310 CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. 



horses four to one. No special disease prevails araoug them. We frequently lose 

 many hogs by cholera, but the disease seems not to have visited the county during 

 the past two years. Sheep are healthy. Fowls in some localities have suffered from 

 roupe and cholera. 



Muscogee. — This is not a stock-raising county, and I have no report to make relative 

 to disea.ses. 



Oconee. — Cattle are freciuently attacked with bloody murrain and sheej) with foot- 

 rot. Hogs and fowls suffer to a greater or less extent every year with cholera. 



Pickens. — The greatest losses among cattle in this county are caused by murrain and 

 distemper. Cholera and quinsy prevail among hogs, and cholera among chickens. 

 I estimate the value of our losses in fowls alone at |100,000. 



Qnifman. — No contagious diseases are prevalent among either horses, cattle, or sheep. 

 Recently the hogs in many localities have been attacked with cholera, which seems 

 te be unusually fatal. The chickens are being decimated in entire neighborhoods by 

 the same disease. 



liockdah. — Horses, mules, and cattle have been affected with no unusual diseases 

 the past year. Hogs and fowls, however, annually die in great numbers of the dis- 

 ease known as cholera. Our stock has wonderfully improved under the no-fence law> 

 which has been in operation in the county two years. 



Talbol. — Domestic animals of all classes have been unusually exempt from disease 

 the current year. Some cholera has prevailed among chickens, which is generally 

 checked by putting them up, a few together, and destroying the dead. Much atten- 

 tion is being paid to improvement in the breeds of cattle. We have the Jersey fever. 



'Terrell. — Horses are generally lost by poverty, or some disease induced by ill-treat- 

 ment. But little small grain is raised, and the auimals are fed on chaff, weevil-eaten 

 corn, and poor fodder, which the horses cannot assimilate. The most of the work is 

 performed by mules, aud of course the losses are greater among thisjclass. Perhaps 

 the value of these losses will reach $2,500 annually. No contagious diseases among 

 cattle. What we term cholera causes* heavy losses in poultry. About once in five 

 years it almost annihilates the chickens. 



Thomas. — Black-tongue or murrain occasionally carries off' a few head of cattle. 

 Blind staggers is about the only destructive disease to horses and mules. Cholera 

 and sorehead are the diseases which afflict fowls. 



Troup. — No disease has pi'evailed among our stock during the past year — at least 

 the losses have been so light as not to be worthy of record. 



Union. — Distemper is the only disease existing among horses, but I have heard of 

 no deaths resulting. Milk-sick has prevailed to some extent among cattle. This is 

 caused by a mineral poison, and is confined to particular localities. 



Washington. — Not much disease among domestic animals in this county. Have no 

 means of securing correct data. 



TVebster. — An epidemic prevailed among cattle in the northern portion of this county 

 in March last. It proved fatal in almost every case. The disease was not identified. 

 There was inflammation of the intestines, black, watery discharges, loss of appetite? 

 and death within a few days. 



White. — The only contagious disease that has prevailed among our farm stock is 

 hog cholera. I suppose hogs to the value of $2,000 or |;3,(»00 have been lost by this 

 disease. 



Wilkes. — Horses and uuilessufter more from short rations than anything else. Hogs 

 are healthy, and on the increase. Sheep sutter only from dogs. 



Worth. — Staggers is about the only disease affecting horses. Those attacked scarcely 

 ever recover. The cattle are of the scrub kind. They are generally brought from 

 Texas to graze on our mesquit grass. A great many of them die from exposure iu 

 severe weather. We have had no rain since June. The grass is dead, and the cattle 

 look very weak. No disease among hogs. The breed is the bottle-nose, piney woods, 

 rooter or razor back. 



