354 CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. 



Kenosha. — No fatal diseases have beeu reported as prevailing among farm animals 

 in this conuty the past year. 



Keivaunee. — No losses worthy of record have occurred among any class of our farm 

 stock during the past j'ear. 



La Fayeite. — No epidemic disease has prevailed duriug the year among horses, cattle , 

 hogs, or sheep. Fowls are sufferiug with cholera to some extent ; perhaps 2 per cent, 

 have been afi'ected. 



Marquetle. — Some few horses and cattle have died during the year, but hogs and 

 sheep have remained healthy. 



Fierce. — A great many horses have beeu attacked by distemper, and several cases 

 have proved fiital. Pink-eye prevailed quite extensively among these animals last 

 year. 



y" Folk. — The past year has been oue of more than usual health among all classes of 

 farm_^auimal8 iu this county. 



Racine. — Farm animals generally have done well the past year. I have uo means 

 of ascertaining the value of the losses. 



Richland. — I hear of the prevalence of no diseases among stock except pink-eye iu 

 horses. A great mauy of these animals are bliud or nearly so. The disease is not 

 often fatal. 



Sauk. — The diseases of horses are mostly caused by overwork. Hogs in one locality 

 have been afflicted to some extent, but the losses have not been very great. 

 ^ Sheboygan. — No e]}idemic of any kind has appeared among our domestic animals 

 the past year. That our county is so exceptionally free from all animal plagues is iu 

 a great measure owing to the stringent regulations of our county dairy association. 



Trempealeau. — The only contagious disease that has prevailed among any class of 

 live stock the past year has been horse distemper. There have been some losses from 

 this disease. 



Vernon. — Horses have lieen afflicted with distemper, and cattle with heart disease, 

 or dry murrain, and black-leg. Swine plague has prevailed quite extensively, grub 

 in the head has caused the death of a great many sheep, and chob ra has prevailed to 

 some extent among fowls. 



Waukesha. — All kinds of farm animals are in excellent health. No unusual or ep- 

 idemic disease has visited them during the year. 



THE TERRITORIES. 



Apache. — Aside from cattle and sheep there are bnt few farm animals in this county 

 There are 12,000 of the former and 300,000 of the latter. The county is better adapted, 

 to sheep raising than anything else. Both cattle and sheep are in good health. 



Yavapai. — No contagious diseases have visited any class of farm animals iu this 

 county the past year. 



Aurora. — This couutyhas been organized but thirty months, and the few farm ani- 

 mals we have were brought iu from the States. All classes have been very healthy. 

 It is reported that in the extreme southwestern part of the county a peculiar disease 

 has attacked the horses, causing the death of two or three animals. The symptoms 

 are similar to an attack of hiccough. 



Bon nomine. — I have no losses of cousetjueuce to report as having occurred from 

 disease among our fai'ui animals for the past year. 



Brule. — A good manj^ horses died in this county during the year, but none with 

 infectious or contagious diseases. Hard work, uo stables, long drives, poor care, and 

 in some cases poor water, all combined made the fatality serious. Black-leg or an- 



