204 DISEASES OF SWINE AND OTHER ANIMALS. 



Ashland Couniy. — We liavo no infectious or contagious diseases among domesticated 

 animals in this county. Tliere are a few sporadic cases of disease and death, but the 

 aggregate loss is very small. About one farmer out of every twenty-live loses Ma 

 chickens every year by cholera. 



Athens. — The 'so-called cholera prevails among hogs and fowls in this county. I 

 believe tlie greatest number of deaths among cattle have occurred among cows, which 

 have died of milk fever. The disease shows itself from the first to the third day after 

 calving, and generally attacks the animal after the fourth calving. Select breeds and 

 good milkers, and those in good condition, are generally the ones that suffer. The 

 symptoms are loss of appetite, staggering gait, wild look, and cessation of rumination; 

 they fall down and cannot rise ; the brain seems to bo affected ; the animal will dash 

 about, striking her head and horns against the ground, when she soon dies. We have 

 no remedy. 



Auglahe. — Hogs seem to be the only farm animals seriously affected with dis- 

 ease. They suffer with the disease generally known as cholera. The losses so far 

 this year will amount in value to from $25,000 to $30,000. 



Brown. — A few colts are lost in this county by distemper, and a good many hogs 

 and fowls annually die of a disease commonly called cholera. Sheep die of grub in 

 the head and of neglect while young. 



JErie. — There is no special disease prevailing among the farm animals in this county. 



Fairfield. — With the exception of swine the live stock of this county has been com- 

 paratively free from disease diuing the past year. Swine have suffered with cholera, 

 though not so extensively as in former years. 



Franklin. — Large numbers of hogs and fowls have died in this county during the 

 past year of the various diseases common to them. 



Gallia. — Hog-cholera prevails to some extent in this county, but in a rather mild 

 form this season. Chicken- cholera is quite prevalent and malignant, and the losses 

 are heavy. 



Geauga. — No disease of consequence exists among any class of farm animals in this 

 county. The general condition of farm stock is good. 



Guernsey. — The prevalent diseases among horses are those affecting the lungs, iirin- 

 cipally lung-fevers. Hogs are affected with cholera and cattle with murrain. 



Hardin. — Hog-cholera has prevailed to a limited extent in the northern part of the 

 county, but in this locality we have not suffered ixom the disease this year. 



Jefferson. — No diseases of a malignant charaoter have prevailed among farm animals 

 in this county during the past year. Owing to abundant pasturage farm stock is in 

 very high condition. 



Knox. — There is no disease among farm animals here. Chicken-cholera prevails 

 every year and canies oft' a great many fowls. 



Meigs. — There have been few, if any, deaths among farm animals in this county 

 during the present year, except from natural causes. During the past eight or ten 

 years chicken-cholera has prevailed from time to time, and is pi'evalent in some locali- 

 ties at this writing. 



Mercer. — The so-called cholera still prevails among hogs in some localities in this 

 county. Cholera among fowls Ls also prevalent, but the disease is not so fatal as 

 formerly. 



Miami. — But little disease exists among farm animals in this county aside from the 

 so-called cholera among hogs. The loss among this class of animals is, in some years, 

 very heavy. 



Monroe. — No infectious or contagious disease has prevailed among farm animals in 

 in this coimty during the i^ast year. 



Montgomery — Chicken cholera has prevailed as an epidemic during the past season, 

 and many fowls have been lost. Cholera among hogs has also been very destnictive. 



Ottawa. — The only disease prevailing among any class of farm animals is a disease 

 among hogs, and this is confined to two to^vnshipa of the county. The animals have a 

 diarrhea, vomit, and wheeze as one afflicted with asthma. They die very suddenly. 



Paulding. — The mortality among horses has been uuusally large in this county during 

 the past year. The same can be said of cattle. During the two years hog-cholera has 

 been very extensive and fatal. Fowls are also subject to cholera. 



Richland. — It is estimated that the j)roduct of chickens in this county will aggregate 

 150,000 per annum, and that 25 per cent, of these die of cholera. Several diseases an- 

 nually prevail among farm animals, and frequently the losses are very heavy. 



Summit. — Several fatal diseases are prevalent among horses, among others inflamma- 

 tion of the lungs and bowels, and diatenqier or epizootic. Cattle are aillit'ted with 

 hollow-horn and murrain. The prevalent diseases among hogs are cholera and blind 

 staggers. Hut few of these animals recover. Consimiption carries oif a good many 

 sheep, and cholera is very destructive among fowls. 



Trwnhull. — The iiroduction of farm animals in this county has decreased in the past 



