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the entire county. I telegraphed Dr. H. J. Detmers, who was then at San Antonio, 

 requesting him to come and investigate the cause of the trouble, bat he made no re- 

 ply. I afterward wrote him and inclosed a specimen of the weed, but failed to elicit 

 a reply. The only disease now prevalent is scab, which has resi:ited our eftbrts for 

 many years, but we are now getting it somewhat under control. 



Titus. — Horses have not suffered with any epidemic disease the past year. Cattle 

 are generally healthy, though a good many die of poverty during the winter. Fowls 

 die here with a disease known as cholera, and when it strikes a flock it seldom leaves 

 one alive. We have no preventive or cure. 



Tom Green. — Horses, cattle, and hogs seem to be in a healthy condition. Sheep are 

 suffering with scab, but the losses on the ground are very small. 



Trinity. — All kinds of domestic animals are free from contagious diseases. A dis- 

 ease of some kind prevails among fowls in certain localities. 



Tyler. — No diseases of a destructive character have jirevailed among any class of 

 farm animals in this county the past year. 



Wdshxnijton. — No epidemic worthy of notice has appeared among any class of our 

 farm animals the past year, though animals die occasionally from various causes. 

 Some disease prevails among fowls. 



Webb. — No epidemic has appeared among the domestic animals of this county dur- 

 ing the years 188'2-'83. Sheep raising is our largest interest. The losses among these 

 animals are not large. 



Williamson. — Poverty and neglect causes more losses among farm animals than dis- 

 ease. Distemper is the principal disease among horses and cattle. I have also to re- 

 port a few cases of black-leg among young cattle, and some scab among sheep. 

 Cholera prevails to some extent among fowls. 



Victoria. — Our farm animals have never been visited by an epidemic of any kind. 



VERMONT. 



Brnninf/ton. — From all the information I can gather I am led to believe that the 

 general condition of all farm animals in this county, as regards health, has been good. 

 No disease of an epidemic nature has prevailed among neat cattle, and only the ordi- 

 nary distemper of a mild character among horses. The only serious trouble we ever 

 have among cattle is abortion in cows. The direct cause of this trouble has never 

 been satisfactorily given. 



Caledonia. — Several horses have died during the year with the following symptoms : 

 First, dumpish, unable to swallow, low pulse, cold extremities, difficulty in walking, 

 and in two or three days down and unable to rise ; hungry and thirsty, but unable to 

 swallow, convulsions, and death in most cases in three or four days. On one farm 

 three horses died in this way. The second and third were exposed to the first. What 

 was the disease ? Many young hogs have died suddenly. While apparently well 

 they would give a ]>iercing scream and drop dead, and the carcass would mortify in 

 a few minutes. What was the disease? 



Chittenden. — I find it impossible to give the statistics desired. 



Lamoille — No epidemic disease has prevailed among any class of our farm animals 

 the past year, hence the losses have been very small. 



Orleans.— AU classes of farm animals in this county are very healthy. 



liutland. — There has been no prevailing disease among our farm aninuils. Horses 

 occasionally have an epizootic cold, but these are not as severe or frequent as when 

 the disease first appeared, and but few losses occur. 



Windsor. — No diseases of a fatal character have iirevailed among any class of farm 

 animals in this county during the current year. 



VIUCilXIA. 



Albemarle. — There has been some cholera among hogs, but the fatality lias not been 

 great. Some cattle fever wa« brought here by the importation of some cattle from 



