lung disease, which 

 made its appearance here last year. The disease is chiefly confined to pigs from three 

 to six months old. At least 10 per cent, of those attacked die. 



Saundcrn. — The only diseases prevalent among horses are glanders and distemper, or 

 quinsy. Some six head of horses have died of these diseases. The increase in the pro- 

 duction of liugH is 7,04;]. Of this number '.i'.i per cent, were aflected with cholera, and 

 one-third of them died. The only disease among sheep is foot-rot. 



Valley. — This is a new county, and what little stock we have is healthy, and free 

 from all infectious and contagious diseases. 



Wayne. — No diseaso of any consequence has prevailed among farm animals in this 

 county since the epizootic some years ago. 



Webster. — The farm animals in this county are entirely free from all diseases of an 

 infectious and uiiasuiatic cliaracter. 



York. — Some hog-cholera jjrevails in this county, also cholera among chickens. 

 Horses and cattle are healthy. 



