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blood, au(l small blood-blisters appear upon the bind Ioks of some, wbicb break, dis- 

 cbarge, and beal. Tbe bair sticks out from tbe bodies of tbe animals, tbeir appe- 

 tites fail, and soon tbey run down and die. Tbe disease is contagious in a bigb de- 

 gree. Many line animals, worth tbousauds of dollars, bave died of tbe malady. Tbe 

 loss, I tbink, will aggregate $10,000 annually. Sheep are occasionally affected with 

 scab ; and roupe, which is contagious, frequently sweeps olf large numbers of fowls. 



Lhm. — In some sections of our county horses are occasionally affected with lung 

 fever and staggers. A few die of nasal gleet, or some disease resembling catarrh. 

 Sheep are subject to leech and scab, and chickens to cholera. 



Multnomah. — No contagious disease has prevailed among any class of our domestic 

 animals. 



Polk. — Tbe only loss we have sustained among our farm animals has been among 

 horses and sheep. No contagious disease seems to bave affected any class. 



Washington. — We have here every winter a disease among horses, called staggers by 

 some, and by others spinal meningitis. I hear of some suffering thus early in tbe 

 winter season. I estimate the average annual loss by that disease alone at 8 per 

 cent. There has been no fatal disease among other classes of stock. Cholera among 

 fowls has prevailed to a limited extent. 



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Allegheny. — There has been no disease of any kind among our farm animals. Cholera, 

 among fowls has been quite jirevalent. 



Bedford. — A number of horses have suffered with pink-eye, distemjier, and lung 

 fever. Hog cholera has prevailed, and fowls have also suffered with cholera and 

 gapes. The losses are estimated as follows: Horses, .$35,000; cattle, $1,600 ; hogs, 

 $10,000 ; sheep, .$6,000 ; fowls, P,.500. 



Bradford. — No contagious disease bas prevailed among live stock in this county the 

 past year. 



Butln: — I cannot hear of the prevalence among either horses, cattle, hogs, or sheep 

 of any disease w'hatever. The deaths have been tbe result of accident, natural de- 

 fects, or for lack of proper care. 



Cambria. — No disease of a fatal character bas prevailed among any class of our do- 

 mestic animals. 



Cameron. — But few losses have been occasioned by disease among tbe farm animals 

 of this county during the past year. 



Clinton. — I find it impossible to furnish the information you desire as to losses from 

 disease among faim animals. . 



Crawford. — No contagious or epidemic disease bas prevailed among any class of our 

 farm stock tbe past year. Animals occasionally die, but generally of some common 

 disease, old age, &c. 



Elk. — The losses among domestic animals in this county are occasioned by bad treat- 

 ment, old age, or accident. 



Erie. — We have had no prevailing disease within the past year among any class 

 of our farm animals, but we have had the average annual losses from old age, acci- 

 dent, want of proper attention, &c. 



Greene. — There never has been an epidemic among the farm animals of this county 

 that amounted to anything. Chicken cholera has caused greater losses than any 

 disease among live stock. 



Lawrence. — There has been some chicken cholera among fowls, but tbe disease bas 

 not been so general as heretofore. No epidemic has visited our farm animals during 

 the year. 



Lycoming. — No contagious or infectious disease has prevailed among our domestic 

 animals the past year. The losses have been occasioned by natural causes. 



Montour. — Some hogs have died in this county during the year. It is supposed that 



