316 CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. 



disease. Fiequeut deaths have occurred among hogs from cholera and among sheep 

 from rot. 



Tippecanoe. — With the exception of cholera among hogs our farm animals have been 

 very healthy the past year. No disease of any kind is prevailing at present. 



Vnion. — About 1,'200 head of hogs have died iu this county during the year, valued 

 at i^/jf^OO. Diseases have also been very destructive to fowls. 



Vigo.—lso epidemic has prevailed among farm stock in this county the past year. 

 The following values of the losses are the result of deaths from ordinary diseases and 

 accidents, viz : Horses, $1(3,350; cattle, |i7,590; hogs, $5,360 ; sheep, |;816; and fowls, 

 $320. 



Wabash. — A great many animals died of the various diseases to which each class ia 

 subject during the year. The value of the losses are about as follows : Horses, $12,960 ; 

 mules, $1,700 ; cattle, $12,810 ; hogs, $19,456 ; sheep, $1,424. 



Wayne. — Cholera proved very disastrous to hogs in this county during the year- 

 The number reported as having died of the disease was 9,253, valued at $92,530. Some 

 cattle died of murrain and sheep of liver-fluke. Fowls sutfered from cholera. 



Adair. — No destructive disease has prevailed among any class of farm animals in 

 this county for the last two years. 



AUaviakee. — Farm animals have generally continued in good health the past season. 

 In some localities diseases liave prevailed among hogs, but not to the sweeping extent 

 of the years 1880-'81. The same might be said as regards fowls. Some 2,800 hogs 

 have died, valued at $14,000. 



Bremer. — As to diseases aiiecting different kinds of farm animals, I frequently hear 

 it remarked that cattle, horses, and hogs were never more free from disease than they 

 have l)eeu the past year. One assistant says: Now and then a calf dies with what 

 is known as black-leg, but these deaths do not amount to one iu fifty. 



Buchanan. — The following figures representthe value of the losses among farm stock 



in this county for the year 1883 : Horses, $15,000 ; cattle, $3,750; hogs, $7,500 ; sheep, 



$180. The mortality among horses was maiuly caused by influenza. Abortion has 



prevailed to a considerable extent amoug cows, and has caused some deaths. No 



enaedy or prevention is known. Hogs have died of the disease known as cholera. 



Butler. — The only epidemic disease that has prevailed among any class of animals 

 has been that among hogs. I think the value of the animals lost will not exceed 

 $4,000. 



Calhoun. — A disease recently broke out among cattle in one of the townships of this 

 county, which resulted iu the death of a number of animals. The disease was black- 

 leg, or something similar. Cholera has prevailed among fowls, but to no great ex- 

 tent. 



Cedar. — Our horses have been afflicted with pink-eye and distemper. Cattle, as a 

 rule, have been quite healthy. A few cases of black-leg have occurred. Cholera, or 

 some kind of lung complaint, caused by worms and neglect, have caused the loss of a 

 great many hogs. Some rot has prevailed among sheep. 



Chickasaw. — The disease most prevalent among hogs seems to be hard to naiue and 

 equally as difficult to prevent. Iu some places it is called quinsy, and in other locali- 

 ties cliolera. But i^ does not prevail amoug our hogs t-o so great an extent as in other 

 years. In a limited area of our county during the fall months horses were afflicted 

 with an influenza which it was feared at the time would prove very disastrous, but I 

 believe it has entirely abated. 



Cliuion. — As a general thing all kinds of farm aiiimals in this county are in good 

 health. Hogs valued at $4,000 have been lost during the year by the usual diseases. 



Crawford. — I estimate the value of the losses of farm stock in this county the past 

 year as follows : Horses, $3,100 ; cattle, $1,560; hogs, $3,600; sheep, $200. 



