328 CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. 



Morrison — But very few farm animals have died of disease during the past year. 

 No epidemic of any kind has prevailed among stock. 



Nicollet. — No destructive disease to record among any class of farm animals in tliis 

 county. 



Nobles. — Farm animals of every class have always been very healthy. The value of 

 the losses for the past year are therefore not worth recording. 



Norman. — No epidemic disease has prevailed among any class of our farm stock the 

 past year. The only losses that have occurred were caused by want of proper care in 

 feeding and watering animals. 



Olmsted. — Diseases among farm animals are so rare, and the fatality so small, that 

 the losses are not considered worthy of recording. 



Pine. — After careful inquiry I cannot learn that there has been any particular dis- 

 ease prevalent among the domestic animals of this county during the current year. 

 This is not a stock-raising county in any sense. 



Pojye. — Pink-eye has prevailed more or less among horses. One man lost six ani- 

 mals. Cattle have been affected with black-leg, and hogs with cholera. Some cases 

 of rot have occurred among sheep. 



Bedwood. — The past year has been a very favorable one for farm animals. I cannot 

 learn of a sufficient number of losses to make a basis for any sort of a report. 



Bice. — No epidemic diseases have been noted among farm animals the i)a8t year. 

 Fowls have been diseased, and the losses have been quite heavy. Considerable interest 

 is being manifested in the raising of imj)roved breeds, especially horses of larger types. 

 An interest is also being awakened in the dairy industry, for which this county seems 

 well adapted. 



Scott. — The only losses that have occurred among farm auiinals in this county the 

 past year have been the result of natural causes, accidents, &g. 



Sherburne. — Occasionally ahorse dies from old age, a cow from milk fever, and a 

 calf from scouring. The loss will not amount to 1 per cent, per annum to any class of 

 animals. 



Sibley. — Pink-eye has prevailed among horses and black-leg among cattle. I pre- 

 sume cattle worth |1,000 have died during the year of the latter disease. 



Stearns. — Nothing but the usual horse distemper has appeared among any class of 

 our farm stock during the past year. 



Steele. — No epidemic among farm animals the past year. Losses among all classes 

 have been confined to very young or very old animals, thus greatly reducing the aver- 

 age value of those lost. 



Stevens. — I have no losses among farm animals from disease of sufficient magnitude 

 to report. 



Traverse. — There has been no disease among our stock which has assumed au 

 epidemic form. A few animals have died of disease, but the percentage has been 

 small. 



Watonwan. — No disease among horses. Occasionally one dies from abuse, old age, 

 or natural cause. The only disease among cattle has been an occasional case of black" 

 leg. Young calves suffer most. One percent, will cover the losses from this disease. 

 There has been no disease among hogs or sheep. 



Winona. — All classes of farm animals have remained free from contagious or epidemic 

 diseases during the past year. 



Wright. — There has been no special disease among our farm animals during the year. 

 A great many sheep have been killed by dogs and wolves. Many farmers have been 

 compelled to give up trying to rear this class of stock. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Alcorn. — Very few deaths have occurred among farm animals in this county from 

 disease. The losses among each class have been small, and generally from natural 

 causes. 



