3o6 CONTAGIOUS DISEASKS OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. 



iM ON TAX A. 



GaUdtin. — There have been some deaths among horses cansed by distemper and 

 pneumonia. There has been some scab among sheep, bnt the losses have been light. 

 Hog diseases are not known here. 



Lewis and Chtrke. — All classes of domestic animals are healthy and free from de- 

 strnctive diseases. 



NEW MEXICO. 



Grant. — In May last a disease supposed to be black-leg broke out among calves in 

 this county, and carried ofi' all attacked. In September Texas fever was brought 

 into the county by a herd of Texan cattle. Fully 500 head of cattle were destroyed 

 by the disease. During the summer mouths cholera destroyed a large number of 

 fowls. 



Santa Fv. — I tind it impossible to furnish the information desired by the Depart- 

 ment. 



San MUjucl. — A number of horses have been poisoned and died from eating the loco 

 weed. We have 100,000 head of cattle and 500,000 head of sheep in the county. I do 

 not think the annual losses among these animals from all causes will exceed 2 per 

 cent. A great many of these animals have died from eating the poisonous loco weed. 

 In some localities this weed does not seem to affect stock. 



liox Elder. — No destructive diseases among our farm animals this year. Last year 

 50 horses died of the disease known as pink-eye, and 150 head of yearlings of horned 

 ■ cattle died of black-leg. 



Daxis. — 1 have no means of ascertaining the number of farm animals in this county. 

 I have heard of n'o diseases prevailing among them. 



Salt Lake. — A few horses have died during the year of disease. This is a very 

 healthful county for stock, and if the animals were properly protected and cared for 

 the losses would be nominal. Scab is the only disease that troubles sheep. Putrid 

 fever has prevailed to some extent among cattle on the ranges. 



Millard. — This is a very good climate for stock, and the mortality is never very 

 great among any class from epidemic diseases. 



Mor<ian. — Horses and horned cattle do remarkably well in this county, and are 

 rarely visited by epidemic diseases. Cholera and black teeth are the prevailing dis- 

 eases among hogs. There is some scab among shee]> and the usual diseases among 

 fowls. 



Touele. — The value of the losses aun^ng all classes of farm animals in this county 

 from disease the past year will not exceed $2,000. 



WASHINGTON. 



Asotin. — We have the disease known as pink-eye among horses. It seems to be 

 quite variable in its fatality — to depend, to a considerable extent, upon the range. 

 Some cases of black-leg have occurred among young cattle, with invariably fatal 

 results. This is a new county, formed from a portion of Gartield and Columbia 

 counties. 



Cullohan. — Our farm animals are in good health, and I have no losses to report 

 from disease for the current year. 



Garfield. — Pink-eye prevails among horses, but generally in a mild form. Rest 

 and turning out to grass has been found the tnost successful treatment. Black-leg 

 prevails among cattle, but is generally confined to young stock. Hogs are never 

 diseased in this locality. 



fslnnd. — There has been no epidemic among farm animals here. Fowls, however, 

 arc frequently troubled with a disease that causes the death of numbers of them, 



