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lungs and' bowels are affected they seldom if ever recover. Those that are attacked 

 with vomiting nnd purging get well, and soon go to fattening again. 



The same fall (two years ago) I bad thirty pigs tiiat were just woanod. They were 

 taken with purging, and all died. I also had about thirty spring shoats that were 

 affected in the lungs and bowels. They all died but four or Ave. Two lingered for 

 some days and would not eat graiu, but would driuk a little milk. I concluded I 

 would experiment a little with these, and I gave them each one tablespoouful of sul- 

 phur every morning iu their milk for two weeks, when thej' commenced eating cora 

 again, and gradually got well. 



Mrs. L. J. Retman, of tlie same comity, says : 



Chicken-cholera has prevailed in this neighborhood for years, iu a majority of cases 

 proving fatal to the wlude dock. Tbree y«ai"s ago our fowls had it for the lirst time, 

 and out of about forty heus and several dozen young chickens (that were hatched late 

 in the season), I had but ten heus and a few chicks left. I tried several remedies, 

 feeding them asafetida, Cayenne pepper, alum, &c., but do not know that they had 

 any effect, as the chickens mostly dropped dead off" the roosts iu the night, being ap- 

 parently well the day before. 



About two months ago my ilock were again attacked with the disease. Only sis or 

 eight died. A few of them dropped oft' the roost dead, and some lingered near two 

 weeks, eating a little, but gettiug weaker until they died. A few recovered after being 

 sick several days. I used nothing but a little cayenne in their feed and alum-water 

 by them constantly, mixing their feed with it also. About the same time a tenant on 

 another part of the farm lost about forty large fat hens and some turkeys. She saved 

 about one-fourth of her flock, including the young chicks. I do not know what rem- 

 edies she used, but I do not think she used any alum. This disease, for the last few 

 years, has had a depressing effect on the market of poultry and eggs iu this county, 

 and we are needing a remedy badly. 



Mr. DuNEHEW, Trinity Springs, Martin County, Indiana, says : 



There seems to be no serious disease among any class of farm animals in the county 

 now, excepting among swine. Mr. F. F. Sholts, an experienced farmer and stock- 

 dealer, says in regard to lung diseases of hogs, that it begins with a cough, which in- 

 creases for two or three weeks, and if not arrested by that time the lungs will be so 

 decayed that death will ensue. The cough generally begins by a kind of snuffing, as 

 if dust had been inhaled. At this stage, a few doses of his medicine will cure every 

 case. The longer it runs the more difficult it is to cure. " The old-fashioned cholera,' 

 he says, " puking and purging," is also readily cured by him, and if promptly handled' 

 the cure is speedy aud effective. He claims that if the medicine is given as a jirevent- 

 ive no case will occur. Mr. Sholts will not make public his remedies, as he has persons 

 now traveling engaged in selliog his medicines. 



Mr. W. Daniels, Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana, says: 



There is no disease among farm stock here, except cholera in hogs, and this is not so 

 prevalent as in former years. No remedy has been found. 



Mr. John M. Barnett, Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, says : 



Aside from hog cholera, our farm animals have been free from disease, except the 

 nsnal amount of cholic and grub in horses. Our cattle have been entirely free from 

 disease. My experience, as well as that of others in this section, is, that pine-tar given 

 to hogs will act as a preventive in localities where hog cholera is prevalent. 



Mr. J. B. Miller, Hartford, Ohio County, Indiana, says: 



We have in Southeastern Indiana a disease among hogs and chickens called cholera. 

 It is sometimes very destructive among hogs. I have found the disease, by dissection, 

 to be confined principally to the lungs. This soon produces a dry, scorching fever, 

 which thickens the blood and causes death. The disease is caused by worms and an 

 accumulation of dust in the lungs. It can be prevented by putting soap-suds in the 

 slop-barrel and feeding them a quantity of it once or twice a week. Soap is a good 

 remedy for worms, and also cleanses the bowels. I have cured several in the lirst 

 stages of the disease with turpentine and coal-oil, using it in equal parts and giving 

 three drachms once a day. I also rub it on the center of the back behind the shoul- 

 ders once a day. If these remedies are properly used the disease need not be feared. 



