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some extent, but the losses are generally light. Our county has again been visited by 

 hog cholera in its worst form. Some farmers have lost nearly all their animals. 

 Nothing seems to have any effect on the disease when it gets a fair hold; the animals 

 die anyhow. Chickens also die in large numbers of cholera. Sheep are fearfully 

 slaughtered by dogs. 



Jennings. — The only disease worth mentioning among farm animals is hog cholera. 

 This disease, however, is not so widespread and destructive as in some former years. 

 Last year I lost 70 head myself by the disease. 



Johnson. — The records in the auditor's office give the following as the value of farm 

 animals lost during the year, viz: Horses, $1,25U; cattle, .$300; hogs, .$5,000; sheeii, 

 $1,:^00 ; and fowls, .$2.50. 



Knox. — The most careful estimates give the value of farm animals lost in this 

 county during the year as follows: Horses, $1,000; cattle, $5,000; hogs, $25,000; 

 sheep, $1,262. 



Lagrange. — No special disease has prevailed among our horses or cattle. Cholera 

 had destroyed hogs perhaps to the value of .$5,000. The actual loss by death and 

 hindrance in reproduction is no doubt greater than this; in all probability it would 

 reach $10,000. As a preventive of this terrible disease carbolic acid and turpentine 

 in swill or feed has been found the most efficacious. 



Madison. — Cholera has prevailed among hogs in some portions of this county, and 

 has destroyed animals during the year worth in the neighborhood of $10,000. Other 

 classes of animals have been measurably healthy. 



Marshall. — The following figures represent the losses of farm stock in this county 

 for the past year : Horses, $7,000 ; cattle, $3,200; hogs, $3,200; shee^., $350; and fowls, 

 .$2,777..50. 



Miami. — No epidemic disease has visited either horses, cattle, or sheep. The num- 

 ber of sheep killed by dogs was 390, valued at $1,462. The value of hogs lost by the 

 diseases incident to them was $31,400. 



Morgan. — None other than ordinary diseases have affected our stock during the past 

 year. There has been a slight sprinkling of cholera among both hogs and fowls, but 

 it is hard to determine the actual loss as regards either numbers or values. Perhaps 

 one-third of the chickens hatched have died of the disease. 



Monroe. — No epidemic disease has prevailed among horses. A few animals have 

 died of pink-eye and distemper, and others of old age, colic, bots, bad treatment, &c. 

 No disease among cattle or sheep, except foot-rot among the latter, caused by keeping 

 too many animals together. In some neighborhoods the hogs have suffered from 

 swiue-plague. 



Parke. — Hogs have died with the usual diseases the past year. The number that 

 died is given at 4,285, valued at upwards of $20,000. The loss among sheep has also 

 been quite heavy. 



Ripley. — The following figures represent pretty accurately the value of domestic 

 animals lost in this county the past year: Horses, $11,075; cattle, .$3,104 ; hogs, $4,165; 

 sheep, $1,550. 



Scoit. — Perhaps $5,500 would cover the value of the losses of hogs during the past 

 year. Chicken cholera has been very destructive. Quite a number of fowls have 

 also died of fatty degeneration of the heart. The heart seemed to be transformed into 

 a lump of fat. This ruptures, and the fowl <lies almost instantly. 



Shelby. — The mortality among domestic animals in this county has been (juire heavy 

 the past year. Cholera among hogs and fowls has proved more destructive than any 

 other discas(;. 



iSpcncer. — Some young horses have died of distemper. A great many hogs have died 

 of cholera. About all that are attacked by this disease die. Cholera and gapes have 

 destroyed a. good many fowls. 



Switzerland.— Siixtj-ii\ii. horses died in this ccuinty during the year. Of these about 

 5 per cent, died of pink-eye. Mr. Perry Colton lost 17 head of cattle by an unknown 



