394 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



vidual hardship. But the disease was here, and it was 

 considered better to use the most vigorous and stringent 

 measures immediately, than l:)y delay and hesitation to repeat 

 the cosily and disastrous experience of 1860. 



Hog Cholera. 

 Though not so prevalent as in 1886, this disease is not 

 extinct in the State, and it will not be so long as our swine 

 feeders continue to feed the refuse of Western pork, whether 

 that refuse comes from their own kitchens, or from the mar- 

 kets of our laroje towns, or the kitchens of their boardins;- 

 houses and hotels. There were only occasional cases the 

 first nine months of the year, but quite frequent the last 

 three. Owing to the fact that our swine stock is compara- 

 tively small, and almost universally kept enclosed, there is 

 little danger that it will be depleted hy this disease as it is 

 at the South and West where the animals run at large, even 

 if the attacks are of the most virulent type. We rarely or 

 never find a case of it among animals which have never been 

 from the farm on which they were reared, and have been fed 

 only on the prtjducts of the farm. It appears hardly equitable 

 for an individual to engage in the business of gathering city 

 swill to fatten swine, and when his feed has caused disease, 

 to receive relief from his loss by having his stock killed and 

 paid for, to protect his neighbors from the result of his busi- 

 ness. And it will be our duty, if this practice continues, to 

 compel strict quarantine, and, perhaps, slaughter without 

 appraisal or payment for the animals. 



Glanders. 

 In our last annual report it was stated that this disease 

 has been more prevalent than in any previous year, and the 

 same remark may now be repeated. We are quite frequently 

 notified of supposed cases of it requiring our attention ; and 

 correspondence with similar Boards in adjoining States indi- 

 cate that it is more than usually rife in their localities. 

 Complaint is also made that it is more than usually preva- 

 lent in the horse-breeding sections of the West, from whence, 

 doubtless, it comes to us, to some extent, in our large impor- 

 tation of their stock. In September, information was received 



