30 DISEASE AMONG SWINE AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



could legitimately be thus called. The symptoms of the majority of cases that have 

 come under my observatiou seem to bo somethiug like the disease called " qaiusy," a 

 swelling of the glands of the jaw. The duration of the disease is usually ouly a day 

 or two. The remedies are such as calomel, scarification of the afl'ected parts, mix vom- 

 ica, and even strychnine. 



We are very much troubled with disease among all kinds of fowls, which, I think, is 

 ■well named cholera. The symptoms are excessive purging of the bowels and loss of 

 appetite. They die within one or two days. The remedies are .as various as the whims 

 of men. The most successful that have couie under my observation are madder, capsi- 

 cum, calomel, and the mineral acids. Nitro-muriatic acid has considerable reputation 

 as a preventive. Dose from one to two dro])s. 



Mr. T. M. Scott, Melissa, Collier County, Texas, says : 



All classes of farm animals are singularly free from diseases here. Occasionally a 

 horse dies from blind staggers, brought on by carelessness in feeding nusonud corn ; 

 very rarely one is lost by colic from eating unripe corn. With the exception of tho 

 epizootic some years since we have had no i>revailing diseases among horses iu this 

 county for fifteen or twenty years. Native cattle are also free from any prevailing 

 diseases. Aged imported cattle are very apt to die within the year they are brought 

 here; it is not known from what cause. Cattle under one year old are almost sureta 

 live and do well. 



I have heard of cholera now and then among hogs, but could never trace it to a re- 

 liable source. There has been none to my knowledge iu this neighborhood for twenty- 

 five years. In some neighborhoods cholera prevails among chickens. This is the only 

 disease known among fowls here. No remedy is known or used. 



Mr. J. A. Applegate, Mount Carmel, Franklin County, Indiana, 



says : 



The symptoms of hog cholera, so called, as given in the Agricultural Rei)ort for 

 187.5, page 429, is better than I could give, and is an exact description of the malady 

 ■which robs the country of millions of dollars annually. All other stock are exempt 

 from any particular form of disease in this county, except fowls, which die of cholera, 

 a disease which I am not able to properly describe, but which, on my farm, we have 

 always counteracted by placing copperas iu the driuking-troughs. It has not, however, 

 proved a specific among my neighbors. 



We regard hog cholera as very contagious and incurable. It may be prevented. It 

 would be greatly lessened if swine were not permitted to run on the highways. 



Mr. Nixon Henley, Monrovia, Morgan County, Indiana, says : 



Among sheep we have a disease known as paper-skin, which has proved fatal in most 

 cases. Scours is the first symptom of the disease. The sheep loses flesh and dwindles 

 away very rapidly ; the skin becomes thin and apparently rotten — at least it is very 

 tender. The disease is more prevalent among lambs than among older sheep. Those 

 attacked usually die within two or three weeks. No remedy has been discovered. 



The all-prevailing disease among hogs is cholera. It is ^'■ery fatal, the losses being 

 at least 50 per cent, of those attacked. No remedy has been found that will do to rely 

 upon as a certainty. 



Among chickens there are several prevailing diseases, the most prominent and fatal 

 of which is known as cholera. Roup and gapes prevail to a limited extent. 



Mr. Charles Laramore, Knox County, Indiana, says : 



A few cases of hog cholera have occurred in this vicinity recently, but the disease is 

 so well known that a description is not deemed necessary. 



There have also been a few cases of a disease known as " black leg " among cattle. 

 The animal generally becomes atifected in one or the other of its legs, is very dull, and 

 does not seem desirous of moving about. The part aflected is usually swollen, and on 

 removing the hide, after death, the diseased part presents a bloody and almost black 

 appearance. Sometimes a fluid substance is found beneath the skin, aud the flesh is 

 then of a yellowish or pale bloody color, and presents the appearance of jelly. 

 Animals attacked wi'th the disease generally linger from one to three days. 



A few horses have died of a disease whicli puzzles the horse-doctors of this locality.. 

 It has generally proved fatal. The symptoms are a loss of appetite and wasting of the 

 flr-sh without any ajiparent show of pain. The result is generally death within from 

 two to six weeks. 



