306 CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. 



Plumas. — As regards diseases of cattle, the ouly tiling we have suffered from lias 

 been black-leg. Ouly young cattle — calves aud yearliugs — have been attacked by 

 this disease. The mortality has been greatest among thoroughbred stock. 



San Diego. — The .most fatal disease among horses can hardly be exijlained. When 

 they run out they eat what is known as the "crazy-weed," from the elfects of which 

 many of them die. Black-leg has prevailed to a considerable extent among cattle. 

 The losses have been heavier this year than ever before. Hogs have suffered some, 

 but not to the extent of other classes of animals. It has been rather an unfavorable 

 year for sheep. Fowls have sufiered with all the diseases incident to them. 



Solano. — There are no prevailing or contagious diseases among any of the domestic 

 animals in this county, and there are no losses to record other than those that might 

 be expected where such animals are ordinarily healthy. 



Ventura. — Farm animals have been very healthy in this county the past year. 

 Sheep are the only animals that have been affected, and the value of the losses in this 

 class will reach -15,000 or $6,000. 



Ynha. — Perhaps $3,000 will cover the value of losses among aU kinds of farm ani- 

 mals in this county during the past year from the various diseases which affect them. 



COLORADO. 



Center. — There-is not now, nor has there been for the past two years, any disease of 

 a general character among the farm stock or fowls of this county. 



Mesa. — All farm stock has been remarkably healthy the past year ; no disease what- 

 ever. Can hear of no losses, except by accident. 



Larimer. — No disease of any kind prevails among farm stock in this county. lean- 

 not learn of the loss ot any animal by disease during the year. 



CONNECTICUT. 



Fairfiild. — I give the value of the losses of farm animals in this county for the year 

 as follows: Horses, $5,000; cattle $2,500; hogs, $300; sheep, $750; and fowls, $1,000. 



Litchfield. — I suppose 20 per cent, of the horses in this county were afflicted the past 

 year with colic, distemper, or more serious diseases, and that one-third of those so 

 afflicted died. Ten ])er cent, of our cattle have suffered with murrain, milk fever, 

 tuberculosis, and lung worm in calves. About one-half of those attacked died. Hogs 

 die of surfeit, cholera, &c. About all die that are attacked by disease. Sheep have 

 been afflicted with lung worm, tuberculosis, &c., and fowls with cholera, roupe, and 

 gapes. I give the following estimate of the value of our losses for the past year, viz : 

 Horses, $25,000; cattle, $81,000; hogs, $10,000; sheep, $975; fowls, $4,500. 



Netv London. — There has been no epidemic of any kind among our domestic animals 

 that has proved generally fatal ; simply pink-eye among horses, and distemjier to 

 some extent among fowls. The losses have been comparatively light. 



Tolland. — But few losses have occurred in this county by sickness among farm 

 animals. The cases that occur are of the usual maladies. 



Windltam. — Farm animals in this county have been unusually free from all kinds of 

 diseases during the past year. 



DELAWARE. 



New Castle. — Horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs now enjoy an entire exemption from 

 epidemics, aud the returns show a gradual increase in numbers. One deplorable fact 

 exists, and that is the large shipment of calves to market. An ambitiou to possess 

 thorough-bred cattle has seized some of our best farmers in Kent County, aud im- 

 ported cattle seem to have become a uecessity to a large number. The Alderney and 

 Guernsey breeds are favored. With the investment of large sums of money in 

 " l)looded" cattle comes a greater amount of care in their keeping, such as the feed- 

 ing of chopped feed, meal, oil cake, &k., when but a few years ago straw and coarse 



